Six hour road trip! [Archive] - Mandolin Cafe Forum

Timbofood

Jun-20-2018, 8:44pm

Looking at a 6+ hour cruise (1way), New pair of “Stanley Brothers” and the John Duffey “Epilogue” CD should arrive before departure. If you’ve read my posts, you likely see where my BG flag waves.
I’ve got a one way solo so, I can have “deep roots” for myself. The return, shared space, and conversation. What are your “Road Tunes”? Blues and soul/R&B not outside the realm of “Driveable Music” either.
I’ve got a couple of weeks so, there’s time for some purchases, maybe.

jaycat

Jun-20-2018, 9:18pm

One of my favorite driving records (https://www.discogs.com/Delaney-Bonnie-Friends-With-Eric-Clapton-On-Tour/master/209438)

Have a great trip!

George R. Lane

Jun-20-2018, 9:24pm

Anything by John Prine.

Mark Gunter

Jun-20-2018, 10:28pm

I did a 12 hour drive last week. Doc Watson, Tim O'Brien, Sam Bush & Grisman, Tiny Moore & Jethro, Stanley Brothers kept me good company.

Recently got a new Doc Watson set: Never The Same Way Once. Bear's Sonic Journals, 94 tracks from a live 4 night set at The Boarding House, 1974.

MontanaMatt

Jun-20-2018, 11:07pm

The Little Grascals, Ethan Setiwan, Dan Crary, Chance McCory, Casey Driessen,
I'll mail you my CD for $7.50 (the Bridger Creek Boys) Benevolence St. Blues( High Mountain Hard Drivin Bluegrass) pm me!

CarlM

Jun-21-2018, 12:00am

When I am on a long road trip I take the Doc Watson Legacy 3 cd set. The first two are an interview with Doc about his life and music. He talks and plays through it. The last is a concert cd.

FredK

Jun-21-2018, 10:27am

I can't get enough of Doc Watson's music. Would much rather watch him play, though.

Tom C

Jun-21-2018, 10:42am

I listen to alot of XM radio. Nice to hear stuff I dont have or that is new...or old

mandopops

Jun-21-2018, 1:24pm

Leo Kottke 6 & 12 string Guitar (aka The Armadillo album)
Joe B

Timbofood

Jun-21-2018, 4:25pm

I may snag some from my banjo player too, he’s got stuff I don’t have. I need more Doc Watson!

Willie Poole

Jun-22-2018, 11:27am

Tim, If you had a satellite radio you would have bluegrass (or so they call it) all the way going and coming on your trip...

My vehicle also has about 12 CDs stashed in the glove compartment for me to listen to and sing along with while I am on a long drive...Maybe I should send you one of my band so you can "really enjoy" the trip...Lol

Willie

Timbofood

Jun-22-2018, 11:34am

I had satellite radio and didn’t find it worth it, it was too much money for too many repeats and not enough of the classics in my opinion. I gave that up. The “new” Stanley Brothers sets, Complete Mercury and Columbia recordings along with a few others will probably get me there and back. Wife will tire of the Stanley’s on the way back so, I’ll grab some B.B.King, and Clapton for the return trip when she cry’s “Uncle”.
Oh, I should take “High, Wide and, Handsome” too! I’ll think of your ancestor when I listen to that one Willie!

Martin Ohrt

Jun-22-2018, 11:54am

Eric Calpton & JJ Cale "Road To Escondido" - wonderful music, not only for driving!
Apart from that, everything one likes ;-)
For staying awake: Bill Monroe "Two days at Newport", some really "hard" BG, but soo great, with smoking hot melodic banjo breaks from Bill Keith...

gtani7

Jun-22-2018, 12:29pm

Old and in the Way, Bromberg "Midnight on the Water", John Hartford various CDs, "Fantastic Expedition of Dillard and Clark", Bela Fleck "Tales from Acoustic Planet"

Timbofood

Jun-22-2018, 8:05pm

Martin, I LOVE that album! It’s on my flash drive that I can pump through the car so that’s already going,
Don’t have the “Newport” album, and you mean “Brad” (“only one Bill in this band son”) :grin:
I’ve got some of just about everything mentioned above on the drive but, I’ve been listening to that a lot since most radio basically leaves me cold.

