“Now the nights are long
The driving’s tough
Hotels stink, and the pay sucks
But I can’t dig what I do enough
It never gets me down”

And in that frame of mind, why not play music along the way? In fact, why not record it, put it on YouTube and start making a name for yourself?

Below are several songs recorded this way by Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, and plenty more to check out on their YouTube channel.