We have over 4000 songs in the Ipod and of course in the home computer. For the trip, we can use the Ipod with some exterior speakers, it is now easy to get some good ones. We wanted a back-up so we figured out how to copy the songs from the home computer to Ipod files and then into the laptop. Any teenager could probably do it much faster, but it is done. So now we have the option of using the computer with external speakers or the Ipod with the same.
It is interesting to be talking to someone about a musician and if they are not familiar with them, we can give them a chance to hear them. On our Trans-Atlantic sail, we found out our friends that had been away for 15 years had never heard of Alison Krauss, so we played some of her work.
We will take some blank CD’s to make some new discs for the van CD player if we want, so that is another advantage of having them in the laptop too. Our radio doesn’t have the IPOD input that most new radios have, so this is a simple way.
We have started a playlist on the IPOD and cut a CD - “on the road”. Willie Nelson with On the Road Again leads it off,
On the Road Again |
2:35 |
Willie Nelson |
Turn the Page |
4:57 |
Sam Morrison and Turn The Page |
Truckin’ |
5:07 |
Grateful Dead |
I Drove All Night |
3:47 |
Roy Orbison |
Come Away With Me |
3:18 |
Norah Jones |
Country Road |
3:26 |
James Taylor |
Down To The River To Pray |
2:56 |
Alison Krauss |
Homeward Bound |
2:43 |
Simon & Garfunkel |
I’m Movin’ On (with Hank Snow) |
2:45 |
Willie Nelson |
500 Miles |
2:48 |
Paul & Mary Peter |
The Rocky Road To Dublin |
5:03 |
The Chieftains & The Rolling Stones |
Carrying My Oar |
3:00 |
John Campbell |
Waiting For A Train |
2:08 |
Johnny Cash |
Ramblin’ |
2:46 |
The New Christy Minstrels |
Loving The Highway Man |
3:31 |
Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris |
Across the Great Divide |
4:19 |
Kate Wolf |
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 |
3:00 |
King Cole Trio |
G.T.O. |
2:29 |
Ronny & The Daytonas |
America |
3:33 |
Simon & Garfunkel |
Copperline |
4:21 |
James Taylor |
Working On The Highway |
3:15 |
Bruce Springsteen |
All The Way Home |
3:39 |
Bruce Springsteen |
Maybellene |
2:23 |
Chuck Berry |
Mustang Sally |
3:09 |
Wilson Pickett |
Riding in My Car (Car Song) |
5:02 |
Peter, Paul And Mary |
Thunder Road |
4:47 |
Bruce Springsteen |
(I’m A) Road Runner |
3:19 |
James Taylor |
The Road |
4:46 |
Jackson Browne |
Take It Easy |
4:09 |
Jackson Browne |
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Any suggestions are welcome….