I wish I knew who the band is that is doing Bobby Troup's "Route 66." The video contains no credits at all. It's a swinging performance that deserves credit.

Here are The Visions, a Fort Worth-area band performing "Route 66" during the 1960s. The song comes from a compilation "Fort Worth Teen Scene, Vol. 2." It's a fun listen, especially hearing the hollers in the background.

Don't let it get away. Put some soul in the world.

This is Roxana Stroe playing "Route 66." The video quality is only so-so, but her excellent guitar-playing comes through loud and clear.

This is Florencia Caserta, aka Flor, who is based in Buenos Aires and plays a mean guitar on Bobby Troup's signature song.

Here's Wayne "The Train" Hancock doing a Western swing version of Bobby Troup's most famous song "Route 66." The gig was at the famous Lee's Liquor Lounge in Minneapolis two days ago. An avowed road warrior, Hancock performs this song a lot.

Martin Denny, the king of lounge music during the 1950s and '60s, recorded this variation of Nelson Riddle's instrumental, "Route 66." Dig those vibraphones.

Roger van Meer is from the Netherlands, but he definitely shot this video for his song "In the Sunny State" along Route 66 in California's Mojave Desert.

Here's a new song, "You Can't Get Your Kicks on Route 66," by Honey Don't. I don't agree entirely with the sentiment about the Mother Road, but these lines are a keeper: "Now, they got that freeway, honey, but it don't feel free to me ... you can drive all day, but there still ain't … Continue reading “Still ain’t nothing to see …”