Farther Up the Road

single by Bobby Bland

"Farther Up the Road" or "Further Up the Road" is a 1957 blues song first recorded by Bobby Bland. It is an early influential Texas guitar shuffle from the 1940s blues style to the 1960s blues rock style. It has been covered by many blues artists including Eric Clapton.

"Farther Up the Road"
Single by Bobby "Blue" Bland
B-side"Sometime Tomorrow"
Released1957 (1957)
RecordedHouston, Texas, 1957
GenreBlues
Length2:45
LabelDuke
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Don Robey
Bobby "Blue" Bland singles chronology
"Don't Want No Woman"
(1957)
"Farther Up the Road"
(1957)
"Teach Me"
(1957)

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