Duane Eddy "Forty Miles of Bad Road"

Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show. May 30, 1959. Re-posted by request. Corrected audio level and no annoying gray bar.

[@gregoryalanjones3375]

RIP Duane. You're music will live forever

[@johnpollock3246]

I was in my last year of primary school when this came out, 11 or 12 years old. Remember stopping outside a record shop to listen to it. I'm 70 now and it still sounds good.

[@singularity64]

John Pollock I was 15 when this came out and had just bought my first guitar. I'm 73 now and still regularly play this with one of my septuagenarian buddies!

[@armstronggeorge1533]

What's sad is the record shops are gone .

[@boblandess9349]

... this was a regular play for our band back in the 60's ... still a great guitar instrumental today ... love the sound ...

[@HeathCliff-bs2vo]

An iconic instrumental from early rock and roll era. This is a haunting instrumental that stands the test of time. Congratulations to Duane Eddy, and heaven’s choir adds another star.

[@paulmason329]

Sadly Duane Eddy has reached the end of his 40 mile trip. So long and RIP Duane Eddy.

[@snchilders]

I always listened to my radio in the evening and I distinctly remember first hearing this in 1959 and knowing that it was going to be a hit. I'm 76 now.

[@linuxtuxvolds5917]

God bless you sir :)

[@wayneconn1079]

Even now after all rhese years . He is still the man and proves his music is timeless !! We all love ya Duane . Long live real RocknRoll 😃

[@tonyallen6510]

👍🎸

[@thomastarwater2989]

RIP Duane Eddy and thanks for the instrumentalities of music. Sure did like the twang that came out of the Gretsch guitar.

[@Rush-gz9sx]

Rest In Peace Duane Eddy.

[@ronaldlittlejohn1572]

Boy....what a tttwwwaaaannnngggg player....thanks for all the great wonderful music!!!!

[@ShellyAnn1a]

I made a tape that included this song along with "Rebel-'Rouser", Riders in the Sky and several other instrumentals that my mom liked. One weekend, I took her over to my brothers mine, just as we turned off the pavement onto the road out to his mine, this song started. Mom, suddenly cracked up laughing, she then said how appropriate the song was. It was almost 40 miles over some really rough roads to my brother's place. I will always remember that day when I hear this song. It is a shame that nobody puts out music like this anymore, I am a few months away from my 70 B'day, and will always remember the good sounds that I grew up with. Duane Eddy, Mason Williams, Chet Atkins and many more, all were outstanding with the way they could handle a guitar. Some rated right up there as the best guitar pickers around. Long live good music.

[@jamescox2749]

take note kids this is what real music sounds like no auto tune no fluff

[@patriciajrs46]

Real people enjoying real music. Ttue unity.

[@1957kwick]

I don’t think any snowflakes will be watching this anyway🤣

[@ShellyAnn1a]

Right after I got home from the ME in 91, I was taking my mom over to see my older brother. While making the trip, I was playing a tape I made of a collection of Duane Eddy's songs. We were crossing a northern portion of the Great Basin in Oregon. The road was terrible, it was worse than driving my 5 ton cross country in Saudi Arabia. We had only gone a short distance along this rough road when the song "Forty Miles of Bad Road" began. I liked it enough that I put it on the tape twice. By the time we reached the pavement again, the song was playing again. Mom asked what the song was and I told her. She came back, that it was the right song for the bad road we had just crossed on. The distance from pavement to pavement, 41 miles.

[@ianmorton4136]

Met Duane Eddy in 1959 or 1960 in the Empire Bar Glasgow. I was introduced to him by Bobby Darin ! Also met Eddie Cochrane and Gene Vincent at the Empire Bar and now they want to knock it down !

[@btipton6899]

Rest in peace Duane! ❤

[@JoyceHierons]

So sorry to hear if his passing he was great especially in the 70s 80s at dances bobbing and slow waltzes RIP DWAYNE

[@user-jy8mo5fi5q]

1959 I was just 14 yrs old and this made it feel like yesterday, can I got back please, no mortgage no utility bills and not a care in the world

[@Brotherken1234]

Huh. I was born in '59 so I definitely don't remember it. LOL

[@peteraustin370]

Yes..!!..Born 49...Miss those days...luckily been playing guitar since early sixties...so can play it myself...!!...Does anybody know where the years went...???!!!???

[@ferminsainz9083]

Glad I played mafia 2 when I was like 12 lol I can officially say these songs were part of my childhood I’m 23 now and still love it!!!

[@garys8990]

This was one of my favorite songs back then and still is! What a great memory and time.

[@TheReevessss]

It's emancipated genius.

[@tinathompson684]

Duane Eddy music, was so fun to dance to, and still is.

