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Grandpa Rock Chronicles — Pt. 4: Vol. II – Deep Cuts & Forgotten Gems

The Ones That Didn’t Make the Charts — But Made Us Who We Are

For those who kept the B-sides spinning and believed every dive bar had its own anthem.

 

For those who kept the B-sides spinning and believed every dive bar had its own anthem.

These tracks never chased the charts—they owned the backroads. They lived in slide guitars, whiskey-soaked verses and the kind of sweat-and-soul musicianship that made you proud to call it rock ‘n’ roll. Put the phone down, crank the volume knob, let the tape hiss, the tubes glow and the good stuff roll.


🎧 Listen while you read: Spotify Playlist – Grandpa Rock Vol. II: Deep Cuts & Forgotten Gems


Hidden Highways & Back-Road Riffs

1.         Bad Company – Rock Steady

2.         Foghat – Drivin’ Wheel

3.         The Guess Who – Hand Me Down World

4.         The Georgia Satellites – Battleship Chains

5.         Little Feat – Dixie Chicken


Southern Smolder

6.         Molly Hatchet – Dreams I’ll Never See

7.         Wet Willie – Keep On Smilin’

8.         Blackfoot – Train, Train

9.         38 Special – Wild-Eyed Southern Boys

10.      The Outlaws – There Goes Another Love Song


Barroom Legends

11.      Joe Walsh – Rocky Mountain Way

12.      The James Gang – Walk Away

13.      The Climax Blues Band – Couldn’t Get It Right

14.      Grand Funk Railroad – Footstompin’ Music

15.      The Edgar Winter Group – Free Ride


’70s Radio After Dark

16.      Head East – Never Been Any Reason

17.      Argent – Hold Your Head Up

18.      Mountain – Mississippi Queen

19.      Blue Öyster Cult – Burnin’ for You

20.      Robin Trower – Too Rolling Stoned


Texas Grit & Road Dust

21.      Stevie Ray Vaughan – Pride and Joy

22.      ZZ Top – Just Got Paid

23.      Point Blank – Nitro Express

24.      Johnny Winter – Still Alive and Well

25.      Rory Gallagher – Shadow Play


Deep Soul & Late-Night Vinyl

26.      Leon Russell – Tight Rope

27.      Bob Seger – Get Out of Denver

28.      Bruce Springsteen – Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)

29.      Tom Petty – Shadow of a Doubt (Complex Kid)

30.      J.J. Cale – Call Me the Breeze


The Closing Tracks (Pour One More and Let It Ride)

31.      The Band – It Makes No Difference

32.      Warren Zevon – Lawyers, Guns and Money

33.      Neil Young – Like a Hurricane

34.      Dire Straits – Water of Love

35.      The Doors – Roadhouse Blues


Final Word — The Ones Who Never Chased the Charts

The B-sides, the bar-band heroes, the late-night storytellers; they never needed fame to prove they mattered — they earned it one smoky room at a time. They gave everything to the craft and left echoes that still hum decades later.
Every deep cut, every B-side — proof that the good stuff lasts when someone cared enough to leave it better than they found it.


👉 Next up: Vol. III – Road Trip Edition


Author’s Note

Written by W. Adam Greer — author, storyteller and founder of Greer House Press.
Through The Authority Edge™ and Grandpa Rock Chronicles, he explores what happens when authenticity meets legacy — whether in leadership, faith or the music that shaped a generation.

Because some lessons don’t come from lectures… they come from guitars, gravel roads and the grace to keep playing when the lights go down.

🌐 WayneAdamGreer.com 

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