On The Road Again: In the preshow we visited my stash again for some more D’s – Dave Swarbrick, the effervescent fiddler who is most famous for his time with Fairport Convention, Dave Pegg, the tricksy bassist from both Fairport and Jethro Tull, Dave Mason, formerly of Traffic and with a long solo career and Dave Greenslade, who was a long-time member of Colosseum before branching out with his own group and also on solo projects. Then some Road Songs to prepare you – Gary Numan’s electronic Cars, Tom Paxton’s very acoustic Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound, Donald Fagan’s Tomorrow’s Girls, a favourite from his album Kamakiriad, which is all about a futuristic road trip and The Who, I Can See For Miles – the sort of view you get On The Road.
We started with fewer listeners than usual (probably because I’d not let you know soon enough) but picked up very well as we went on and we ended up with a peak of more than 20, I think – which was, as always, very pleasing.
Playlist is below: Ed padded out the postshow set but I don’t have exactly what he played – I do know Autobahn was one of them.
Preshow
| a. Wat Ye Wha I Met The Streen; b. The Ribbons Of The Redheaded Girl; c. Ril Gan Ainm | Dave Swarbrick | Smiddyburn; Flittin | 1996 |
| Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow | Dave Pegg | The Cocktail Cowboy Goes It Alone… | 1984 |
| Here We Go Again | Dave Mason | Headkeeper | 1972 |
| Mischief | Dave Greenslade | The Pentateuch Of The Cosmogony | 1979 |
| Cars | Gary Numan | The Pleasure Principal | 1979 |
| I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound | Tom Paxton | Ramblin’ Boy | 1964 |
| Tomorrow’s Girls | Donald Fagen | Kamakiriad | 1993 |
| I Can See For Miles | The Who | The Who Sell Out | 1967 |
The Show
| On the Road Again | Canned Heat | Boogie With Canned Heat | 1968 |
| On The Road Again | The Lovin’ Spoonful | Do You Believe in Magic | 1965 |
| On The Road Again | Willie Nelson | single | 1979 |
| Taxi | Rosie Vela | ZAZU | 1986 |
| Taxi Driver | The Hamsters | Open All Hours | 2004 |
| Big Yellow Taxi | Joni Mitchell | Miles of Aisles | 1974 |
| Mustang Sally | Wilson Pickett | single | 1966 |
| Drive Me | Blodwyn Pig | Getting To This | 1970 |
| Davy’s On The Road Again | Manfred Mann’s Earth Band | Watch | 1978 |
| Drive | The Cars | Heartbeat City | 1984 |
| Fun, Fun, Fun (Single Version) | The Beach Boys | Singles | 1964 |
| Highway Star | Deep Purple | Machine Head | 1972 |
| Joy Ride | Lee Ritenour | Joyride | 1991 |
| Texas Twister | Little Feat | Representing the Mambo | 1990 |
| Life in the Fast Lane | Eagles | Hotel California | 1976 |
| Ridin’ Thumb | Three Dog Night | Cyan | 1973 |
| I’m Gonna Be | The Proclaimers | Sunshine On Leith | 1988 |
| Midnite Cruiser | Steely Dan | Can’t Buy A Thrill | 1972 |
| Nobody’s Car | Jethro Tull | Under Wraps | 1984 |
| Gridlock | Warren Zevon | Transverse City | 1989 |
| Outward Bound | Wishbone Ash | New England | 1976 |
| The Road Less Traveled | Joe Sample | Ashes to Ashes | 1990 |
| L.A. Woman | The Doors | LA Woman | 1971 |
| The Long And Winding Road | The Beatles | Let It Be | 1970 |
| Don’t Stop | Fleetwood Mac | Rumours | 1977 |
| Riders On The Storm | The Doors | L.A. Woman | 1971 |
Postshow
| Angela (Theme from “Taxi”) | Bob James | Touchdown | 1978 |
| Rockin’ Down the Highway | The Doobie Brothers | Toulouse Street | 1972 |