America - Ventura Highway / From Their (1972) Album Homecoming - Recorded At The Record Plant L.A.

America are a British-American rock band formed in London in 1970 by US artists Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley. The trio met as sons of US Air Force personnel stationed in London, where they began performing live. Achieving significant popularity in the 1970s, the trio was famous for its close vocal harmonies and light acoustic folk rock sound. The band released a string of hit albums and singles, many of which found airplay on pop/soft rock stations. #america #rock #softrock #folkrock #countryrock #music #musician #ventura #acousticguitar #acoustic ‪@hitonesrecordstore‬

[@amidazad4832]

I’m 69 growing up listening to this awesome legendary band. Man, those were the days when we had true musicians.

[@gregdayton786]

Hey amidazad, I'm also 69 years old and I agree,the 60s,70s,and 80s were very good, music today is dead!

[@johndail8540]

Ditto dude

[@richardyoung7415]

I'm with you there my friend, 60,70 music is the sound of my life. PEACE BE WITH YOU ALL MY FRIEND'S. ✌️😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@owlperchedsilo3745]

very true. now, modern music is disgusting.

[@amidazad4832]

@@owlperchedsilo3745 I agree.

[@emmanuelalviola4112]

These guys were Air Force brats from what I’ve read on their beginnings. They were teenagers when their dads were stationed in England and they just clicked and started doing gigs. The rest is history. I am in my 70’s but their songs are always in my playlist.

[@dlsmpsn]

I hear ya. Some of the best tunes out of the 70's.

[@jamesbeech8793]

England I think 🤔

[@emmanuelalviola4112]

@@jamesbeech8793 yes, you’re right. It was England.

[@RonBroste]

70 years old here what a great clear song no trauma just good music that’s great we can still listen to it 🎉

[@fabiobisson2496]

Also 70 years old; I love America of the beginning of 70's. Their music always in my heart and mind.

[@larrymills4019]

I'm 66 and a young teen when this came out. The 70s were such a good time for music. Thank God I'm still here and can enjoy!

[@ericreeves5380]

Amen

[@indybeth200]

Just turning 65, and this was one of my favorite all-time albums. I still listen to it to this day, especially when I'm in a mellow mood. They came to our town for a concert and my parents wouldn't let me go, and I was so crushed!

[@CarlBeaudry]

Miss those times

[@WTHenry2023]

This song epitomizes that awesome song writing and the hopeful mood in the 70s. I love this song!

[@deanhall6045]

Roger that mate.

[@zteam55]

67 here. We grew up in the greatest decades of rock. Late 60's and 70's music kicks ass even today !

[@hulihulichicken]

Hallelujah✌❤🤗

[@stewartmcardle8149]

Hear hear ....1965-1975...👍

[@petek7822]

Also 67 😂🎉

[@kathyhodges-ik2zk]

Yes we did

[@stevenmyhre2242]

Ya right 👍

[@SeaTurtle515]

OMG! 68 yr old here. One of my all time favorite songs. As a teen, we used to drive to Ventura from the San Fernando Valley, in my 1972 Ford Pinto, blasting this song on the radio. Carefree days! The world was our oyster!

[@redbone7040]

I had a 71 pinto😊

[@SeaTurtle515]

@@redbone7040 They we’re a popular car with young people when they first came out. 😊

[@stevenmyhre2242]

The pinto cool 😊

[@user-cx7ts2xu8n]

You said it…”the world was our oyster”… if we thought our countries (U.S. & Canada) had problems… Nothing compared to the massive # of problems we’re facing now. Starvation in our countries IS a very serious & actual problem we’ll see within the next few years….2024-2028. Our politicians are either bought & paid for Or blackmailed. Even Trump had to go to Israel & kiss their butts. Israel is Genociding Palestinians…. Over 10,000 Innocent Palestinian children Murdred from Oct. 2023-to Present day, April/2/2024. Cheers. At least we have amazing Music to help us all cope with “Everything” that’s going to unfold. 🇨🇦🎵🎶

[@Alene-vi2gj]

I loved seals and crafts. Still do.

