Let's Take A Road Trip Part II Quiz

Answer: Duane Eddy

In 1958 "Rebel 'Rouser" became Duane Eddy's first US Top Ten Instrumental single. The following year "Forty Miles of Bad Road" reached Number Nine on the US charts. In 1960 the movie soundtrack single "Because They're Young" reached Number Four, becoming Eddy's highest charting US single release. Duane also released television and movie related songs including the theme from "Peter Gunn" (1960), "Gidget Goes Hawaiian" (1961), "The Ballad Of Paladin" (1962) and "Theme From Dixie" (1960).
In 1959, Eddy's debut album, "Have Twangy Guitar Will Travel", reached Number Five and stayed on the album charts for more than 80 weeks.
George Tomsco was the guitar player for The Fireballs. In 1957 Chet Atkins' first charted US album was titled "Chet Atkins at Home". In 1945 Chet Atkins released a single with Bing Crosby titled "It's Been a Long Long Time".

Answer: Roy orbison

The first verse of "Thunder Road" began "The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the lonely." Bruce was heavily influenced by Roy Orbison and was one of the musicians who backed him during a 1988 concert, "Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night". The concert brought Roy to the attention of a new generation of fans.
In 1987 Bruce Springsteen inducted Roy into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and specifically mentioned "Thunder Road" during the induction ceremony.

Answer: The Nashville Teens

When John D. Loudermilk released his semi-autobiographical composition, "Tobacco Road", in 1960 it was not successful. When the Nashville Teens released it five years later it reached Number 14 in the US. The Nashville Teens went on to have more successful releases in the UK but were relegated to the "One Hit Wonder" file in the US.
The group formed in Weybridge, Surrey, England in 1962 and backed Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins in concerts.
Eric Burdon and The Animals performed "Tobacco Road" on a German television show in 1967 and Eric later released a version when he was a member of War. The Bronx, New York, band Blues Magoos also recorded a version. In 2003 Status Quo recorded a version on their "Riffs" LP.

Answer: True

"King of the Road" reached Number One on the US Country Charts and was also Roger's highest charting single on the US Pop charts, reaching Number Four in 1965. Miller reached the Top Ten the year before with the Number Seven single, "Dang Me", also a Number One Country hit.
"King of the Road" was a song narrated by a hobo who rides in boxcars. Roger Miller composed the song and it went on to be covered by a number of artists.
"King of the Road" was a single release from Miller's second album, "The Return of Roger Miller". "Do-Wacka-Do" was another moderately successful single release from the same album, reaching the US Pop Top Forty at Number 31.

Answer: Lindsey Buckingham

"Holiday Road" was written and recorded by Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. It was released as a single but only made it to Number 82 on the US Billboard charts in 1983. The song was used again on the soundtracks for National Lampoon's "European Vacation" (1985) and "Vegas Vacation" (1997).
In 2008 Lindsey recorded a live version on his "Live at the Bass Performance Hall" album.

Answer: Road Fever

"Road Fever" is from Foghat's 1973 eponymous album also known as "Rock and Roll" because of the pictures of a rock and a roll on the cover. "Big Road Blues" and "The Road Song" were recorded by Canned Heat on their 1967 debut album, "Canned Heat". The following year they released "Boogie with Canned Heat" which contained a cover version of the Floyd Jones and Alan Wilson composition, "On the Road Again".

The song became a Top Twenty US hit for Canned Heat, reaching Number 16. Floyd Jones originally recorded "On the Road Again" in 1953. Status Quo also recorded a version of "On the Road Again" on their 2003 "Riffs" album.

Answer: Red Hot Chili Peppers

"Californication" was the seventh album by Red Hot Chili Peppers. John Frusciante returned to play on the album. Selling over 5 million copies in the US the album became one of the band's most successful releases. "Road Trippin'" was released as a single in Europe. The song does not feature drums so in the video drummer Chad Smith made an appearance at the end when he arrived in a boat.
In 2000 "Warning" was the sixth studio album by Green Day. Foo Fighters was formed in Seattle in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. Canadian band Nickelback released "The State" in 2000.

Answer: Brooklyn

"Brooklyn Roads" reached Number 58 when it was released as a single by Neil Diamond. "Shilo" was another single from the album but it did not fare well on the US charts when it was released. Two years later "Shilo" was re-released and reached Number 24 in the US. "Brooklyn Roads" was an autobiographical song about Neil's youth. Neil was born in Brooklyn to a Jewish family where his father was a local merchant.

He lived in several homes in Brooklyn and went to Abraham Lincoln High School. Neil wanted to be a biologist but while in his senior year in NYU he got an offer from a music publishing company to write songs for fifty dollars a week.

Answer: Gladys Knight and The Pips

In 1961 Gladys Knight and the Pips broke into the US Billboard charts with the Number Six release, "Every Beat of My Heart". Six years later they almost topped the charts with their version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", which stalled at Number Two. "The End of Our Road" was their only 1968 Top Twenty single.
Gladys won a television amateur singing contest at the age of seven. When she was eight she recruited her brother Bubba, a sister Brenda and cousins William and Eleanor Guest who called themselves The Pips after another cousin, James "Pip" Woods.
Brenda Knight and Eleanor Guest left in 1959 and were replaced with cousins Langston George and Edward Patten. They released many Top Twenty hits and topped the charts with "Midnight Train to Georgia" in 1973.
Aretha released "Think" in 1968. The song was later used in the 1980 "Blues Brothers" movie. Merrilee Rush and The Turnabouts had a 1968 hit with "Angel of the Morning". "Piece of My Heart" was a 1968 hit from Big Brother and The Holding Company

Answer: Country

"Country Road" was written and performed by James Taylor for his second album, "Sweet Baby James" (1970). The song referenced a rural road near the McLean Hospital where James had sought treatment for his depression. "Country Road" made it to number 37 on the Billboard chart in early 1971. "Fire and Rain" was another successful single from the same album.
Taylor also recorded "Steamroller Blues" for the "Sweet Baby James" LP. Elvis included the song in his concert tours and sang a version in his 1973 "Aloha From Hawaii: Via Satellite" concert.
Billy Dean recorded a rendition on his 1994 "Fire in the Dark" album .