The road and highway material in bluegrass runs deep — beyond “Highway 40 Blues” and the well-known travelers’ songs, there’s a whole second tier of road songs covering hitchhikers, truckers, bus rides, and the long-haul wear of being on the move. These twenty-one songs are the lesser-called ones — singer-songwriter material that bluegrass bands picked up plus older traditional pieces about the road.

Each song’s page on Picker’s Guide has chord charts, lyrics, recordings, and song history.