It's not the destination that matters. It's not the journey, either. It's not the vehicle, the passengers or the weather. When it comes to road trips, only one thing counts: The playlist.
Having recently returned from an epic music-based road trip with my wife (the Virginia Ska Festival for me, a Rob Thomas concert for her), I wanted to know what my friends at work like to crank up when they hit the road. So grab the keys and your sunglasses. Here, in no particular order (other than me saving the best song for last), is the not-at-all-official 2015 Dixon Schwabl Road Trip playlist! [Listen along here]
SONG – ARTIST [Who picked this song?]
- Going Out West—Tom Waits [Will Browar]
- Sweet Home Alabama—Lynyrd Skynyrd [Jessica Savage]
- I Can See For Miles – The Who [Pete Wayner]
- Life Is a Highway—Tom Cochrane [Karen Simms]
- I've Been Everywhere—Johnny Cash [Ned Chatt and Joe Luciano]
- Homeward Bound—Simon & Garfunkel [Ann McAllister]
- Born to be Wild—Steppenwolf [Jonathan Bouman]
- Going Up the Country—Canned Heat [Judy McDade]
- Holiday Road—Lindsey Buckingham [Brian Moore and Heather Iannone]
- At the Beach—The Avett Brothers [Jen Moritz]
- Take Me Home, Country Roads—John Denver [Mary Camblin-Dandino]
- Take it Easy—The Eagles [John Mackowiak]
- Free Fallin'—Tom Petty [Cassandra Brown]
- Summer of 69—Bryan Adams [Andrew Knoblauch]
- Runnin' Down a Dream—Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers [Dana Denberg]
- Takin' Care of Business—Bachman-Turner Overdrive [Mike Schwabl]
- School's Out—Alice Cooper [Karl Wiberg]
- Love Shack—B-52s [Joanne LaFave]
- American Girl—Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers [Kim Allen]
- You Can Call Me Al—Paul Simon [Sarah Picciotto]
- Change of Coast—Neon Indian [Mary-Kay Rossi]
- Don't Stop Me Now—Queen [Bob Hotchkiss]
- If I Could Do It Again—Corey Smith [Danielle Barteld]
- Jack & Diane—John Mellencamp [Jordan Dixon]
- The Boys of Summer—Don Henley [Jessica DiLuglio]
- Happy—Pharrell Williams [Jeromy Manser]
- Happy—The Rolling Stones [Julie Licitra]
- Summertime—Kenny Chesney [Suzanne Komenski]
- Southern Cross—Crosby, Stills & Nash [Shannon Struzik]
- Panama—Van Halen [Justin Shaw]
- Major Tom—Shiny Toy Guns [Hayley Pingree]
- Home—Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros [Hannah Zimmerman]
- All Down the Line—The Rolling Stones [Ryan Moore]
- Still Fighting It—Ben Folds Five [Jake Ziegler]
- I'm Already Gone—The Eagles [Liz Corcoran]
- All Sumer Long—Kid Rock [Shane Grant]
- American Ride—Willie Nile [John Borden]
- Underdog—Spoon [Shad Froman]
- 99 Bottles of Beer—Johnny Bandana and the Saddlesores [Bill Colburn]
- California (Tchad Blake Remix)—Phantom Planet [Nick Vernetti]
- Runnin' On Empty—Jackson Browne [Rob Meacham]
- Vacation—The Go-Go's [Sarah Fairbrother]
- 007 (Shanty Town)—Mento Buru [Charles Benoit]
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