[@dlewis5631]

Graduated in 1976. Kids today will never realize the full volume of great music and experiences of that Era! It is sad what crap they have to listen to today.

[@mattmorris2867]

Blah blah blah.

[@Colonizer1984]

Not really, all my kids are in their 20's and they constantly surprise me with the songs they find on Spotify or wherever from this era that they love to listen to.

[@KydenBufect]

And songs like this don't get played on oldies stations

[@Lucky..B]

Your not kidding 60s -70s were my times . These kids would understand the Groove if They had some Timothy Learys Or good Bloter .

[@martinbrodie8507]

​@@mattmorris2867, look in the mirror and see the definition of CLUELESS.

[@edgardobravo7351]

America is one of my favourite bands ever along with Bread, The Eagles and Crosby, Stills and Nash.

[@banjammy4116]

You have good taste.

[@justinpenn9250]

Plus the Archie’s and banana splits!

[@banjammy4116]

@@justinpenn9250 I think l almost remember them

[@edgardobravo7351]

@@justinpenn9250 A peanut jumping too far.

[@banjammy4116]

It's fine

[@davidb.turknett4447]

I graduated high school smack dab in the middle of the 70's. Life was pretty fucking awesome back then.

[@2011watchman]

Right there with ya. Great music, great life(growing up in a small town), great memories.

[@LeeSiewert-ug4eu]

Me too!

[@davidb.turknett4447]

@@2011watchman I grew up in Sacramento, Komiefornia, well California back then, but I could walk or hitch hike pretty much anywhere I needed to get to.

[@maxwell69319]

Same here

[@danceswithsticks]

‘76 here!! Were actual good old years!

[@jim5746]

It is impossible to hear something this good in today's music.

[@user-et5ch3gw8w]

Agree. I do think so too！ 🎸🎸🎸🎵🎵🎵

[@marknewton6984]

So true!

[@thomasshepard6030]

There is no music today it’s absolute crap 💩

[@mattroberts86]

Amazing what 50 years of bowing down to warmongers and selling out to international corporations can do.

[@mattmorris2867]

You’re just old whiners. Shut up already.

[@Tomas-to9kz]

Don't we all just feel happy when we hear those first few notes?

[@chrisharro]

Yes - that lightness of touch, and their optimism. Beautiful song.

[@531c]

Uk youngster 1961 here. Many posting here lament the passing of this band along with Bread, Seals and Croft and similar. I play them, listen in and have a few beers kick back shut my eyes and enjoy today. Thats it, just immerse yourself, and with the benefit of youtube and other platforms we can even watch. Just soak up the melody aand relaxevous.xx

[@moacirferreiradossantos9994]

Aqui no Brasil faço a mesma coisa ouço essa bandas que você citou, com muitas saudades dos velhos e bons tempos.

[@SarahBarnes-cr8nr]

Yes indeed. I co-sign. KZbin has been a "godsend" for all this great past music. Enjoy ❤

[@user-cx7ts2xu8n]

Cheers UK Youngster. Music is a magical elixir in itself. So many genres and so very many human emotions that can relate to a given song…or musical sound. We most certainly must RELAX….we are headed into a great many challenges from now on with major changes the majority of US & Canada have Little if Any Understanding Of… From CBDC’s To WEF & UN’s Sinister Plans For Us Including the very Real Genocide Of The White Race. As a serious researcher who does daily deep-diving of information for a living, the Future of the White Race is Very Seriously Threatened By the Constant Influx Of Unvetted Migrants into the US & Canada & the worst part of it is that this ALL has been planned purposely for decades by the very Wealthiest Globally. We Will NEED To Relax & Figure Out How We Fight The Excessively Wealthy Globalists. Cheers & Wishing You The Best Of Health. Happy Listening 🎵🎵🎶. 🇨🇦

[@Alene-vi2gj]

Yes. Gary Puckett too. Emerson lake and palmer❤😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@marknewton6984]

​@@Alene-vi2gjWoman, Woman! 😎

[@ulyssesparado2743]

Ventura Highway by America always refreshes my youth...I am a senior now ......and still it seems just like yesterday's release! And they deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

[@marknewton6984]

They are in Mine! 😎

[@dodgeboy9052]

This is why the world of young people today are so up-tight ... They haven't got the Music of the 50-60-70s to hear ... the collage bands and art students in Englant .. just twisted university idiots .. we did it ..ME .. I will be 80 this year @024 .. Long live the Blue Suede shoes King..

