(upbeat jazz music) - From the WTVP studios in the Warehouse District and the corner of entertainment, this is "State and Water."

Tonight Easy Riders, featuring Mike Miller, Aaron Miller, and Nick the Kid Fairley.

♪ Go on ♪ ♪ Help somebody ♪ ♪ Go on ♪ ♪ Show me how ♪ ♪ Go on ♪ ♪ Love somebody ♪ ♪ Love is all around ♪ ♪ A long way away from home ♪ ♪ Out on the open road ♪ ♪ Missin' all my people ♪ ♪ And my friends ♪ ♪ Broke down and barely fed ♪ ♪ Wheels are spinnin' ♪ ♪ Can't slow down ♪ ♪ Rock it till the wheels fall off ♪ ♪ This is delicious ♪ ♪ Rollin' dust to dust ♪ ♪ Call on me ♪ ♪ Call on you ♪ ♪ Stick together ♪ ♪ Through and through ♪ ♪ Reach out ♪ ♪ Your lendin' hand ♪ ♪ Let it lead you ♪ ♪ To the promised land ♪ ♪ Wheels are spinnin' ♪ ♪ Can't slow down ♪ ♪ Rock it till the wheels falls off ♪ ♪ This is delicious ♪ ♪ Rollin' dust to dust ♪ ♪ Go on ♪ ♪ Help somebody ♪ ♪ Go on ♪ ♪ Show me how ♪ ♪ Go on ♪ ♪ Love somebody ♪ ♪ Love is all around ♪ ♪ It's been a long time comin' ♪ ♪ To get out on the road ♪ ♪ I gotta get on that bus ♪ ♪ On to the next show ♪ ♪ And I'm riding 14 deep ♪ ♪ Up to Milwaukee ♪ ♪ Steady as she goes ♪ ♪ On down the road ♪ ♪ I got nothin' but time ♪ ♪ And I'm feelin' all right ♪ ♪ Well, I'm goin' to the city ♪ ♪ Oh, we'll barrel it through buckets of snow ♪ ♪ Well, there ain't no stoppin till the Rave Theater ♪ ♪ Well, the only way we'll get there ♪ ♪ Is a little help from our friends ♪ ♪ Sure enough we'll stay ♪ ♪ High from the music ringin' in my head ♪ ♪ Well, I'm goin' back to the hotel ♪ ♪ Gonna find me a place to lay my head ♪ ♪ Be sure to stir up some trouble ♪ ♪ Bootleg will take care of the rest ♪ ♪ Oh, as I stagger to my feet ♪ ♪ Let's get on, let's go ♪ ♪ I gotta get to Racine, oh, and do the Ivanhoe ♪ ♪ Get on down to 14th Street ♪ ♪ Where Lake Michigan meets ♪ ♪ It's a long way from home ♪ ♪ It's all that stop and go ♪ ♪ Hey, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Gonna take it on home ♪ ♪ Not where I want to go ♪ ♪ Rather be hittin' the ground ♪ ♪ Rollin' from town to town ♪ ♪ Well, the only way we'll get there ♪ ♪ Is a little help from our friends ♪ ♪ Sure enough we'll stay ♪ ♪ High from the music ringin' in my head ♪ ♪ Well, the only way we'll get there ♪ ♪ Is a little help from our friends ♪ ♪ Sure enough we'll stay ♪ ♪ High from the music ringin' in my head ♪ ♪ The only way we'll get there ♪ ♪ Is a little help from our friends ♪ ♪ Sure enough we'll stay ♪ ♪ High from the music ringin' in my head ♪ ♪ Yeah, I'm sitting around on a rainy day ♪ ♪ Watchin' the wind blow my way ♪ ♪ My way ♪ ♪ Ooh, it's comin' my way ♪ ♪ Well, see that bird up in the tree ♪ ♪ Sing me a tune so sweet ♪ ♪ So sweet ♪ ♪ Ooh, like a honey from a bee ♪ ♪ See the rain upon the window sill ♪ ♪ See the sun come up behind the hill ♪ ♪ See the rain kept pourin' ♪ ♪ And the plants kept growin' ♪ ♪ Searchin' for, searchin' for a sunny day ♪ ♪ We'll stroll on down to the fishin' hole ♪ ♪ I'll catch me some fish ♪ ♪ Yeah, go home ♪ ♪ Go on home ♪ ♪ Ooh, well, get on home ♪ ♪ If the river was whiskey ♪ ♪ I'd be a divin' duck ♪ ♪ I'd swim to the bottom and never come up ♪ ♪ Come up ♪ ♪ Ooh, I'd never come up ♪ ♪ I see the rain upon the window sill ♪ ♪ I see the sun come up ♪ ♪ Behind the hill ♪ ♪ I see the rain kept pourin' ♪ ♪ And the plants kept growin' ♪ ♪ Searchin' for, searchin' for a sunny day ♪ ♪ Well, sittin' around on a rainy day ♪ ♪ Watchin' the wind blow my way ♪ ♪ My way ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, it's comin' my way ♪ ♪ I'm leavin' ♪ ♪ I'm goin' ♪ ♪ I'm gone ♪ ♪ Livin' easy under the sun ♪ ♪ Well, I'll ride in that big ship in the sky ♪ ♪ I'm livin' ♪ ♪ Livin' on island time ♪ ♪ I'm leavin' ♪ ♪ I'm goin' ♪ ♪ I'm gone ♪ ♪ Everything's gonna be all right ♪ ♪ Well, I ride in that big ship in the sky ♪ ♪ Where I can go ♪ ♪ Live the island life ♪ ♪ Life is sweet ♪ ♪ Livin' in a cruise bay ♪ ♪ Can't you hear the steal pan drummin' ♪ ♪ Listen to the music play ♪ ♪ I'm leavin' ♪ ♪ I'm goin' ♪ ♪ I'm gone ♪ ♪ Livin' easy under the sun ♪ ♪ Good mornin' ♪ ♪ Afternoon, yes, we're swimmin' ♪ ♪ Under the ♪ ♪ Life is sweet ♪ ♪ Under the sun ♪ ♪ Cruisin' through a calm bay ♪ ♪ Livin' on island time ♪ ♪ Well, I'm livin' on island time ♪ ♪ I'm livin' under the sun ♪ ♪ I'm livin' on island time ♪ ♪ I'm livin' under the sun ♪ ♪ Lord, I'm livin' on island time ♪ ♪ I'm livin' under the sun ♪ ♪ Livin' on island time ♪ ♪ I'm livin' under the sun ♪ - A big shout out to my buddy Pete Jive.

