The Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau of Springfield, Mo., put together this music video about the upcoming Birthplace of Route 66 Festival. Most of the images come from Route 66 in Springfield or the surrounding area. The music, "The Middle of Everywhere," is by The Road Crew, which has recorded a lot of tunes that … Continue reading A music video for a festival
Category: Music
New song from The Road Crew
The Road Crew, which has released an entire album of Route 66-related music and has performed at several Mother Road events, has recorded a new tune specially for the upcoming The Birthplace of Route 66 Festival in Springfield, Mo. "The Middle of Everything" was written by singer Don King and band member Joe Loesch: During … Continue reading New song from The Road Crew
“Hard Travelin'”
https://youtu.be/yI9OJ6PIbso Stew Magnuson put this video together for the Woody Guthrie song: With Depression-era photos by the great Farm Services Administration photographer John Vachon. Created in honor of Woody's 100th birthday. You'll hear a Route 66 reference in the song about the two-minute mark. If you get the notion, you can travel to Okemah, Okla., … Continue reading “Hard Travelin'”
Bringing a smile …
A few British travelers recently completed a Route 66 trip, and this video was posted from it: https://youtu.be/pK-fInHUz48 The description of the video: The little town of Erick presented us with one of the most surreal moments of our route 66 road trip. This was in the form of Harley and Annabelle, two crazy hillbillies … Continue reading Bringing a smile …
Jumpin’ Ack Flash
Putting this video together took some hard-core traveling: Jumpin Ack on 66 from Shaun Callahan on Vimeo. More about this journey can be read here.
Nonprofit formed to relight Yukon sign
A nonprofit group has formed to raise money to eventually restore the lighting on the huge "Yukon's Best Flour" sign on top of the Yukon Grain & Mill Co. building near Route 66 in Yukon, Okla., reports KOTV. Grady Cross, owner of Grady's Route 66 Pub, helped form a nonprofit that seeks to raise funds … Continue reading Nonprofit formed to relight Yukon sign
Sit back and just listen
This is the best version of "Route 66" you probably will hear for a long time. It's by the Diana Krall Trio. Krall owns the star power and excels on piano, as usual. But it's guitarist Russell Malone who really shines here. https://youtu.be/XSXhcHQKtLk
Hello from Mexico
Here is a performance on accordion of Bobby Troup's most famous song, by Robert Zahrobsky of Mexico: https://youtu.be/2UjHid8MHPo According to Zahrobsky's bio, he's played with the Yucatan Symphony and other orchestras.
From Louisiana, with love
Using footage from a History Channel program about Route 66, this video with Marcia Ball's version of Bobby Troup's most famous song really cooks: https://youtu.be/-sMxKUxVHso Ball, a stellar blues and boogie-woogie pianist, was born in Texas but grew up in Louisiana -- and it shows in a good way. The song can be downloaded for … Continue reading From Louisiana, with love
Two Oklahoma acts will play show for Route 66 art project
Rockabilly artist J.D. McPherson and punk-rock band Broncho will play shows Wednesday night at the historic Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa to raise money for Public Arts Project 66, which seeks to add public art along Route 66 in Oklahoma. More about the art project can be found here: https://youtu.be/nP2Eg4gcOik The show also will serve as … Continue reading Two Oklahoma acts will play show for Route 66 art project