May the Road Rise With You

American college rock bands of the ‘80s were some of music's greatest road warriors. They crisscrossed the country in battered vans, playing holes-in-the wall from New Hampshire to Arizona and all stops in between. These songs have the spirit of the open road in them, a swaggering commitment to meet the world head-on with all its uncertainties and adventures. Take the wheel—a new town's up ahead.