One of those truly iconic performances that hot August afternoon in 1976 at England's Knebworth Festival. About a year before the plane crash that would kill Ronnie Van Zant, Cassie and Steve Gaines, here's the full band with the Honkettes - Jo Jo Billingsley, Cassie Gaines and Leslie Hawkins doing what they always did...rockin' the joint.
Lyrics
I'm headed down a highway, got my suitcase by my side
Blue skies hanging over my head, I got 500 miles to ride
I'm going down to Memphis town, to play a late night show
I hope the people are ready there, 'cause the boys are all ready to go
Well, I'm a whiskey rock a' roller
That's what I am
Women, whiskey, and miles of traveling
Is all I understand
I was born a travellin' man and my feets do burn the ground
I don't care for fancy music, if your shoes can't shuffle around
I got a hundred women or more and there's no place I call home
The only time I'm satisfied, is when I'm on the road
Well, I'm a whiskey rock a' roller
That's what I am
Women, whiskey, and miles of traveling
Is all I understand
Sometimes I wonder, where we go
Lord don't you take my whiskey; and rock n roll
Take me down to Memphis town, busdriver get me there
I got me a queenie, she got long, brown, curly hair
She likes to drink Old Grandad and her shoes do shuffle around
And everytime I see that gal
Lord she wants to take me down
Well, I'm a whiskey rock a' roller
That's what I am
Women, whiskey, and miles of traveling
Is all I understand
Sometimes I wonder, where will we go
Lord don't you take my whiskey; and rock n roll
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