Best song about being a touring musician?

[abefroman329]

 

[jon daly]

"Turn The Page" Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band.

[roadman]

^^^^^ This

[HazMatt]

"Turn The Page" Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band.

This is the correct answer.  A great cover of the Metallica song. I'm kidding.

[abefroman329]

"Turn The Page" Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band.

OK fine, I'll allow this one, just don't come at me with Wherever I May Roam or Wanted Dead Or Alive like either can hold a candle to the two options.

[formulanone]

"Turn The Page" Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band.

OK fine, I'll allow this one, just don't come at me with Wherever I May Roam or Wanted Dead Or Alive like either can hold a candle to the two options.

I'm okay with this.

Throw in Travelin' Band by Creedence Clearwater Revival since it mentions aircraft right at the start.

[abefroman329]

"Turn The Page" Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band.

OK fine, I'll allow this one, just don't come at me with Wherever I May Roam or Wanted Dead Or Alive like either can hold a candle to the two options.

I'm okay with this.

Throw in Travelin' Band by Creedence Clearwater Revival since it mentions aircraft right at the start.

Done.

Lots of Bob Seger fans on this board.

[Brandon]

You're limiting it to only these three?  There's a whole shitload of them out there.

"Rock and Roll Band" - Boston
"It's a Long Way to the Top" & 'Highway to Hell" - ACDC
"We're An American Band" - Grand Funk Railroad
"On the Road Again" - Willie Nelson (topical for AA Roads, IMHO)
"Midnight Music" - Runaways

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Songs_about_touring (for some examples - not all I know of are listed).

[hbelkins]

Chicago did several. "Introduction" and "Listen" (from Chicago Transit Authority), "The Road" (from Chicago II), "Wishing You Were Here" (from Chicago VI) and "Scrapbook" (from Chicago X) are just five.

[formulanone]

"Turn The Page" Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band.

OK fine, I'll allow this one, just don't come at me with Wherever I May Roam or Wanted Dead Or Alive like either can hold a candle to the two options.

I'm okay with this.

Throw in Travelin' Band by Creedence Clearwater Revival since it mentions aircraft right at the start.

Done.

Lots of Bob Seger fans on this board.

Okay, I'll call off the state militia.

[kphoger]

"On the Road Again" - Willie Nelson

This is the correct answer.  Unfortunately, it wasn't on the ballot, so I abstained from voting.

[abefroman329]

"On the Road Again" - Willie Nelson

This is the correct answer.  Unfortunately, it wasn't on the ballot, so I abstained from voting.

That's another good one, but I'm not editing the poll again.

[gonealookin]

The Grateful Dead's "Truckin" contains the most famous line in one of these songs:  "What a long, strange trip it's been."

[vegas1962]

I'm partial to "Life's Been Good"  by Joe Walsh.

[kurumi]

My fave is Psychostick's "Girl Directions" (driving around in your van == touring, right?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5_HhqcbF_0

[abefroman329]

I'm partial to "Life's Been Good"  by Joe Walsh.

I think that's about being a successful musician, not touring. Is that the track that ends with the flock of waah-waahs?

[jon daly]

I'm partial to "Life's Been Good"  by Joe Walsh.

I think that's about being a successful musician, not touring. Is that the track that ends with the flock of waah-waahs?

I think you're referring to the talk box in "Rocky Mountain Way." I was surprised when I found out it was from 1973. The audio fidelity sounded like it was recorded a few years after that.

[bugo]

"It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" by AC/DC is a good one.

[abefroman329]

I'm partial to "Life's Been Good"  by Joe Walsh.

I think that's about being a successful musician, not touring. Is that the track that ends with the flock of waah-waahs?

I think you're referring to the talk box in "Rocky Mountain Way." I was surprised when I found out it was from 1973. The audio fidelity sounded like it was recorded a few years after that.

No, there's literally a Joe Walsh or James Gang track with a secret bit at the end where someone in the band goes "Uh-oh, here comes a flock of waah-waahs!"  and the band starts making waah-waah noises.

I just looked it up and it is Life's Been Good.

[OracleUsr]

"Travelling Band" mentions a 737, sorry for the semi-off-topic, but the DK Karaoke CD-G has a picture of a  DC-9.

Definitely "Turn the Page" though the Jackson Brown dual  hit is second for me.

[abefroman329]

I do like the last verse of Turn The Page, particularly the line about smoking the day's last cigarette, but The Load-Out/Stay is just a gorgeous piece of music. They played it on Radio Caroline the other day, which is what inspired this thread, but the only played the first song, which was weird to hear. Normally the only time I hear one song or the other is on Pandora.

[hbelkins]

As someone who grew up in the Bob Seger era in the 70s and early 80s, I came to absolutely detest "Turn The Page," simply because it was played so often and so many other people seemed to love that song. I can't even stomach Metallica's cover version.

[abefroman329]

Metallica's cover is good. So is their version of Whiskey in the Jar. And they do a pretty good cover of Tuesday's Gone by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

[spooky]

I'm partial to "Rock and Roll Band" by Boston because it mentions my home state.

[abefroman329]

Do Aerosmith have any songs that mention Boston or Mass?