Rusted Root

Rusted Root's "Send Me on My Way" was used on the soundtrack of both Matilda and Ice Age.
. A live double album followed in 2004. During the 1980's, Billy Joe Royal also scored several top 10 country hits including "Tell It Like It Is," "Burned Like a Rocket," and "I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow.". Remember reached the Top 40 in the US, while Rusted Root found its sale buoyed by the use of the band's cover of The Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want" on an episode of Ally McBeal. His other pop music hits include "I Knew You When.". Their next studio album was Remember (1996), followed by Rusted Root (1998) and Welcome to My Party (2002). He is famous for the 1960s pop music hit "Down in the Boondocks" written by friend, Joe South.

Along with their increasingly well-known live shows, Rusted Root began working on contributions to the movies Twister and Home for the Holidays. Raised in Marietta, Georgia, Royal became a local singing sensation in the 1950's and 1960's at the Bamboo Ranch in Savannah, Georgia. Their main-label debut album was 1994's When I Woke, a hit on college radio. Billy Joe Royal (born April 3, 1942 in Valdosta, Georgia) is an American singer. Rusted Root is a jam band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania known for their fusion of Grateful Dead-style bluegrass with a strong percussion section that draws from African and Middle Eastern influences.