Here's a YouTube video that was posted just a few hours ago from the Fabulous Palm Springs Follies in Palm Springs, Calif. This season, its "Get Your Kicks!" show is inspired by Route 66. Tickets can be bought here. UPDATE: Video was updated by the Follies.
Day: November 5, 2008
Neil Young plans film about Route 66 trip
Country-rock musician Neil Young made a documentary about a nine-day road trip mostly on Route 66 from California to Kansas in 1959 Lincoln Continental before the classic car was given a makeover, reports ContactMusic.com. The film will be called "Linc Volt," which is the name of an alternative-fuel vehicle project underwritten by Young and his … Continue reading Neil Young plans film about Route 66 trip
The start and the end
An observation: On Tuesday night, president-elect Barack Obama ended his triumphant campaign at Grant Park, the symbolic beginning of Route 66 in Chicago. Obama also started his presidential campaign in February 2007 at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., which also is right next to Route 66.
Overnight
This song has been going through my head all day Tuesday. Music is by the great Solomon Burke.