Highway South 0606 (2006)

Product Summary UPC: 00610583174625 Release Date: 6/6/2006 Buy.com Sku: 202625375 Item#: M2XXY5 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. China Grove - The Doobie Brothers ~ Various Artists 2. Free Ride - Edgar Winter Group ~ Various Artists 3. After Midnight - J.J. Cale ~ Various Artists 4. Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult ~ Various Artists 5. Radar Love - Golden Earring ~ Various Artists 6. All Right Now - Free ~ Various Artists 7. We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad ~ Various Artists 8. Slow Ride - Foghat ~ Various Artists 9. American Woman - The Guess Who ~ Various Artists 10. Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh ~ Various Artists 11. I Can't Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar ~ Various Artists 12. Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent ~ Various Artists 13. Roll On Down The Highway - Bachman-Turner Overdrive ~ Various Artists 14. Mississippi Queen - Mountain ~ Various Artists 15. Champagne Jam - Atlanta Rhythm Section ~ Various Artists 16. Smokin' In The Boys Room - Brownsville Station ~ Various Artists 17. Good Morning Little School Girl - Johnny Winter ~ Various Artists 18. Don't Misunderstand Me - Rossington Collins Band ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Road trips require the perfect soundtrack. And no matter what your personal musical style preference is, Highway South: Overdrive constitutes as a great start to any cross-country voyage. The compilation's title itself conjures up the image of speeding down an empty stretch of North American highway, and from the very first guitar chords of "China Grove" to the final muddy notes of Rossington Collins' Southern rock ballad "Don't Misunderstand Me," the album delivers exactly what it promises -- solid American driving music. Most of the track picks are obvious (though nonetheless effective) and would function as the choice of a beginner if '70s Rock 101 were ever an academic course (i.e., "Slow Ride," "Rocky Mountain Way," "Mississippi Queen," etc.). A few pleasant surprises abound, like Johnny Winter's "Good Morning Little School Girl" and J.J. Cale's original version of "After Midnight." Of course, there's always a better Ted Nugent song available than "Cat Scratch Fever," but that's just nitpicking. Pettiness aside, Highway South: Overdrive is exactly what it should be: a hard-rocking salute to the hedonistic, freewheeling, carefree lifestyle that the American road trip represents. ~ Megan Frye   Technical Info Release Date : 06/06/2006 Original Release Date : 2006 Catalog ID : 19180 Label : Time/Life Music Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00610583174625    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray