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Songs that Have a Highway Reference

Started by ethanhopkin14, August 05, 2021, 03:56:23 PM

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NWI_Irish96

Not mentioned in the song, but the video for John Mellencamp's "Small Town" features a US 31 shield.
Indiana: counties 100%, highways 100%
Illinois: counties 100%, highways 61%
Michigan: counties 100%, highways 56%
Wisconsin: counties 86%, highways 23%


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This mentions the western distributor in Sydney.

Hot Rod Hootenanny

Since this thread has more titles, I'll update here.
Via the Spectrum Road - Tony Williams Lifetime (1969 Jazz Fusion)
Gator Road - The Stampeders
The Valley Road - Bruce Hornsby & The Range
Highway 70 Blues - The Bottlerockets
Breaker Breaker - The Outlaws
61 Highway - Mississippi Fred McDowell
My Road Lies in Darkness - Charlie Musslewhite
Lafayette - Anders Osborne
White Line - Neil Young (& Crazy Horse)
You Can't Catch Me - Chuck Berry
Please, don't sue Alex & Andy over what I wrote above

flan

"Peaceful And Warm" by Kansas mentions I-29 running through singer Steve Walsh's hometown of St. Joseph, MO.

Tom Petty has a track called "U.S. 41" on the Heartbreakers' 2010 album Mojo.

"E. E. Lawson" by The Ozark Mountain Daredevils mentions Highway K in (I believe) Douglas County, MO.

"Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die" by Jethro Tull mentions the A1 by Scotch Corner.


lepidopteran

Quote from: NWI_Irish96 on November 07, 2022, 07:51:30 PMNot mentioned in the song, but the video for John Mellencamp's "Small Town" features a US 31 shield.
On his previous album, the song "Pink Houses" has the line
"He's got an Interstate running through his front yard, you know he thinks he's got it so good."

This one might not really count, though.