Live 19 May 1993 version
[Joe Ely (spoken intro):] I wanna... I wanna bring out a friend of mine here (cheers). We have a, we have common... a common appreciation of Woody Guthrie.
| Joe Ely: | I'm blowing down this old dusty road |
| I'm blowing down this old dusty road | |
| I'm blowing down this old dusty road, Lord | |
| And I ain't gonna be treated this way | |
| Ely and Springsteen: | I'm going where the weather suits my clothes |
| I'm going where the weather suits my clothes | |
| I'm going where the weather suits my clothes, Lord | |
| And I ain't gonna be treated this way | |
| Joe Ely: | Blowing down this old dusty road |
| Bruce Springsteen: | I'm going down this old dusty road |
| Ely and Springsteen: | I'm going down this old dusty road, Lord |
| And I ain't gonna be treated this way | |
| Joe Ely: | I'm going where the grapes and peaches grow |
| Bruce Springsteen: | I'm going where the grapes and peaches grow |
| Ely and Springsteen: | I'm going where the grapes and peaches grow, Lord |
| And I ain't gonna be treated this way | |
| Joe Ely: | I'm blowing down this old dusty road |
| Bruce Springsteen: | I'm blowing down this old dusty road |
| Ely and Springsteen: | I'm blowing down this old dusty road, Lord |
| And I ain't gonna be treated this way | |
| Joe Ely: | I'm going where the water taste like wine |
| Bruce Springsteen: | I'm going where the water taste like wine |
| Ely and Springsteen: | I'm going where the water taste like wine |
| And I ain't gonna be treated this way | |
| Joe Ely: | I'm going where it's all dusty road |
| Bruce Springsteen: | Yeah I'm going down this old dusty road |
| Ely and Springsteen: | I'm going down this old dusty road, Lord |
| And I ain't gonna be treated this way | |
| Ely and Springsteen: | I'm blowing down this old dusty road |
| I'm blowing down this old dusty road | |
| I'm blowing down this old dusty road, Lord | |
| And I ain't gonna be treated this way | |
| Joe Ely: | I'm blowing down this old dusty road |
| Bruce Springsteen: | I'm going down this old dusty road |
| Ely and Springsteen: | I'm blowing down this old dusty road, Lord |
| And I ain't gonna be treated this way | |
| Joe Ely: | And I ain't gonna be treated this way |
| Ely and Springsteen: | And I ain't gonna be treated this way |
BLOWIN' DOWN THIS ROAD is a song by Woody Guthrie. See the original Woody Guthrie version for more details.
Bruce Springsteen performed BLOWIN' DOWN THIS ROAD live a few times since 1993, always as a duet with another artist, mostly Joe Ely. See the "Live History" section below for more details.
The above lyrics are for the live 19 May 1993 performance of BLOWIN' DOWN THIS ROAD at National Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, during a guest appearance at a Joe Ely concert. The song was played in a full-band arrangement, as a duet between Ely and Springsteen.
Other versions of BLOWIN' DOWN THIS ROAD were officially released.
BLOWIN' DOWN THIS ROAD was performed once during World Tour 1992-1993 (104 dates, June 1992 to June 1993), on 24 Jun 1993 in East Rutherford, NJ. The 24 Jun 1993 show in East Rutherford, NJ, was billed as "Concert To Fight Hunger" (see the live 24 Jun 1993 version). The song was played in an acoustic guitar driven arrangement and featured guests Joe Ely on guitar and shared lead vocals, Patti Scialfa on guitar and backup vocals, and Soozie Tyrell on violin. The live 24 Jun 1993 version of BLOWIN' DOWN THIS ROAD was released on the Brendan Byrne Arena, New Jersey June 24, 1993 official live download in 2018.
BLOWIN' DOWN THE ROAD was performed 3 times during The Ghost Of Tom Joad Solo Acoustic Tour (128 dates, November 1995 to May 1997). On all three dates the song featured a guest appearance by Joe Ely, Elliott Murphy, and/or Joe Grushecky. See the the live 25 Apr 1996 version.
BLOWIN' DOWN THIS ROAD was performed off-tour on 19 May 1993 at National Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, during a guest appearance at a Joe Ely concert. See the live 19 May 1993 version for more details.
BLOWIN' DOWN THIS ROAD was performed off-tour on 17 Mar 1996 at The Mean Fiddler in Dublin, Ireland, during a guest appearance at a Joe Ely concert.
BLOWIN' DOWN THIS ROAD was performed off-tour on 29 Sep 1996 at Severance Hall in Cleveland, OH, during a Woody Guthrie tribute concert. The song was played in an acoustic guitar and harmonica arrangement and featured Joe Ely on guitar and shared lead vocals. See the live 29 Sep 1996 version for more details.
BLOWIN' DOWN THIS ROAD was performed on off-tour 14 Mar 2012 at Austin Music Hall in Austin, TX, during a surprise appearance at the conclusion of the 30th annual Austin Music Awards, joining Alejandro Escovedo and The Sensitive Boys for a four-song set, along with Joe Ely (on all four songs) and Garland Jeffreys (on two of the four songs).
List of available versions of BLOWIN' DOWN THIS ROAD on this website:
BLOWIN' DOWN THIS ROAD [Live 19 May 1993 version]