I heard a few days ago that the video for Enrique Iglesias' hit song "Hero" was shot in the Route 66 settlement of Amboy, Calif. Sure enough, it is. Check it out: Roy's is featured prominently, as is a church in town. And I was thinking the stone ruins were at Cadiz Summit, on Route … Continue reading A ‘Hero’ in Amboy
Category: Music
Skating 66
Robby Love, aka the Roller Rapper, has posted another excerpt from his as-yet-unreleased documentary from his Route 66 tour last year. He didn't actually roller-skate the entire length of Route 66, but he did roll by some picturesque places. The footage of the Glenrio ghost town is particularly choice.
An enjoyable stop on the dial
I was able to listen to a good chunk of the premiere of Randy Raley's "Route 66 of KMOX" show on Saturday night on the St. Louis flagship station -- both online, and on the airwaves at 1120 on the AM dial. It was about as good as I'd hoped. There were familiar tunes in … Continue reading An enjoyable stop on the dial
Impromptu kicks
Here's an impromptu performance of "Route 66" by Jason Ringenberg in someone's kitchen. He mangles some of Bobby Troup's lyrics, but it's OK. Ringenberg, in case you didn't know, was the lead singer for Jason and The Scorchers, a great cowpunk band.
A tribute to Route 66
This is a video made by students at St. Martin of Tours Parish Catholic School in St. Louis. A few of the images, coupled with the music, hit me hard. You might find it affecting, also. The music is "Our Town," the Oscar-nominated song written by Randy Newman and sung by James Taylor for the … Continue reading A tribute to Route 66
Shave, but no haircut
Robby Love, aka The Roller Rapper, stopped in Seligman, Ariz., during his Route 66 tour in 2006 to get a shave from the Guardian Angel of Route 66, Angel Delgadillo.
Short and sweet
Here's a 38-second video with a number of Route 66 scenes from the desert Southwest and a hot musical excerpt:
Living in Tijeras Time
While driving on old Route 66 to Albuquerque during the weekend, we stumbled onto the Tijeras Open-Air Arts Market in the mountain town of Tijeras, N.M. It's on the grounds the Imagine Gallery and Coffee House. There, we saw a mix of paintings, pottery, sculpture and photographs. There also were locally grown apples and barbed-wire … Continue reading Living in Tijeras Time
More Asleep at the Wheel
There's already a couple of Asleep at the Wheel videos and the band's version of Bobby Troup's "Route 66" on this site. But another dose of Western swing can't hurt. This performance is from a show in France in 2004.
“Route 66” radio show coming to KMOX
A Saturday night music show, titled "Route 66," soon will air on St. Louis' flagship radio station, KMOX-AM. This was initially reported on the STLmedia.net rumor site Tuesday. KMOX account executive Randy Raley confirmed it in an e-mail Wednesday and added that he's "thrilled" to host the show. Here's the announcement in a news release … Continue reading “Route 66” radio show coming to KMOX