Songs from the Road
by Chuck DonkersSongs for the Road compiles tracks from John Tesh's Tour de France 1988 album as well as its follow-up, Tour de France...The Early Years; the album title refers to the music's origins -- the songs were literally written in the back of a van following behind the bicyclists during the race -- and the compositions possess a spontaneity and verve occasionally lacking from his later, more well-known material.