[@clarencelafuentes4801]

He also worked with Mr. Lee Hazelwood, who did duets with Mrs. Nancy Sinatra.

[@larslarsman]

Real music without some self-loving vocalist to dominate the song. So great.

[@knowspicker6616]

"That's entertainment" ...and it rocks!

[@murphyjon]

Duane Eddy & John Deeres, it don't get better than that

[@stephenpoe2037]

I am so glad I grew up to this Music !

[@jasnapavic7385]

Me too Stephen. Gteetings grom Croatia

[@neilladd5799]

When Duane's on the radio you don't mind the rough road.

[@Music4allofU]

That was awesome, love Duane Eddy!

[@juan58102]

How much i missed those days! My God! Arica Chile

[@frizzlefrap]

+Juan Salinas ..... was a great time ...... only 6 years old ...... not really a care in the world

[@jasnapavic7385]

@@frizzlefrap Yes! Those were the days, forever in my memories! All the best from CROATIA!

[@1-shotslinger108]

Why is this not airplay on a classic rock station. Because good music is no longer appreciated . But the DJ will play Fucking Queen forty times a day .

[@dreamfable]

Completely Agree, +1-Shot slinger. And Dion's wild street rock, with those saxophones blazing, never heard, except, except, on Nashville's new WXNA LP, an independent album-oriented station. Find online at WXNA.org Wednesday nights especially are good for old classics, during drive-time.

[@MidKid61]

And Sirius XM's 70's on 7 is not much better. Practically nothing but Bee Gees (including Andy Gibb), ABBA, ELO, Eagles and Fleetwood Mac.

[@waynewright2886]

Blame it on the Corporate Suits! 40 Years Ago here in L.A. we Had K Earth 101 (KRTH), Still on the Air, But they Play 80' & 90's Music, some 70's, Up Until the End of the 89 KRTH Played Music from the 50's to The 70's, & then this Ass Hole The Late Bill Drake Came to the Station, who was the Father of Top 40 Radio, More Music, Less Talk, Overhauled K Earth, D.J.'s were told to Talk Less, Played #1 Hits from 64 to 72, Silenced a Legend Brian Bearne (Mr. Rock & Roll), & Brian would Bring His 45 Collection to the Studio, Play Never Heard, & Lost & Found Music on the Air, Every Month he Would Do A Special Saturday Night Show when the Station did the "Oldies But Goodies Weekend" On K Earth, Playing Oldies from the Early 50' to 65 From Noon Friday, to Sunday Nights in the 80's, You Would Hear those Lost & Found Treasures, but that Fucking Bill Drake the Consultant, & Creator of the Boss Top 40 Sound, Killed the Oldies but Goodies Sound on K Earth! I Hope Bill Drake is Still Burning In Filthy Hell for Messing with My Station Here in L.A. Nearly 30 Years Ago!

[@toddbauer1996]

I hear you - this is a great song - but of all the bands to denigrate in its name, you pick Queen? I'm not sure you understand the first thing about music.

[@saldemaio7280]

@@toddbauer1996 Queen is garbage. And the 70s on 7 is ok but I prefer 50s on 5 as long as Pat Boone isn’t host.

[@stevetaylor2233]

My dad played drums for Duane Eddy

[@daveaspen6775]

+Steve Taylor What an honer! A very good drummer! I played drums for many years, before moving onto guitar and keyboards, and I played quite a few tracks by Duane and The Shadows, here in the UK.

[@offthewallproductionsltd6326]

+Dave Aspen Did you call his dad a honer? What is he, a human harmonica?

[@frankwelch3941]

+Steve Taylor DID DUANNE TELL HIM TO BEAT IT???????????

[@greatvanzini]

Bob Taylor? If so your dad was the first rock drummer I ever heard around age 6 or so. The Duane Eddy sound all these years later is still stick in my head & I am thankful for it. What an Honor for you to be so close to rock history.

[@offthewallproductionsltd6326]

greatvanzinni Any relation to Mel Taylor of the Ventures?

[@theshield8744]

I was 12 years old in The 8th grade Playing Jr. High Football when this Song was out & everytime I hear this Song it reminds Me of The game we played that Day against St. Monica's in which we played them to a 12 - 12 tie.

[@darrylevans4401]

One of his greatest right here the Duane Eddy love instrumentals.

[@MAC-ws8fz]

Every kid went out, bought a 'lectric guitar and just like Johnny B. Goode was playing Duane Eddy in a week! His records were so easy anybody could play! Unfortunately, you couldn't tell where one stopped and the next began! But, he was a pioneer!

[@darrylevans4401]

One of many hits for the great Duane Eddy love instrumentals.

[@TheReevessss]

Just heard this 'oldie but a goodie' on my radio. Realised what a blend of Genius it was. Particularly that yelling.

