Best song about being a touring musician?

[hbelkins]

Do Aerosmith have any songs that mention Boston or Mass?

"No Surprize" (sic) from Night In The Ruts is somewhat autobiographical. I can't recall the lyrics offhand, but it's possible.

[spooky]

Do Aerosmith have any songs that mention Boston or Mass?

"No Surprize" (sic) from Night In The Ruts is somewhat autobiographical. I can't recall the lyrics offhand, but it's possible.

"No Surprize" mentions NYC and Max's Kansas City, a well known NYC club from the '70s.

[kkt]

"The Entertainer" Billy Joel

[jwolfer]

There are some good songs about being a band on the road..

A few I like that have. Not been mentioned

"Come Monday" by Jimmy Buffet
"Guitartown" one version by Steve Earle
"What's your name" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Baby girl" by Sugarland



Z981

[abefroman329]

"What's your name" by Lynyrd Skynyrd

This song is just gross.

[jwolfer]

There are some good songs about being a band on the road..

A few I like that have. Not been mentioned

"Come Monday" by Jimmy Buffet
"Guitartown" one version by Steve Earle
"What's your name" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Baby girl" by Sugarland



Z981

Come Monday is not about a band (or even a performer) being on the road.

Headed out to San Francisco for the labor day weekend show. I for my hush puppies bon I guess I never was meant for glitter rock and roll.." is how the song starts. Not about a band per se  but it is Jimmy Buffet and the coral reefer band..   I take as a song about being on the road or at least an aspect of it

Z981

[jwolfer]

"What's your name" by Lynyrd Skynyrd

This song is just gross.

Then don't listen to it

Z981

[abefroman329]

"What's your name" by Lynyrd Skynyrd

This song is just gross.

Then don't listen to it

That's my plan, thanks!

[roadman]

There are some good songs about being a band on the road..

A few I like that have. Not been mentioned

"Come Monday" by Jimmy Buffet
"Guitartown" one version by Steve Earle
"What's your name" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Baby girl" by Sugarland



Z981

Come Monday is not about a band (or even a performer) being on the road.

Headed out to San Francisco for the labor day weekend show. I for my hush puppies bon I guess I never was meant for glitter rock and roll.." is how the song starts. Not about a band per se  but it is Jimmy Buffet and the coral reefer band..   I take as a song about being on the road or at least an aspect of it

Z981

You are 100% on target.  My bad for somehow never making the association, even though I know the song very well (It was my sister's absolute favorite Jimmy Buffett song).  Have deleted my original post.

[jwolfer]

There are some good songs about being a band on the road..

A few I like that have. Not been mentioned

"Come Monday" by Jimmy Buffet
"Guitartown" one version by Steve Earle
"What's your name" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Baby girl" by Sugarland



Z981

Come Monday is not about a band (or even a performer) being on the road.

Headed out to San Francisco for the labor day weekend show. I for my hush puppies bon I guess I never was meant for glitter rock and roll.." is how the song starts. Not about a band per se  but it is Jimmy Buffet and the coral reefer band..   I take as a song about being on the road or at least an aspect of it

Z981

You are 100% on target.  My bad for somehow never making the association, even though I know the song very well (It was my sister's absolute favorite Jimmy Buffett song).  Have deleted my original post.

I think I read or heard an interview he had split with his wife and then went on tour.. they eventually reconciled so really it's more about the ups and downs of marriage/relationship.  And a musician on tour has plenty of opportunity to be unfailthful..

Z981

[lepidopteran]

And then there's "Homeward Bound" by Simon and Garfunkel

[bugo]

"What's your name" by Lynyrd Skynyrd

This song is just gross.

Lynyrd Skynyrd is gross. Their music makes me feel dirty. It reminds me of an outdoor picnic with greasy fried chicken wrapped in tinfoil. Some country music makes me feel the same way.

[abefroman329]

"What's your name" by Lynyrd Skynyrd

This song is just gross.

Lynyrd Skynyrd is gross. Their music makes me feel dirty. It reminds me of an outdoor picnic with greasy fried chicken wrapped in tinfoil. Some country music makes me feel the same way.

Yeah, but...no, you're right.

[Scott5114]

I know you're supposed to write what you know, but...damn, these songs always feel like navel-gazing. Like TV shows about actors or (worse) TV writers. Most of the audience isn't going to relate to it.

[abefroman329]

Most of the audience isn't going to relate to it.

I think a lot of people can relate to the idea of being away from friends and loved ones for weeks or months at a time.

[Henry]

"B-B-B-Bennie and the Jetssssssss!" (Elton John)

[Rushmeister]

Fly By Night by Rush

[Scott5114]

Most of the audience isn't going to relate to it.

I think a lot of people can relate to the idea of being away from friends and loved ones for weeks or months at a time.

Maybe? I don't get in bar fights, please unruly crowds, have to stay in a tour bus, stay in hotels and tear out the walls, feel the eyes upon me as I'm shaking off the cold, or any of that stuff when I travel, though.

[formulanone]

Most of the audience isn't going to relate to it.

I think a lot of people can relate to the idea of being away from friends and loved ones for weeks or months at a time.

Maybe? I don't get in bar fights, please unruly crowds, have to stay in a tour bus, stay in hotels and tear out the walls, feel the eyes upon me as I'm shaking off the cold, or any of that stuff when I travel, though.

I don't play a musical instrument for crowds, but I do train groups of people (ranging from 3 to 50 individuals) in software they didn't know they were switching to in the middle of the month. Yeah, you do feel a little bit that eyes are upon you, especially the first time you meet them. That you're strung out a bit after taking 50 flights in 3 months, making deadlines you don't want to keep, sleeping in a different bed each week, driving an unfamiliar car, and why isn't anyone paying attention to me among the dozen other things they have to prioritize right this minute? It's the same 'ol cliche...is that a hotel A/C or a fan?

Don't really relate to smoking the day's last cigarette, though.

Damned if my job isn't fun at times, though.

[sparker]

The Load-Out/Stay isn't even the best song about the life of a road musician on that Jackson Browne album; the song Running on Empty (also the name of the album -- duh!) is at least equally on point if not more.  Arguably Browne's best work (definitely his best album!). 

[jakeroot]

I wasn't going to pop into this thread, but it did make me think. Wouldn't Led Zeppelin's Ramble On sort of fit the bill? The song refers to [the band? Robert Plant?] going "round the world" to find a girl.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Chicago "Together Again"  from Chicago X.

[sparker]

One could make a point that the genre deserved a bit of a send-up; for that, I nominate Joe Walsh's classic 1978 "novelty" song "Life's Been Good".  That song has been covered, karaoke-style, by myself and various passengers in just about every car I've driven over the past 30-some-odd years.  Pretty much on point if, in retrospect, a bit clichéd -- but fun anyway!

"I can't complain....but some times I still do!" is one of the underrated lines from the piece!

[dcharlie]

How about...

Rush Limelight

Journey Faithfully

[LaVitaEBella]

I would like to add "We are the Road Crew" by Motorhead.