Entangled deep in the psyche of every true American is a deep love of the open road.  Here are some tunes to be enjoyed while seated at the helm of a solid chunk of Detroit iron, while 'motorvatin' over some lonesome desert highway in the magic west of buttes and mesas, with four on the road, one in the hand, and the other wrapped around a fine cigar or a cup of steaming java.

Woody Guthrie, Hard Travelin'.  Hank Williams, Lost Highway.  Spade Cooley, Detour.  Leonard Cohen, Passing Through.  Bob Dylan, Highway 51 Blues.  Robert Johnson, Crossroad Blues.  Eric Clapton, Crossroads. Nelson Riddle, Route 66.  Chuck Berry, Get Your Kicks on Route 66.  Johnny Cash, I've Been Everywhere.  The Doors, Roadhouse Blues.  Johnny Cash, Highway 61 Revisited.  Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited.

Steve Allen and Jack Kerouac, A reading from On the Road.