I'll let the YouTube poster, named LonelyRoadFilms, describe this video: Me and amber driving back into california on route 66 through the mojave desert. the last days of our five week road trip across the us. I do like the grainy, old-film quality of this clip: https://youtu.be/IQn55FusEWk Wish I could figure out which band is … Continue reading Super 8 memories
Category: Music
“Don’t Let It Break Your Heart”
Here's an unofficial but well-shot video for Coldplay's new song, "Don't Let It Break Your Heart." You'll find a lot of Route 66 images from the desert Southwest. https://youtu.be/9ckeTO_q_uA The video was made by the Germany-based Blood Brother Productions.
Asleep At the Wheel time machine
Here's a clip of western-swing band Asleep At the Wheel performing "Route 66" and a few other songs at Farm Aid in 1993. https://youtu.be/IS_oEz7TJqM This is one of the classic incarnations of the band, with Cindy Cashdollar on the pedal steel.
Woody Guthrie Archives will move to Tulsa
The Woody Guthrie Archives, based in New York, will move to his home state of Oklahoma and the Route 66 city of Tulsa by 2013, according a story late Tuesday by the New York Times. The Tulsa-based George Kaiser Family Foundation bought the musician's archives from the Guthrie family for about $3 million and will … Continue reading Woody Guthrie Archives will move to Tulsa
Grand entertainment
According to the poster of this video, this performance of Bobby Troup's best-known song was on the Grand Canyon Railway, which starts in the Route 66 town of Williams, Ariz. https://youtu.be/_I9tzLq1JLA
British celebrity couple is traveling Route 66
A celebrity couple from Great Britain is traveling on a portion of the Mother Road for three weeks, according to a story in The Daily Mirror of London. Jason Orange, a member of the UK-based pop band Take That, and British comedian Catherine Tate reportedly are dating, and decided to take some time together on … Continue reading British celebrity couple is traveling Route 66
Lake Overholser Bridge
The historic Lake Overholser Bridge in western Oklahoma City was reopened to traffic a few weeks ago, as this new video clip shows: https://youtu.be/bQS8Z8nNO34 Music is by The Road Crew. UPDATE: Concidentally, here's another angle from the bridge that was just posted from another YouTube account: https://youtu.be/HBH84CAjRwk
One-man band
But you've never seen a version of Bobby Troup's most famous song like this one: https://youtu.be/skGgLgcwMPQ The performer's name is Mark Di Giuseppe of Italy, aka The Legendary Straniero.
Route 66 in three minutes
One person's experiences on the Mother Road in October 2011, with brevity: https://youtu.be/wHAZJm4f3AQ Music is from Asleep at the Wheel.
Straight from the garage
Here's a 1965 version of Bobby Troup's most famous song, performed by The Bootjacks, based in Sweden. The song came from a 1960s garage-rock compilation called "Pebbles, Vol. 28." https://youtu.be/BRPxS9HT3ug You can hear the influence on The Cramps' later version of that song.