We collaborated on this song.

We went on a tour, I don't know, it's probably been about 10 years, and he added bits and pieces of this tune, and we remembered we had thought about writing it.

And I took it and finished it.

So Pete Jive, thanks.

♪ Well, I woke up in Kansas ♪ ♪ Straight into Mother Nature's wrath ♪ ♪ Greatest flood in 100 years ♪ ♪ Every sign ♪ ♪ Every sign ♪ ♪ Says do not pass ♪ ♪ Well, there ain't no way you'll make it up the mountain ♪ ♪ Yeah, there ain't no chance you'll find yourself out there ♪ ♪ Well, them road blocks, rock slides ♪ ♪ River's on the rise ♪ ♪ And there ain't way you'll make it up the mountain ♪ ♪ Well, we made it to Nederland ♪ ♪ Borrowed gear from Jeff Austin ♪ ♪ Well, the next day and mornin' ♪ ♪ The National Guard was on the corner ♪ ♪ Asking you ♪ ♪ Asking me ♪ ♪ Do you need food or water ♪ ♪ Oh, we said no, man ♪ ♪ No, man ♪ ♪ Oh, we're headed down to Denver ♪ ♪ Yeah, there ain't no way you'll make it up that mountain ♪ ♪ Well, there ain't no ♪ ♪ You'll find yourself about dead ♪ ♪ Well, them road blocks, rock slides ♪ ♪ The river's on the rise ♪ ♪ There ain't no way you'll make it up the mountain ♪ ♪ Easy rider ♪ ♪ We'll forever band and ride on through the floods ♪ ♪ Easy rider ♪ ♪ Ain't no stoppin' us ♪ ♪ From hittin' the road ♪ ♪ Well, in Illinois there ain't no mountains ♪ ♪ Just black dirt, corn, and beans ♪ ♪ Yeah, the sun will rise and the moon still shines ♪ ♪ Back home ♪ ♪ Back home ♪ ♪ Home sweet home ♪ ♪ Oh, back home ♪ ♪ Back home ♪ ♪ Home sweet home ♪ ♪ Yeah, there ain't no way you'll make it up that mountain ♪ ♪ Yeah, there ain't no chance you'll find yourself out there ♪ ♪ Well, them road blocks, rock slides ♪ ♪ River's on the rise ♪ ♪ There ain't no way you'll make it up the mountain ♪ ♪ Oh, them road blocks, rock slides ♪ ♪ River's on the rise ♪ ♪ There ain't no way you'll make it up the mountain ♪ ♪ Well, them road blocks, rock slides ♪ ♪ River's on the rise ♪ ♪ And there ain't no way you'll make it up ♪ (upbeat music)