[@Dogtagnan]

The soundtrack of my teens. Where did it all go?

Gone with the years...time waits for no one😢😢

[@desidelagarza6129]

For us, that time is still with us

[@Irene-qe5hu]

💯👏👏👏🙋🏼‍♀️🤝🇬🇧

[@TinMan120.]

So Californian music, so American, the 1970's music that I always love and appreciate.

[@janiebratt8826]

At 74, it seems like yesterday. May I be the first to admit, it was a good time for all! What fun. No one missed a beat! Still smiling!

[@stephenevans596]

76 here & you are 100% correct - I believe we have grown up in the greatest era America & the world will ever have - innocent times they were.

[@marknewton6984]

We had the Best! 😎

[@Tully241]

I loved their acoustic guitar riffs in these classic songs! Damn music was great then! ♥️🎵

[@brucekuehn4031]

No kidding! And it was very diverse too with such high quality across the board.

[@marknewton6984]

Never better! 🤩

[@Tully241]

@@marknewton6984 🎵👍🎵

[@danw1352]

I used to listen to America in my $500 car and $800 8-track, damn , good times

[@mikej5631]

Dan Peek and his family lived in my town, not too far from me. Dan was even at my wedding. Sadly he passed away too young.

[@stevogman3054]

The first time I heard this song I was actually driving down Ventura hwy with my uncle in his 1970 something ford van. I was about 11 or 12. It was a magical moment that I will remember forever!!!

[@SoundofSilence492]

That is really cool! Not quite as cool, but a couple decades ago when my son was a kid and we were visiting my mom in CA from the East Coast, I took him to see Homeward Bound: Lost in San Francisco, in San Francisco 😉🌁

[@d.g.n9392]

I’m 70, got this LP in my collection.

[@TC-Guitar]

It still holds up today, timeless 😎

[@ronni9443]

yeh man its such a good song

[@superorangeish]

This song sounds like how the 70's felt.

[@williamwatson7495]

You nailed it superdude

[@superorangeish]

@@williamwatson7495 🎼🎶🙏✌️

[@J.Thomas]

67 here… those were the good years

[@marktherreault7942]

68 year the song still gives me chills

[@ellenmoss444]

This song was on my mind while hitch hiking to California from N. Y. What a great time we had. 😎

[@user-tb5lw9fb7k]

This is for you, Karen Anderson. I will miss you until I see you again in heaven, where life can't get in the way of our friendship.

[@cgcorzine5092]

I was 19 and traveled to visit my sister who had moved to LA a few years earlier . We were driving down the highway with the top down on her convertible my long hair blowing back and this song came blasting on the radio as we approached the Ventura Highway exit …what a great memory (I’m 71 now and she’s 75)

[@janiebratt8826]

Yes, I'm pressing 75 and all I can say is, I wouldn't have missed it for the world. We had a van with "Blessed are the peacemakers" written on the side. My god, how did we squeeze so much living into those few years.

[@cgcorzine5092]

Amen sister!

[@marknewton6984]

You had the Best😮

[@cgcorzine5092]

@@marknewton6984Yes we did, indeed! Such sweet (albeit nostalgic) memories.

[@letitbesummer6536]

Wow what a beautiful memory 😊

[@gonzoexpress9885]

America's best song. So evocative. Written at a time when the USA was very cool and admired around the world and when everyone wanted to be Californian. There will never be an epoch like it again.😢

[@Gogogordy1]

Unfortunately there’ll never likely again be a time when the USA was so universally admired worldwide either. Sad.

[@gonzoexpress9885]

@@Gogogordy1 Absolutely true. Very sad indeed.

[@marknewton6984]

I Wish They All Could Be...

[@martinbrodie8507]

One of their best.

