Other Versions
Love Sculpture, the British blues band led by Dave Edmunds, recorded "On the Road Again" for their first album Blues Helping which was released at the end of 1968. An electro-rock version of the song by the French band Rockets appeared on their 1978 album On the Road Again. A similar version was released in a 2006 single by the Belgian band Telex. The Jeff Healey Band covered the song in the film Road House. Andy Prieboy covered the song on his 1990 album ...Upon My Wicked Son.
Pete Townshend performed "On the Road Again" (as well as another Canned Heat song, "Going Up the Country") in his 1998 concert series, most notably at Woodstock (August 15) and at the House of Blues, Chicago (August 16). The latter concert was partially recorded as the CD A Benefit For Maryville Academy and included "On the Road Again".
Status Quo recorded the song which was included on their 2003 covers album Riffs. Katie Melua recorded it for her 2005 album Piece by Piece. The Smashing Pumpkins included a snippet of this song during a medley version of "Heavy Metal Machine" on their 2007 tour. Dubstep DJ and Producer Stenchman sampled the original track in his 2009 track of the same name.
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