Highway in the Wind

Like many of my generation, I love to get out on the highway and just head somewhere. And, over the years, I've encountered a number of artists who seem to "get it" when it comes to travel songs. Mary Chapin Carpenter has no equal. The theme music to the movie Top Gun goes well with traveling. But one of my favorite singer/song writers from the days of tie-dyed shirts and shoulder-length hair, Arlo Guthrie, really captures the mood in his song Highway in the Wind from the Alice's Restaurant LP. Back in 1972, I seldom hit the road without putting Arlo's tape on the 8-track and cranking up the volume. Oh yes, I can hear it now...