Turnpike Troubadours
Turnpike Troubadours is an American country music group from Oklahoma found… Read Full Bio ↴Turnpike Troubadours is an American country music group from Oklahoma founded in 2005.
The band, whose name is derived from the bumpy Oklahoma toll-roads and their hard lived folk singing heroes, are proof that isolation can be the mother of originality. Cutting their teeth in roadside dance halls and honky-tonks has made a serious impact on the band’s musical style, which walks the line between Woody Guthrie and Waylon Jennings. “Bossier City,” the band’s debut album, is testament to the small towns in which they were raised. It combines Folk, Country, Cajun, and Bluegrass with stories of longing, humor, tragedy, and general life in rural America.
Breaking down traditional barriers between the audience and the stage is something in which they excel. Fast, gritty, and often drenched in beer, the Troubadours perform to both their fans and new audience members with an genuine sincerity about them. They continually gather ground both literally and figuratively as they travel up, down, and across the Midwest.
Their follow-up album, “Diamonds & Gasoline”, was release 2010 with veteran producer and songwriter Mike McClure and legend Joe Hardy (ZZ-Top, Steve Earle). They relentlessly play shows in Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Texas.
Evan Felker - Lead Vocals, Acoustic
R.C. Edwards - Bass, Backing Vocals
Kyle Nix - Fiddle, Backing Vocals
Ryan Engleman - Lead Guitar
Giovanni Carnuccio - Drums, Backing Vocals
The band, whose name is derived from the bumpy Oklahoma toll-roads and their hard lived folk singing heroes, are proof that isolation can be the mother of originality. Cutting their teeth in roadside dance halls and honky-tonks has made a serious impact on the band’s musical style, which walks the line between Woody Guthrie and Waylon Jennings. “Bossier City,” the band’s debut album, is testament to the small towns in which they were raised. It combines Folk, Country, Cajun, and Bluegrass with stories of longing, humor, tragedy, and general life in rural America.
Breaking down traditional barriers between the audience and the stage is something in which they excel. Fast, gritty, and often drenched in beer, the Troubadours perform to both their fans and new audience members with an genuine sincerity about them. They continually gather ground both literally and figuratively as they travel up, down, and across the Midwest.
Their follow-up album, “Diamonds & Gasoline”, was release 2010 with veteran producer and songwriter Mike McClure and legend Joe Hardy (ZZ-Top, Steve Earle). They relentlessly play shows in Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Texas.
Evan Felker - Lead Vocals, Acoustic
R.C. Edwards - Bass, Backing Vocals
Kyle Nix - Fiddle, Backing Vocals
Ryan Engleman - Lead Guitar
Giovanni Carnuccio - Drums, Backing Vocals
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Turnpike Troubadours Lyrics
1968 One, Two, Three There ain't a thing in the world to…
7 Back when you, when you were my darlin' I didn't mind…
7 Oaks Well that banker He keeps calling Telling us our mortgage is…
A Cat in the Rain With a midnight sky and your big brown eyes Did you…
A Little Song Well I've got a little tune that I could hum…
A Tornado Warning We were sitting on the front porch With the weather rolling…
Angola Well you have been a fighting man You've seen your share…
Austin to Ashes Sweet little girl, ever changin' Change your ways waste me…
Before The Devil Knows We're Dead Well he was pushing 80, but he acted 22 He could…
Black Sky Well, I sure take it with me wherever I go And…
Blue Star Well you have been a fighting man Youve seen your share…
Bossier City Well, Robbie's got a brand new girlfriend She's got a script…
Brought Me Well, I have loved you for so long I have no…
Call a Spade a Spade You’ve got a ring You’ve got a new last name You got…
Chipping Mill Ran my heart through a chipping mill Sold my soul for…
Come as You Are Riding the heels of a seven day stone Laughin' together and…
Come November I'm learning how to live off nothing Lord knows I've done…
Diamonds & Gasoline Undercover And blame it on the season It ain't no kinda…
Doreen When I first met Doreen She was barely seventeen She was dri…
Down Here Hey there buddy, why the old long face Get to lookin…
Down on Washington Well you're standing there You Say life ain't fair Why don't…
Easton Well I left my heart in Tulsa On the corner of…
Empty as a Drum Well two old red-nosed whiskey drunks were talkin′ politics …
Evangeline Looking back well I see you With eyes that shouldn't be…
Every Girl Well she was born in the morning late October San…
Fall Out of Love How do you fall out of love Well how could you…
Gin Smoke Lies Well in the early autumn wind a lonely dove is flyin' Mourni…
Good Lord Lorrie Lorrie lit a cigarette and smiled And waved the smoke…
Kansas City Southern Well I was working on the KCS Rail Line Katie was…
Long Drive Home I guess what I'll miss, the most will be the…
Long Hot Summer Day Well I’m Gonna pick up some of these empties Lord. As…
Lucille Well, the neons were new and robin egg blue And brandin'…
Mean Old Sun Empty promises I've given Hollow heart beats in my chest And…
Morgan Street Chorus: well the movers and shakers down on Morgan Street Pa…
Oklahoma Stars Well the night goes on forever when you try to…
Old Time Feeling Like a mockingbird I sing my song Stole out right and…
Pay No Rent I hear the clicking of the dominoes You shaking up a…
Pipe Bomb Dream Tonight we're fighting in a losing war Don't even remember w…
Quit While I'm Ahead Well I wont lie and say I didn′t think the…
Ringing in the Year I thought it better not to talk about The letter that…
Shreveport Well on a greyhound bound for Shreveport I spent too…
Solid Ground It's been pouring down rain on my old windshield, would…
Something to Hold on To Won't you give me something Something to hold on to This who…
Southeastern Son Well I guess I was born with a gun in…
Sunday Morning Paper Sunday morning paper said "Rock 'n' Roll is surely dead!" So…
The Bird Hunters The covey took wing Shotguns a singing A pointing dog down i…
The Funeral Well stage right enter Jimmy, Just a counterfeit James Dean,…
The Hard Way Well I just hit town You know the old routine Try to…
The Housefire I remember smelling smoke I woke up I was choking Lorrie gra…
The Mercury Lorrie laughs like she just don't care Got a red bandana…
The Rut Early fall descended on the dry back country Aspens It could…
The Shape Well I'm in pretty good shape for the shape I'm…
The Winding Stair Mountain Blues Well I turned and shut my eyes As you let the…
Three More Days One, two, one, two, three Tax payer, soothsayer, team player…
Time of Day Hillbilly girl just as sweet as wine Grew up in a…
Unrung Well I can tell you she's a bad idea For the…
Whole Damn Town Well I could go downtown and drink till dawn, I could…
Won't You Give Me One More Chance Don't you think I know you don't want me anymore? How…
Wrecked Well lookin back when I met you, we were shiny,…
Stuart
on Down on Washington
The song is literally about the drunk narrator falling in love with a stripper/prostitute... No more depth than that. "Awkward occupation", "steal you... if the choice were up to me", "what's a poor boy to do?" The effort is appreciated though!