Wes Pope, videographer and photographer, posted this well-edited video of still photos, animation and music clips. You can see some of the pinhole photographs he shot on Route 66 here.
Category: Music
Promotional trailer for Coliseum documentary
Jim Marcacci and Bruce Logsdon of Sound & Image Videography are producing a documentary about the history of the colorful Coliseum music venue in Benld, Ill., which is on an older alignment of Route 66. Sound & Image has just released a 9-minute promotional video. You'll see a lot of good memorabilia and information. The breadth … Continue reading Promotional trailer for Coliseum documentary
So who had the first drive-thru restaurant?
This story from The Tribune-Democrat in Johnstown, Pa., delves into the history of drive-throughs, which has squirreled its way into American life from drugstores to liquor stores to restaurants to banks to even funeral homes. As for drive-through restaurants, it's claimed that Red Chaney at the famous Red's Giant Hamburg on Route 66 in Springfield, … Continue reading So who had the first drive-thru restaurant?
“Lucky Sevens”
Ricko Donovan's song about "living way too fast" features mentions of Route 66. A few days ago, he decided to perform this song at the Route 66 exhibit at the Petrified Forest National Park in eastern Arizona.
Hello from South Korea
This is a band called Winterplay, based in South Korea. And this well-edited video contains a performance of Bobby Troup's "Route 66."
Jest in fun
Michael Garin and Mardie Millit, aka Michael and Madie, provide a more whimsical take on "Route 66." Not that I'm complaining.
Tavis Minner encore
The previous posting of Tavis Minner's performance of "Route 66" got a good reaction. Here's another of him, with a really grooving jazz trio: For some inexplicable reason, the video footage has been posted twice on YouTube. No real harm done, though.
A wedding by a King
The chamber of commerce of Wilmington, Ill., is looking for an engaged couple so an Elvis impersonator can marry them during a Route 66 festival in 2011. The chamber wants to perform the wedding in downtown Wilmington on May 7 during the Illinois Route 66 Red Carpet Corridor celebration. The event runs along Route 66 … Continue reading A wedding by a King
“The Glory Road” trailer
The Lost Dogs country-rock group posted this today ... a trailer for their upcoming "The Glory Road" documentary about their tour of Route 66. No release date has been set for the film. In the meantime, you can peruse the band's new "Old Angel" album, which contains 15 songs inspired by the Mother Road.
Rocking and roading
Here's a spirited version of Bobby Troup's "Route 66" by the Lamont Cranston Band, along with plenty of images from the road itself. The blues-based band has been a mainstay in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area since 1969. It's hard to find that sort of longevity in rock 'n' roll. (Hat tip: Westley Dornseif)