[@marknewton6984]

​@@martinbrodie8507Don't Worry,Baby

[@andykilvington1651]

As a resident of Hertfordshire in The UK (St Albans) always one of my favourite music quiz questions is where America originated. Understandably. most think it's a stupid question and the answer is obviously The USA. Not so of course! Dan Peek and Gerry Beckley's fathers were in The US forces and they met at The American School in Bushey. Although Dewey Bunnell is a fellow Yorkshireman (he was born in Harrogate), his father too was in the American forces and he met Dan and Gerry at the same school. Personal view, I think Dewey wrote some of their strongest songs, this being the pick of the crop.

[@johnshields6852]

I was 12 in 1972 and these guys had a bunch of great songs, always on the radio, brings me back.

[@eugenevohnoutka6323]

Me too...12 in 72

[@karenlubeck3294]

10 in '72 Love this music.

[@WhisperingPeace]

Ah, such great memories from a time when life was truly amazing. I wish kids today could experience what growing up in the 70's and 80's was like.

[@sharonshastid7483]

I never tire of their music. Conjures up a sweet and innocent time in my life.

[@marknewton6984]

We had the Best back then...😎

[@OGRocker1]

If only we could go back ....

[@phil8198]

Saw them in Central Park in early 70’s . The cost to enter $3.00.lol lol. It was sold out. We went on the rocks up behind the stage. Watching the show for free. During the show they looked in the mirrors above the heads noticed us and acknowledged us saying hi… everyone cheered what a thrill n great memory… Obviously I never forgot it…. 50+ years later. America will live on….

[@michaelzukowski5541]

The old Shaffer music festival good times

[@phil8198]

@@michaelzukowski5541 lol great thanks I forgot it was Schaefer and that’s my beer…. P.S, I contacted the HofF re America not being in it and I got a long story…. They should be in it compared to some others in it.!!!!!

[@GarthWatkins-th3jt]

What a cool memory.

[@robertnilla]

the greatest time to be young and so alive.. what a trio .. almost 73 remembering this classic song!!

[@janiebratt8826]

Almost 75 and I still get up to dance to these marvelous musicians. We stayed one step ahead of the draft for VietNam.

[@marknewton6984]

Great times! Rock on.😎

[@lenagladh4422]

Love this music..................

[@shane2663]

I'm 63 - The 60's and 70's produced so many great Musicians who wrote great songs with lyrics that defined a generation. Neil Young, Seals & Crofts, Bob Dylan, CCR the list is endless. Man they don't make music like that anymore.

[@codzy3532]

im dark 60 a woman i looovvvee america i play acoustic guitar too they made me wanna learn how to play also grew up listening to their music still love their songs sounds never be another group like them janet jackson sampled the starting riff on be my lover an daisy jane to lets wait a while prince too got purple rain line from this great classic how could u dislike american greatest group ever love em rip dan peek ☺🐎🐴💐🥀⚫🟠🔴

[@consco3667]

Listening to them growing up was great

[@cbes-lr5hs]

Awesome and we’re pretty lucky to have talented musicians in our generation. Classic

[@cliveclerkenville2637]

This song personifies my youth. Georgeous.

[@topangus123]

This song always gets me, I mean I was only like 7 when it came out, but it reminds me of being a kid in California before it went to hell 😂

[@blitz_zen]

In the 70’s, never having seen the name of this song written, I took “Ventura Highway” to mean Venture a Highway. It inspired me to go hitchhiking :)

[@davechow704]

Reminds me of the best times of L.A❤

[@janiebratt8826]

Yes, from Hermosa in the daytime to the Cheetah in Santa Monica at night or the Filmore in San Fran. My, my we had some fun.

[@xose2863]

The vibe is very 70s SoCal. Tremendously nostalgic.

[@sdvol9077]

I went to same military brat high school in England as these guys - played soccer with Chris bunnell as a freshman , Dewey’s younger brother nice to have the connection.

[@richardplume3212]

Play this and the sun shines

[@PInk77W1]

I use to work with an El Salvadoran in Los Angeles. His name was Ventura. He said his mom named him after this song

[@user-vy6od2iw8g]

Thank you loved listening, I felt young again, long hair flying from the back of a bike.,...

