The Route 66 Road Musical has posted yet another video, this time of the awesome views of the Grand Canyon. The footage of the eagle soaring over the chasm is excellent, too. Natalie Merchant's "Motherland" is in the first half of the video. The second half is the atmospheric music of Arizona band Calexico.
Category: Music
Route 66 is also a musical group
From the Windy City, there is an a female, a cappella, "corporate entertainment" quartet that calls itself Route 66. Route 66 reminds me of the Andrews Sisters, but it also sings more contemporary pop songs such as Queen, James Taylor and Creedence Clearwater Revival (Mp3 samples of Route 66's songs are here). I didn't see … Continue reading Route 66 is also a musical group
Bobby Troup sings “Route 66”
I've posted a few dozen versions of "Route 66" on this Web site. But this is the first I've posted by the composer of "Route 66" himself, Bobby Troup. Here he is in 1964, showing his jazz chops on piano during a segment of "The Julie London Show."
Big acts to perform during Clinton Route 66 Festival
Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel and prominent Red Dirt artists Cross Canadian Ragweed and Stoney LaRue are booked to play at Clinton Motorsports Park on Friday, June 22, coinciding during the Route 66 Festival in Clinton, Okla. The festival Web site says that music will start at 5 p.m. Tickets won't go on … Continue reading Big acts to perform during Clinton Route 66 Festival
Longer Painted Desert video
Route 66 Road Musical has posted an "extended" video of scenes from the Petrified Forest National Park, also known as the Painted Desert, in eastern Arizona. The music is "The Painted Desert," by 10,000 Maniacs.
A visit to Dot’s Mini-Museum
Here was a pleasant surprise recently uploaded onto YouTube. The good folks of the Route 66 Road Musical in Europe posted their video of the recently departed Dot Leavitt and her Mini-Museum off Route 66 in Vega, Texas. Leavitt died in December 2006 at age 89. However, we've heard that Dot's daughter plans on keeping … Continue reading A visit to Dot’s Mini-Museum
Scenes from Seligman
Here's a video of what you can see in the Route 66 town of Seligman, Ariz., with the Eagles' "Tequila Sunrise" as the soundtrack. If you keep close watch you can see Angel "Angel of Route 66" Delgadillo cutting hair in his barbershop. I think this was shot by the crew of the "Route 66 … Continue reading Scenes from Seligman
Details emerge on Rolla’s Route 66 Summerfest
According to the Rolla (Mo.) Daily News, the town's Route 66 Summerfest is "getting bigger every year." This year's version is from May 31 to June 2. A special tabloid newspaper detailing the event, with a distribution of more than 20,000 copies, will hit the streets in early May outlining the festival. With the slogan, … Continue reading Details emerge on Rolla’s Route 66 Summerfest
“Route 66” twang
Watch the guy playing the twin-necked guitar in the group Big Guitars from Memphis cut loose when he solos during Bobby Troup's "Route 66."
God bless the little man
Alan Jackson is a Georgia boy, so I have doubts whether he's driven Route 66. However, his hit song "Little Man" tells what happened to small-town America and small businesses on the Mother Road and elsewhere in the wake of interstate bypasses and big-box corporations.