Hobo Highway

"Hobo Highway" written by:
Tim Stafford (Daniel House Music, BMI) & Thomm Jutz (Thomm Songs, SESAC admin. by Bluewater Music)

Thomm Jutz; guitars and vocals

I had read The Cold Millions by Jess Walter and was intrigued by some of the hobo culture of the early 20th century described in the book. Tim and I got into some old Hobo terminology and wrote this song around it.


Recorded and mixed by Thomm Jutz at TJTunes, Nashville/TN
Mastered by Alex McCollough at True East Mastering, Nashville/TN

I recorded this song playing and singing at the same time.
The guitar I used is a 1930 Gibson L-0.
Vocals were recorded with an AEA R44 ribbon microphone, the guitar was recorded with an AEA R84 ribbon microphone.
Both microphones ran through an Audioscape Golden 58 mic pre, and into Audiscape V-Comp+ compressors.
I bought the L-0 from Fred Oster’s Vintage Instruments in Philadelphia. Mike Compton turned me on to it. It’s a great guitar, scarily light, plays really easy, and sounds so good. You can hear the character of the guitar and the ribbon mic complementing each other, I love that punchy, mid-rangy sound.