[@anakina1]

These guys wrote and played great music. Cool story behind this song as it wasn't really named after the parkway. I believe it was the county when they saw it on a sign and had the needed number of syllables. Still a great riff and harmony.

[@troydaigle7902]

Actually I read a short explanation of how this song was born, lead singer and his parents broke down on this stretch of highway obvious years ago and then, at that moment he created the lyrics

[@anakina1]

@@troydaigle7902 Professor of Rock just did an interview with the two remaining members.

[@GregMyser]

I heard Dewey say in an interview it was just about a great time in the band’s life, success, freedom, California sunshine…what could be better for 25 year olds. 🥳

[@factorvracing]

I am 71 and was serving in the military in Germany when this came out.

[@jimplummer4879]

Hey you all. They are still performing.

[@11Bravo84]

Best music decade

[@TK-mf5in]

My first 8 track cassette was America! I was like 8 years old and we were headed in a road trip and my parents always stopped at the record store first so we could each pick some tunes. I picked this one because there were like 30 of them

[@beginmoves]

Cd is in my car. Play it all the time. Never get tired of it. 😊

[@cahg3871]

America was just a great combination of wonderful tones,thoughtful lyrics that supplied imagery for your mind.I miss those days when you could sing along and feel grateful to be alive.

[@rcll9751]

Exactly. So thoughtful and smooth! Just wonderful to sing along to. I was finding a lot of success getting my students into this and "Horse with No Name" back in 2015-16

[@70sladyalways25]

65 yo here and I still have America on my playlist. I truly believe I grew up with the best music/artists!

[@jerroldkazynski5480]

Yeah, way up the coast from Malibu. Used to be like heading into a new land in my '65 Impala SS, cruising near sundown.

[@jeffmarett321]

Good stuff. Real music.

[@michaelbyrne8860]

I've always liked America! From the time I heard Horse with No Name! Their acoustic guitar playing lyrics & electric guitar licks! It just hits me! No matter what mood I'm in?

[@TheDylan6908]

Oh God what memories that song brings back. I was 21 in 1972 when it was released.

[@marknewton6984]

Me too What great times! 😎

[@Kenny-ko4hj]

Yes great tune! Thanks so much

[@left0verture]

Got a lot of warm memories attached to this album… Thank you for the music😅, Dewey, Gerry and RIP Dan…

[@paultarp9150]

I remember my dad being so mad at me. I went to the driveway and sat in my dad's VW beetle. I didn't know it was a bad idea to run the radio without running the engine. I sat and listened to the radio, and this was one of the songs I heard. I remember like it was yesterday. He was late for work because I drained the battery to the point the car wouldn't start the next day. I think I was 6 years old when I did that. I was born in 70 though. This song will always remind me of my Dad. I felt so bad that I had drained his battery. He wasn't "super mad", but it was that frustrated thing that I end up with my own son. Same thing, so I totally understand more now.

[@welcome1221]

This is a beautiful song i remember it so well!

[@johnhughes8466]

Great band AMERICA! Great songs!

[@lablaine1981]

I was farming in welch MN 🥶,1970-1973, in the f150 pick-up getting supplies on hi way #61 miesville mn farm supply,AND america came on am radio:😢 still moves me in 2024... Windows down,tunes turned up🎼🎼

[@olivianatwick7603]

I finally got to see America while living in California. It was a great concert they were on the same venue as the Beach Boys which was fabulous as well.

[@kallsop2]

This song comes to mind everytime I make that transition from the Foothill Freeway to the Ventura in Pasadena or coming from Santa Barbara.

[@leerothman7570]

When this song was released I was in college at SIU and drove the Dj at a local station crazy with multiple requests to hear this song. Can't ever get enough of it. It transports me to another time.

[@sundarmann6167]

Was a teenager in the 70s - didn't do well in school, but excellent in naming bands, singers and all things music 😅

[@torino390]

From a time I think everyone was envious of the lives most Californians lived. The music definitely reflected that positive attitude. I only wish I could go back.