Thanks everyone, when a had a six hour drive to when I was visiting my Mom in Pittsburgh I ran through the bulk of the Lonesome River Band first six discs. When that ran out, “Special Consensus’s” Everything’s Alright cd would run three or four times through! I realized I was still interested in that after it dawned on me that I’d put it in after a coffee drainage stop in Ohio and didn’t stop singing along until I turned off the tollway at “Howe” to turn up to Kalamazoo! It must have played five times, talk about a band! Don’t get me wrong, the current lineup is great but, that band had “something” for me. As usual, it’s because I’ve known Greg for a long time and had met all those guys a couple of times with enough time to have a little fun with them.
Greg has an open invitation for dinner anytime he’s passing down I-94!
Now I’m just babbling, do some dishes!

Ivan Kelsall

Jun-23-2018, 12:48am

Hi Tim - I don't drive,but my wife does. We love to listen to 'road music' but for me,Bluegrass gets a tad too frantic - i'd be looking out for the cops chasing us !. Easy listening 'sort of' music does it for us - anything by Eagles / Poco / Manassas & such,go down well. What car are you driving that accepts a Flash Drive ?. We have a one week old Ford Kuga,who's CD player will play MP3s on CD (as did our previous Ford 'Focus'). I can get close to 140 music tracks on one CD,but on a Flash Drive,where i back up all my music,i've got well over 1200 tracks. I wish the music system in the Kuga would take a Flash Drive - as it must have an MP3 player ,why not ?,
Ivan;)

Timbofood

Jun-23-2018, 6:24am

Good morning Ivan,
The car is a 2017 KIA Sportage, I was king of surprised that it would read a flash drive too. It will also accept all kinds of “USB” connected devices, it knows more about all that than I ever will but, I’ve got a fairly large drive with music on it and it’s really nice to not have to listen to jockey foolishness or droning about whatever. It will also shuffle so, the “playlist” isn’t cast in electronic stone, I generally run it in shuffle mode but, if I catch an album that I want I can listen to the whole thing then it goes on to the next and so on.
The vehicle has been fabulous, my old Dodge stratus, was going to need a $1500 clutch so, there was the impetus for the ride of pride which has been great in crappy winter Michigan weather as well as ice cold AC for the 90+ day’s we’ve already had this summer.
I like it for the most part. Just turned 10K Miles this week, don’t really drive as much as I used to. Good lease deal

Ivan Kelsall

Jun-24-2018, 3:16am

Hi Tim - I was surprised that my wife's Ford Focus would read MP3s on a CD. Her new car,a Ford Kuga does the same. Having put an MP3 player in the sytem,why not fit a USB port for a flash drive ?. We changed her car last week,because my lower back pain was making getting in & out of such a low car very difficult. The Kuga is 8" higher & i can get in with ease.

We're off to an annual American car show next Sat.,i'll be taking a few Bluegrass CDs with me. Sitting in the car with the doors open,playing some good Bluegrass nearly always attracts like minded visitors,
Ivan;)
PS - A a matter of fact,it was seeing a Kia SUV that made me think of getting one. It was the fact that my wife's Ford Focus played MP3s,that we went for another Ford. What did we miss - a USB port !!!.:(
This one like my wife's.
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bigskygirl

Jun-25-2018, 2:30pm

I recently got some of the Bill Monroe box sets and listen to them on road trips and early morning golf when I’m out there by myself. We have satellite radio but I’ve discovered that there’s a lot of repetition on the channels when you tune in for 6-8 hours at a time.

I saw in another thread you got the Stanley Bros collections, I’ll have to get those as well. I’m fairly new to Monroe, Stanley Bros, Flatt and Scruggs and like the box sets or collections that are available.

I especially like the BM Castle Studio set released recently, the multiple takes are fun to listen to, my current fav is the intro to New Muleskinner Blues...who hasn’t had an intro get away from them?

Safe travels!

