The Route 66 Food & Fuel gas station complex under construction on Route 66 in Joliet, Ill., will feature a replica of the car driven by the Blues Brothers on top of a 25-foot pole, according to the Joliet Patch. The Patch said: Ferhat Zerin, a principal planner for Ginkgo Planning & Design, cited the … Continue reading Joliet gas station will feature Blue Brothers car atop a pole
Category: Music
“Astrology”
A YouTube account by the name of luna tinsley took a couple of female friends on Route 66 in the Southern California desert, shot some footage, and added the tune "Astrology" by a Swedish band, Happy Hands Club. https://youtu.be/8J0juiBWPvQ The song is available for download for 99 cents from Amazon here.
Swatches of Route 66
Gowan Genis, owner of StudioGo1 video productions in Amsterdam, put together this nice video about Route 66. Much of it obviously was inspired by channel surfing on the radio during the long stretches between towns. ROUTE 66 Road Movie 2012 from Gowan Genis on Vimeo.
Friends take a cruise
Friends in Harmony, a 24-member group based in Pekin, Ill., add some twists to Bobby Troup's most famous song. https://youtu.be/lUnr5XvCFxQ Go here if you want to book Friends in Harmony for your event.
A concert between two Packards
Here's The Road Crew, performing Bobby Troup's best-known song between two Packards at Afton Station in Afton, Okla. This was during the International Route 66 Festival weekend in nearby Joplin, Mo. https://youtu.be/FYTqfmMnoTQ
George Benson’s new version of “Route 66”
We'd previously mentioned jazz artist George Benson's new tribute album to Nat King Cole. Here's his version of "Route 66" from that LP. https://youtu.be/5r1wIFlPVxs You can download it for $1.29 here from Amazon.
Songwriter J.J. Cale dies
J.J. Cale, a Tulsa Central High School alum whose songs became hits for other artists and proved to be a huge influence on Eric Clapton, died of a heart attack Friday night. He was 74. You can read all sorts of obituaries and tributes (including this one by roadie Dave Hoekstra). But one cannot compile … Continue reading Songwriter J.J. Cale dies
Take a virtual tour of Cain’s Ballroom
If you've never been to the historic Cain's Ballroom concert venue in Tulsa, here's a virtual tour courtesy of Google Maps. You can even go onto the mezzanine: View Larger Map The Google Maps images were taken this week by Mother Road Media LLC in Tulsa, which is a Google Business Tours photographer. If you … Continue reading Take a virtual tour of Cain’s Ballroom
“Blackbird”
Here's another musical posting by guitarist Pat Kelley, who's touring Route 66 with Cow Bop and other musicians. This performance of the Beatles' "Blackbird" was taken on the Mother Road, near what appears to be Williams, Ariz. https://youtu.be/AryoshZ7w_c It reminds me of another memorable performance of "Blackbird" by a Beatle himself, Paul McCartney, during a … Continue reading “Blackbird”
“Don’t Fence Me In”
Guitarist Pat Kelley was traveling west and western-swing band Cow Bop was traveling east. They met on Route 66 near Tijeras, N.M., just east of Albuquerque, to hammer out this song. https://youtu.be/ON8EXuITUHM