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Shoestring Music: Traveling Playlist

Red, and I are taking a much needed vacation together. We're leaving for Acadia National Park in just a few minutes, and I thought I would share our traveling playlist. Because Red will be doing most of the driving, he gets to pick the music, and he has a love of folk.

1. King of the Road - Roger Miller 

2. Big Rock Candy Mountain - Harry McClintock 

3. Traffic Jam - James Taylor  

4. Moving Right Along - Muppet Movie 

5. Outdoor Type - Lemonheads 

6. I've Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash 

7. The World at Large - Modest Mouse 

8. Driving on 9 - The Breeders 

9. Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor

10. Drive My Car - The Beatles

11. Me and You and A Dog Named Boo - Lobo

12. I'm Gonna Be - The Proclaimers

13. Wish I Could Fly Like Superman - The Kinks

14. Passenger Side - Wilco 

15. Ramblin Man - Allman Brothers 

16. America - Simon & Garfunkel 

17. Rush - Big Audio Dynamite  

18. Perfect Day - Lou Reed 

19. Bleeding Hearts Show - The New Pornographers 

20. Speedy Motorcycle - Mary Lou Lord 

21. If You See Her, Say Hello  - Bob Dylan 

22. Pink Moon - Nick Drake 

23. Mr. Blue Sky - ELO 

24. Jesus on the Radio - Guster 

25. Better Luck next Time - Dressy Bessy 

 

Shoestring Music: MP3 Sale at Amazon.com

Thanks to my friend Chuck for this great score!

For what seems like today only, pick up or download Radiolina, the new album from Manu Chao from Amazon for just $2.99 (which, at 21 tracks, is like paying just 14 cents a song.)

My sister (soon to be known to readers everywhere as Shoestring's worldly, cheap-chic vacation columnist, Travel Pants), got me hooked on Manu Chao while she was living in Montevideo, Uruguay, a few years back. I could barely pronounce his name correctly, but quickly got hooked on Manu's modern blend of chill-out music with a cosmopolitan, jet-setting intellectual feel (Manu has a hybrid French and Spanish upbringing) and subdued political activism messages.

Apparently, that resonates with Americans right now, as it seems like he's starting to finally draw a following. Pants and I went to check out a new hipper-than-thou Boston boutique the other night, and guess who was on the loudspeakers?...that's right, Manu Chao.

Get your groove on and support the budget-friendly news you love from Shoestring and Bargainista by  downloading Manu Chao now from Amazon.com.

Modern / world music not your thing? Download Jay-Z's entire Life & Times of S. Carter, volume 3 for just $0.99!