Ivan Kelsall

Jun-26-2018, 2:28am

The Stanley Bros. CDs that i have are all their old stuff going back to 1950 - 56(ish). Terrific songs & comprising many that they re-recorded later in their career,
Ivan

Martin Ohrt

Jun-26-2018, 3:43am

Martin, I LOVE that album! It’s on my flash drive that I can pump through the car so that’s already going,
Don’t have the “Newport” album, and you mean “Brad” (“only one Bill in this band son”) :grin:

Nice to hear that ;-)
Yes, you're right, Bill keeps calling him "Brad" throughout the recording... But as long there's no other Bill available I know Brad as bill, so I tend to stick with that :))
Is it really so that Bill (Monroe) didn't want to have another Bill in his Band?

Mark Gunter

Jun-26-2018, 9:08am

Is it really so that Bill (Monroe) didn't want to have another Bill in his Band?

Del tells the story ...

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https://youtu.be/JFrMXMuql0Q?t=2m39s

Timbofood

Jun-26-2018, 9:46am

It cracks me up to know that “we” all get the joke and so many folks have NO clue! I’ve told the story to a few people and they always laugh.
Just read the manual for the radio in the KIA, it apparently DOES have mp3 compatibility, Yippee!

Bill McCall

Jun-26-2018, 10:31am

Johnson Mtn Boys, Alan Munde Festival Favorites, Pikelny plays Baker plays Monroe, Django, Don Steirnberg, Red Knuckles and assorted gospel tunes for harmony singalongs.

Timbofood

Jun-27-2018, 11:23am

Hey Mark, the package arrived today! I think I have a nice spread of tunes to get me to the cottage or most anywhere a days drive now!
Thanks,
T

Mark Gunter

Jun-27-2018, 5:14pm

Good deal, Tim. :mandosmiley:

Timbofood

Jun-28-2018, 9:09am

Slipped the mp3 disc in this morning, works beautifully! Nifty!

Martin Ohrt

Jun-29-2018, 1:58pm

Del tells the story ...

JFrMXMuql0Q

https://youtu.be/JFrMXMuql0Q?t=2m39s

Thanks for enlightening me! :-) It's a fine story to tell, indeed..

Kevin Stueve

Jun-29-2018, 3:02pm

I was going to suggest Asleep at the Wheel's newish double album "Still the King" . but it is really best on vinyl

Ivan Kelsall

Jun-30-2018, 1:23am

From Kevin - "...but it is really best on vinyl ." So many recordings are Kevin. I've demo'd Cd v Vinyl to friends a few times,playing the same recording on both, & A-B switching. There's no doubting the clarity & freedom from surface noise with CD,but with vinyl,there's a 'stage presence' & ambience that CDs simply don't have - still the best IMHO,
Ivan;)

Timbofood

Jun-30-2018, 10:45am

The KIA isn’t big enough to haul a turntable guys! But, I agree vinyl is better.

Willie Poole

Jun-30-2018, 11:42am

I still have quite a collection of vinyl records and I do convert them over to CDs and the hiss and needle noises are on the CDs so I enjoy that sound myself...I assume we are telling our age when we say we prefer vinyl to digital though...

Tim, I forget what year it was, but Plymouth cars tried installing a turntable in the glove compartment of their cars so records could be played while driving...What a bust that turned out to be, some engineer didn`t give that much thought.....And then along came 8 tracks..UGH…

Willie

Mark Gunter

Jun-30-2018, 12:35pm

Mark Gunter

Jun-30-2018, 12:39pm

And a more modern version ...

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Timbofood

Jun-30-2018, 3:12pm

Boys, I’m going to have way yonder too much cottage “stuff” for the turntable but, I guess I could get a roof rack...:grin:
Mark, I’ve listened to the mp3 for three days, I will leave it in until I’ve gotten through the whole thing or I leave for the cottage in 20 Days! I don’t spend as much time in the car on a day to day basis as I used to so, since I’m at cut 52, I might be done before the trip.

Martin Ohrt

Jul-02-2018, 3:34pm

I still have quite a collection of vinyl records and I do convert them over to CDs and the hiss and needle noises are on the CDs so I enjoy that sound myself...I assume we are telling our age when we say we prefer vinyl to digital though...

Not necessarily ;-) I'm 23 and know some people my age (including myself) that love (and buy) vinyl... Unfortunately, CDs are often much cheaper, so if you're short on money you better buy CDs.
I sometimes go to record stores and see how much music I can buy for 10 or 15€, and that mostly equals to 2- 3 CDs or no LP - and thats why my CD collection is growing much faster. ;)