All the way from Memphis.

You might have to scrape me off the floor at the end of the tour, but it'll be really good scrapings. - Mick Jagger

Made a rag pile of my shiny clothes

Moonlight Mile - Jagger/Richards





ROCKMAN

As I'm still awake (not much longer) & I already mentioned
Purples Mitzi Dupree above, I though just...

"flying to salt
lake city
seats 3a and b
i was down and needed
a window
but in 3a sat mitzi dupree
she said hi i am mitzi
the queen of the ping pong
where you going boy
i said nowhere
she said i'm movng on
i thought what is this
i cannot resist
here she is
and i've always wanted a girl
with a name
a name like mitzi dupree

she said what do you do
i said i'm a singer in a band ******
she said ya i'm an entertainer
reached out and took my hand
she was going to a mining town
way up north to do her show
i said it must be cold up there
she said depends on who you know
oh that look in her eye
i can tell you no lies
i'm just a man
she made me feel like a king in my mind
i love you mitzi dupree

i said what is this queen of the ping pong business
she smiled what do you think
it has no connection with china
i said oow have another drink
well i knew right away
that i'd seen her act before
in a room behind a kitchen in bangkok
and three or four times more in singapore
she may not be the first
but i know she ain't the worst
she was mine but i ran out of time
i miss you i love you mitzi dupree
my darling mitzi dupree "

Aerosmith - No More No More
Aerosmith - No Surprize
Aerosmith - I Wanna Know Why

Led Zeppelin - Rock 'n' Roll (?)

Deep Purple - Smoke On the Water

Flying Burrito Bros. (and others) - Six Days On The Road (?)

Pink Floyd - Have a Cigar

Grateful Dead - Playing in a Band (?)

LieB Wrote:
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>
>
> Flying Burrito Bros. (and others) - Six Days On
> The Road (?)
>

>
think that's a truck drivers song

One of my all-time favorite "band" songs isn't a rock tune -- it's Waylon Jennings' "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way". It's a classic "road" song.

"It's the same old tune, fiddle and guitar
Where do we take it from here
Rhinestone suits and new shiny cars
We've been the same way for years
We need to change

Somebody told me when I got to Nashville
Son you finally got it made
Old Hank made it here, were all sure that you will
But I don't think Hank done it this way
I don't think Hank done it this way

Ten years down the road, making one night stands
Speeding my young life away
Tell me one more time just so I understand
Are you sure Hank done it this way
Did Ol' Hank really do it this way?

I've seen the world with a five piece band
Looking at the back side of me
Singing my songs and one of his now and then
But I don't think Hank done 'em this a'way
No I don't think Hank done 'em this a'way"

The rock band "Chequered Past", with Michael Des Barres and Steve Jones, covered this way back in the 80s. I loved their version. Themes like this for traveling bands are universal, regardless of the type of music you play. I've been there, and done that. At the bare subsistence level, it isn't much fun.



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R.E.M., "Little America" - the anti-'being in a rock band' song

"Bad'n Ruin" - Faces

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

"The Spider and the Fly" is all about the boredom and the temptations of life on the road.

Green Lady ....do you have Green Eyes?



ROCKMAN

whats your name - skynyrd
rock and roll queen - mott

Rockman Wrote:
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> Green Lady ....do you have Green Eyes?


Oddly enough, I do - but it's nothing to do with my nickname. That's from Richmond Green, where I work.

Ahhhh was just wondering...just know someone with green eyes...



ROCKMAN

just because no one else named them or know them or like them or thought of them

motley crue- rodeo
motley crue- kickstart my heart
twisted sister- the price

Ziggy Stardust?

How could we forget "Travellin' Band" by CCR? Maybe the best of all of 'em.

Band on the run. Band on the ruuun!

Adams Wrote:
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> If You Can't Rock Me.


Yeah thats the best one-

Slade: "Far Far Away" - "Bangin' Man" - "How Does It Feel"
Deep Purple: "Smoke on the Water"
Gnags: "Rockband på landevejen" (another Danish band)
Credence Clearwater Revival: "Travelin' Band" (on the new Jerry Lee I believe?)

Memory Motel

bassplayer617 Wrote:
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> One of my all-time favorite "band" songs isn't a
> rock tune -- it's Waylon Jennings' "Are You Sure
> Hank Done It This Way". It's a classic "road"
> song.
>
> "It's the same old tune, fiddle and guitar
> Where do we take it from here
> Rhinestone suits and new shiny cars
> We've been the same way for years
> We need to change
>
> Somebody told me when I got to Nashville
> Son you finally got it made
> Old Hank made it here, were all sure that you
> will
> But I don't think Hank done it this way
> I don't think Hank done it this way
>
> Ten years down the road, making one night stands
> Speeding my young life away
> Tell me one more time just so I understand
> Are you sure Hank done it this way
> Did Ol' Hank really do it this way?
>
> I've seen the world with a five piece band
> Looking at the back side of me
> Singing my songs and one of his now and then
> But I don't think Hank done 'em this a'way
> No I don't think Hank done 'em this a'way"
>
> The rock band "Chequered Past", with Michael Des
> Barres and Steve Jones, covered this way back in
> the 80s. I loved their version. Themes like this
> for traveling bands are universal, regardless of
> the type of music you play. I've been there, and
> done that. At the bare subsistence level, it
> isn't much fun.


That's the great thing about threads like this - make you go back to songs you haven't listened to in a while - Ol' Waylon is now spinning happily on my disc ;-)

Of course Street Fighin Man first but I always liked the Moody Blues, " I'm Just A Singer In A Rock N Roll Band".

How can nobody mention BTO, Rock Is My Life, or Bob Seger - Turn The Page. The greatest being in a rooock band songs?

Nettie Moore, Bob Dylan.

I'm the oldest son of a crazy man
I'm in a cowboy band
Got a pile of sins to pay for and I ain't got time to hide
I'd walk through a blazing fire, baby, if I knew you was on the other side.

The Young Inspiration Society by Poul Krebs

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beelyboy...Think About it



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