“On The Road” — Motorcycling Music Across America

Twenty-one years ago, I wrote my first song. I had written a few when I was in my early twenties learning to play guitar, but they were forgettable enough that I don’t remember them. And I had written the lyrics to a song composed by my friend Matt Corbin called “Mystery” when we were in Alaska back in the mid-nineties. However, “On The Road” was the first song I wrote that I still play from time to time.

I had hitchhiked from North Carolina to Colorado and had managed to score a job and housing at Breckenridge Ski Resort. I accompanied some…