Drove to Idaho, with a collared shirt and deck, a pile of fly rods, a few 5-hour Energies, and a full CD changer to keep things interesting. In last regard, below is the playlist, dubbed the Plethora of Mix for a previous road trip, recreated (and enhanced) over a few fingers of Small Batch Bulleit Rye. Some oldies, some goodies, but mostly just darts on a board…
| Name | Artist |
| Steppin’ Out | Steel Pulse |
| Chan Chan | Buena Vista Social Club |
| Dancing in the Street | Van Halen |
| Welcome to the Jungle | Guns N’ Roses |
| Conscious Party | Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers |
| Kickstart My Heart | Mötley Crüe |
| Thunderstruck | AC/DC |
| The Beautiful People | Marilyn Manson |
| Exodus | Bob Marley & the Wailers |
| Sinner’s Swing! | Van Halen |
| One Slip | Pink Floyd |
| Reggae Music | UB40 |
| La Grange | ZZ Top |
| It’s A Long Way To The Top | AC/DC |
| Behind Blue Eyes | The Who |
| Don’t Blame Me | UB40 |
| Pure Massacre | Silverchair |
| Red Barchetta | Rush |
| Ramble On | Led Zeppelin |
| Smokin | Boston |
| Renegade | Styx |
| Bring The Noise | Public Enemy |
| Radioactive | Imagine Dragons |
| For the Love of Money | Rare Blend |
| Super Freak | Rick James |
| Walk This Way | Run Dmc |
| Respect | Aretha Franklin |
| Son Of A Preacher Man | Dusty Springfield |
| Rhiannon | Fleetwood Mac |
| Pumped Up Kicks | Foster the People |
| I Love Rock ‘n Roll | Joan Jett |
| Bullet With Butterfly Wings | Smashing Pumpkins |
| The House Is Rockin’ | Stevie Ray Vaughn |
| Lying From You | Linkin Park |
| Sultans of Swing | Dire Straits |
| Rapper’s Delight | The Sugar Hill Gang |
| One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer | John Lee Hooker |
| Drain You | Nirvana |
| Sweet Emotion | Aerosmith |
| Gimme Shelter | The Rolling Stones |
| Desire | U2 |
| Tribute | Tenacious D |
| What Difference Does It Make? | The Smiths |
| Exhuming McCarthy | R.E.M. |
| Alive | Pearl Jam |
| I’m Shipping Up to Boston | Dropkick Murphys |
| Fortunate Son | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| Blue Collar Man | Styx |
| Seven Bridges Road | Eagles |
| Living Dead Girl | Rob Zombie |
| Working Man | Rush |
| Into the Mystic | Van Morrison |
| Been Caught Stealing | Jane’s Addiction |
| Guilty | Gravity Kills |
| I Think I’m Paranoid | Garbage |
| Gold Dust Woman | Fleetwood Mac |
| The Real Slim Shady | Eminem |
| Long Train Runnin’ | The Doobie Brothers |
| Nothin’ But a Woman | Robert Cray |
| Brown Sugar | The Rolling Stones |
| I Can’t Drive 55 | Sammy Hagar |
| Disarm | The Smashing Pumpkins |
| I am a Man of Constant Sorrow | The Soggy Bottom Boys |
| Plowed | Sponge |
| Breathe | Sugar Ray |
| Happy Birthday Helen | Things of Stone and Wood |
| Casual Affair | Tonic |
| Red Hill Mining Town | U2 |
| Hold On Loosely | .38 Special |
| Break Stuff | Limp Bizkit |
| Rat in Mi Kitchen | UB40 |
| Living After Midnight | Judas Priest |
| Landfall | Jimmy Buffett |
MG signing off (because engaging the black swan for music choice means never having to say you’re sorry)