[@mkl62]

This hit from Duane Eddy went to #9 on the Top 40 charts. It also went to #10 on the Cashbox charts and to #11 in the United Kingdom. It would finish at #58 for the year, 1959.

[@PK-bh1ww]

He's still picken and grinning even at over 80 yrs. old! (2021)

[@astaboy1]

This is the song that I couldn't get the tone if that guitar out if my mind.I just HAD to play the guitar. Here I am 50 years later, and it still excites me.

[@maisyholly]

That John Deere dirt scooper was made in my town -- Dubuque

[@royhendrickiii7798]

So I am only 66 years of age....love all of Duane Eddys stuff

[@paulkneale4832]

Had this on 45 ,and many more ,great times.

[@charlotteswincicki2226]

Loved it!!!!! Wish I was teenager again.

[@deanmartel7922]

Hello Charlotte, How are you doing?

[@francoamerican111]

When I used to go to parties as a teenager and drink, I would be feeling no pain and put on a show for everyone and pretend to be playing the guitar like Duane Eddy and make a fool of myself. I had fun though. Lol

[@sooz9433]

Ahhhhh yeah!! Soundtrack of my youth 🎼🖤

[@pb12661]

amazing...back when an instrumentalist/guitarist could become a star.

[@loujudson2684]

I love the fadeout, across the parking lot...

[@rockindaddy6535]

❤️I LOVE ROCK n ROLL❤️ Fantastic song !!!

[@billmorris2613]

Good morning from SE Louisiana 21 Sep 21.

[@rogeralsop3479]

Love the tractors.

[@Cricketmh62]

My mom showed us how to dance with song, I was 5 or 6 maybe. I still love it

[@dandunn468]

Back in the day: Great song to skate to!

[@fivetonsofflax]

RIP King!!!

[@maisyholly]

I miss Dick Clark and the 50 - early 60"s .

[@popindosin228]

Life is not the same without Dick...

[@jakriss]

Awesome one of the best!!!

[@rejeantremblay4635]

remember that tune, just great, enjoy

[@rosellacestarioli921]

È più di 50 anni che ho dei dischi di questo chitarrista cantante bravo super

[@sauquoit13456]

On this day in 1959 {September 15th} Duane Eddy performed "Forty Miles of Bad Road" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV weekday-afternoon program 'American Bandstand'... At the time the song was at #32 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, a little over five weeks earlier it had peak at #9 {for 1 week} and it spent 15 weeks on the Top 100... It just missed making the United Knigdom's Top 10 chart when it peaked at #11 {for 2 weeks} on September 13th, 1959... The week "Forty Miles" peaked at #9,the record's B-side, "The Quiet Three", was peaking at #46 and it stayed 8 weeks on the Top 100... Between 1958 and 1963 he had twenty-seven records on the Hot Top 100 chart; three made the Top 10, besides "Forty Miles", the other two were "Rebel-'Rouser" {#6 in 1958} and "Because They're Young" {#4 in 1960}... In 1986 the Art of Noise released a covered version of "Peter Gunn", Duane Eddy was featured on the record; it peak at #50 on the Top 100 and at #2 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart... Duane Eddy celebrated his 79th birthday five months ago on April 26th {2017}...

[@patriciajrs46]

Great music. Thanks for posting the live version. Love that American Bandstand.

[@ivandrago8299]

BBC Radio Ulster 10:30am DJ starts his show with this track every day

[@user-zp6dj7xf8q]

"Forty Miles of Bad Road" was co-written by my friend Al Casey, who recorded it with Duane Eddy. Al was a member of the Wrecking Crew.

[@rstanley2128]

Steve Douglas rocks that sextrumpet, one of the best!!!!

[@deanmartel7922]

Hello Pamela, How are you doing?

[@GamezGames19]

They don't do it like this anymore

[@edgyatheistrebooted4779]

no shit

[@eriktrevino6115]

Love that sax 🎷 he’s going hard

[@dalenelson7161]

This and the miami forklift one blows my mind

[@kmax7163]

People driving like that now days when squash someone. Most people now can't focus on simple things.

[@JT_O4]

Thank you for sharing these memories. The title of 40 Miles of Bad Road has always made me wonder what made that a Bad Road.

[@lescobrandon3047]

My favorite Duane Eddy cut

[@linuxtuxvolds5917]

What a king.

[@christophers.o622]

Forty miles of bad road fits the bad roads in Pima County, Arizona which has the very worst roads in all of the United States & Canada combined.

[@KOSMICKEN09]

great page thanks for all the rare clips!

[@lukehauser1182]

Gotta like those high video production values! That's a real tractor, folks!