[@zoltank3915]

Love the Start of this song - the Guitars sound so smooth and nice ❤️

[@Highrockman]

I remember hearing this song as a teenager and started me dreaming of California and visiting when I got the chance. A few years later Im flying into LAX and a couple of friends pick me up and I saw the Hwy we were on it was Ventura Hwy..and this song immediately came to mind

[@martinherve2688]

Great band and great song and great era !

[@rubenzamorano5194]

This is one Real Classic Forever.

[@josephsliger3308]

What a great band. I love these guys. Great music.

[@shawnsmitley8596]

I turn 54 on May 21st, and I LOVE ALL KINDS OF MUSIC!!!

[@paulamontana9970]

I love America Band ! In 70’s-80’s , and on ! The music , and vocals are wonderful , and one of a kind ! It takes me back !

[@christopherjennings1462]

First saw this band live at the fist Oval pop festival in 1971, a fantastic lineup, a day to remember.

[@terencehennegan1439]

Some bands are quintessential American, America is one of them as are Simon and Garfunkel, The beach boys. They just have that certain sound that’s instantly recognisable. Great band.

[@paulflanagan5395]

NO MATTER THE MOOD, THESE GUY'S CAN ALWAYS TAKE ME WHERE I WANT 2B

[@outlawpete4636]

All the best songs have been written and this one is one of them. Pure gold

[@user-on9hi6gf6n]

Linda canción la escuchábamos con volumen alto.

[@pathoward2940]

I can remember being a very scared 19-year-old kid in Navy Boot Camp standing in line getting my issued uniforms listening to this song for the first time. Always brings back such memories when I hear any of America's songs from that era. Those were the days...

[@deannashepardroberts4569]

Best song ever! Right to the heart and soul of 70"s music

[@CARLOSRFLORES]

Being myself a latin, I think this music is the best I've heard and represents all of an era of good music. This tune, in particular, puts my mind to fly. Oh, boy! What a superb musicians, able to inspire every cell of my brain. Long life to this group America!

[@estrellablanca52]

The best years life was so stress free ❤❤❤❤

[@rdemarco1956]

And of course in 1975 I ended finding and living in Ventura, Ca..This song was playing when I hitched a ride to Ventura that day. True story.

[@christophe272]

Wow ! I bet you have some amazing stories to tell!👍💯🇺🇸.

[@rdemarco1956]

@@christophe272 You bet, it was also a great time to be living there.

[@carolinecaton5553]

Love that song…it really conjures up a picture of driving on the highway in the summer sun! Makes me want to take a drive like that

[@mannyleon2122]

I’m 74, this still sounds awesome

[@marknewton6984]

It Always will!

[@robertfurniss4415]

I had the pleasure of seeing these guys in about 1983. My daughters first concert. She was 3 years old then. I lost her 10 years ago and I can't hold back the tears when I hear them. Wonderful memory

[@lablaine1981]

Sir, I'm very sorry for your 💔, I get😢 when I hear America 🎼🎼their tunes are special to both of us...👍from MN 🥶

[@manomyth11]

Damn Man'''' that's so heartbreaking... but stay strong and believe in God'''

[@wonderfullife3108]

So sorry man, hang in there. Music is like that, when you've lived an up and down life, can evoke the saddest and emotional of memories as well as the best. Take care.

[@kevinrossington509]

Sorry for your loss brother,,look up and smile,,she will see you,,take good care of yourself

[@johnmac333]

My favourite intro to a song , ever .

[@gwynnielsen5081]

This is definitely my favorite song by America. It allows me to envision riding on the PCH, one beautiful place.

[@jamesziegler-xl4bz]

In the air

[@fraufaya4195]

America was also one of my favorite band in the 70 thank you so much Jutta freya

[@redbone7040]

Great classic👌🇺🇸💯💯💯

[@johnpritchard9753]

75 year old UK resident here. Love this track - also Tin Man and Three Roses. I still strum the chords to those 3 from time to time.

[@patrickbrowne3947]

What a beautiful record .

[@michellerene951]

I live in Ventura. Every time this song plays I always feel so happy to live here.

[@user-zf5sq8lt2f]

This song has always made me melancholic, even when I was 12. Still does, but I have no idea why.