Music to drive by

Road trips require music and a road trip is more than a few hours of driving in one direction. There is nothing on the radio I like anymore which I why I have my own essential listening. 

Willie Nelson is a great songwriter but he cannot sing. Give him the right material and somehow it works. What I find odd about him is that he works much better as a duet. His excesses seem to be kept in check whenever he is working with someone.

All of Me

Blue Skies

Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain

Stardust

Let it Be Me

City of New Orleans 

Pancho and Lefty (with Haggard)

Haggard was a favourite of my father. Some tracks never get old.

Silver Wings

White Line Fever

Sing Me Back Home

Big City

All the Soft Places to Fall (with Nelson)

Of course there is Waylon

Old Five and Dimers (Like Me)

May I Borrow Some Sugar From You

The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)

A Couple More Years

Honky Tonk Heroes (Like Me)

I tend to like my music a little ragged around the edges and on the redneck side. It seems more authentic that way.