[@rgjraccoon]

2:40 "what is it, a dirt scooper?" That's a John Deere end loader, probably made in Dubuque, Iowa. Never saw this before, was this a California show if it was daytime...

[@davieswrexham]

can you imagine donig this now, health and safety, wow no saet belts!!!!

[@robertszymanski717]

Where I live in S. California I had a neighbor who was born in Arizona.. said he used to have Duane's sister for a girlfriend. Said if he would have married her he would have had Duane for a brother in law and his son a uncle by marriage! I used to jam on guitar with a Bruce Kimberlin. Bruce's dad Denver used to go out with Duane Eddy's sister! I used to live in Buena Park California and Bruce made friends with a Chunk Flanagan who auditioned for Don Henley's song " Dirty Laundry".. Chuck is on KZbin. Omni Speaker Cabinets for electric guitar... Chuck is also a fine Christian...

[@lescobrandon3047]

The original I had of this was as a “B” side. But I loved it more.

[@jcrobso]

This was the other Duane Eddy song i learned to play!

[@Exakta66]

The girls driving the tractors are a nice touch...

[@matthewfarmer2520]

Rest in peace 🕊️ Duane Eddy 😢

[@christophers.o622]

Duane Eddy's song Forty miles of bad road refers to Arizonas bad roads & Arizona has the very worst roads & highways in the entire country. Duane Eddy lives in Oro Valley, AZ a suburb of Loser City Tucson, AZ.

[@hakimourabia249]

Duane eddy Authentic américan singer.

[@findusfun]

sax man, you got it this time, baby. What would da OH&S peeps say about this sort of carrying on? No hard hats, man and machine like that is asking for a mess. They sho did live life on the edge in the 50s. Much love.

[@catholiccowboy8545]

I remember this. Dick Clark was eating manure while D. Eddy was riding on a bad road.

[@calindesmoines1]

Dick Clark was right. The flipside "The Quiet Three" was a great record and with Duane Eddy, almost all singles had two great sides.

[@rubenmedina1186]

mi amigo y compadre miguel compro el long play de duanne....lo tocaba en una consolita era el año de 1964

[@frsparkyful]

I'd play it in las cantinas and drink Jose Cuervo,Jajajajaja

[@sharpdressedvan]

The guy who did the hic-up rebel yells used to be credited on the back of albums.

[@christophers.o622]

Fort6. miles of bad road perfectly fits the roads in the state of Arizona which has the nations very worst roads & highways. Pothole dodging is a sports event in Arizona and so is tailgating.

[@dougboyer5829]

Got this on my fave list on youtube music

[@hellchihuahua589]

brilliant x

[@surfraptor]

RIP Master of Twang.

[@CoolCoolCool89]

Everyone is just happy

[@sboy1955]

The reason I picked up a guitar at 8 years old..

[@christophers.o622]

40 miles of bad road fits the bad roads in Pima County,Arizona which has the nations worst roads & highways which my County Stupidvisor & the county administrator are very proud of having Pima County have the very worst roads & highways in all of North America, Duane Eddy lives in Oro Valley which is a suburb of Loser City Tucson in Pima County, Oro Valley is incorporated where they are taking care of their roads overall.

[@ubavecmamin]

Awesome guys! Cheers from Skopje, Macedonia!

[@jasnapavic7385]

Konacno komentar nekog 'domaceg'. I still have singles with Duane Eddy. . .and memories. . .those were the days . . .cheers from Zagreb, CROatia . . .and I wish you all the best Mamin UBAVEC

[@markfcoble]

Wow!

[@user-ho9mn5zg1k]

Duane rules😂

[@dannyc1174]

Yeah, as others have said, this IS a weird sync presentation of the original recorded cut! Love the JD equipment, but where are The Sharps (background singers?!) and Johnny Reminger playing on floor tom but I'm hearing a snare! No cords; no amps Anyway...unusual video. That's Jim Horn (not Steve Douglas) on sax and Al Casey on bass. And that's not a "dirt scooper", Dick!

[@donalynschumann1275]

I actually had this 45! 😃

[@marlenalinne]

@donalynschumann1275 I still do.

[@FBI-xy4et]

I know this is stupid to say but this song makes me cry 😭

[@aussiedigger9265]

Hot 100 Billboard US Charts (1959). #58

[@trevm02]

One of the best

[@flashgordon8301]

Old but Gold

[@darioinfini]

First heard this phrase in describing what the "Aliens" movie was like. Anyone who knows that movie can picture how that phrase fits the desperate gloom of that movie. So it's with significant surprise this tune which was obviously written way before the Aliens movie is seemingly so light hearted. I expected a bit more of a dark theme.

[@marthahill1377]

How inventive!!!Getting chaufed in on farm equipment.