Alejandro Escovedo – photo by M. Chavez
To paraphrase Chuck Berry, “rollin’ along in my calaboose, trying to get my sounds a loose”, I love blasting rock music while driving long distance solo. It’s better than stopping at Starbucks for an additional lift, not that caffeine doesn’t help. The best part about driving along with the stereo cranked up, there’s no one to tell me to turn it down or worse yet, off. It’s also my chance to listen to new cds that otherwise would alienate my family members. (They still haven’t forgotten the time I tried to get them to listen to the Sex Pistols one Thanksgiving decades ago.)
Here’s some current roadtrip rock recommendations new and old:
(You can hear samples by clicking on the above audio link.)
Jack White – Blunderbuss
Wild Flag – Wild Flag
Alejandro Escovedo – Big Station (or anything else by him)
Jeff Beck – Live in Tokyo 1999
J.D. McPherson – Signs & Signifiers.
Ronnie Dawson – More Bad Habits
Wire – Red Barked Tree
Nick Waterhouse – Time’s All Gone
Tom Petty – The Live Anthology
Imelda May – Mayhem
Rolling Stones – Some Girls bonus disc
Any early album by the Buzzcocks or Gang of Four
