tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6688555591100536182024-03-27T16:53:09.506-07:00Old Highway NotesImpressionistic travel. A blend of music & video playlists, maps & history. The stories, pictures and videos of people, places, and songs along famous routes. Currently travelling virtually on Route 66, Highway 101, Interstate 95, the Pan-American, Trans-Canadian, Lincoln, & Al-Can Highways.
Rob from Portlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06918445927731749831noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668855559110053618.post-46564395194091490762020-09-20T15:49:00.320-07:002020-10-03T09:11:52.670-07:00Down The Mississippi Part 1: Minnesota, Clearwater County: Headwaters of Mississippi at Itasca State Park to Coffee Pot Landing<div data-block="true" data-editor="77m5a" data-offset-key="8dvl5-0-0" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; letter-spacing: -0.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8dvl5-0-0" style="border: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8dvl5-0-0" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Not all highways</span><span> </span></span><span style="font-size: 17px;">are on land. Some are on water. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River" target="_blank">Mississippi River</a> is one. A ribbon of water that begins in the Great Lakes region. It runs a course through ten states. Draining into the Gulf Of Mexico. 2320 miles of watershed. </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="77m5a" data-offset-key="9pqfc-0-0" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9pqfc-0-0" style="border: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9pqfc-0-0" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br data-text="true" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="77m5a" data-offset-key="vopi-0-0" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; letter-spacing: -0.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="vopi-0-0" style="border: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="vopi-0-0" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">This river</span><span style="font-size: 17px;"> is a very Old Highway. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River#Native_Americans" target="_blank">Native Americans traveled its course</a> since at least <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell_tradition" target="_blank">500 BC</a>. Today we travel from its headwaters. </span></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="vopi-0-0" style="border: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="vopi-0-0" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="vopi-0-0" style="border: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="vopi-0-0" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">The headwaters</span><span style="font-size: 17px;"> of the Mississippi are in Clearwater County. Minnesota. Sprouting from Lake Itasca, the mighty river begins as a stream. The shallow water passable in only canoe or kayak. Tourists at the headlands walk with ease across the shallow creek bed. </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="77m5a" data-offset-key="30d09-0-0" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="30d09-0-0" style="border: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="30d09-0-0" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br data-text="true" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="77m5a" data-offset-key="8hgdf-0-0" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; letter-spacing: -0.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8hgdf-0-0" style="border: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8hgdf-0-0" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Mississippi River</span><span style="font-size: 17px;"> passes the <a href="https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/park.html?id=spk00181#homepage" target="_blank">Itasca State Park</a> visitor center. We stop to explore Mary Gibbs Mississippi Headwaters Center.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="77m5a" data-offset-key="9a5s6-0-0" style="background-color: #fafafa; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9a5s6-0-0" style="border: 0px; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9a5s6-0-0" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br data-text="true" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></div></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #111111; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>Back on the river</span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #111111; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #111111; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Here we scrape along a shallow stream. The trickling river meanders through park lands. At <a href="https://thedyrt.com/camping/minnesota/coffee-pot-landing" target="_blank">Coffee Pot Landing</a> the river leaves Clearwater County.</span><div><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Libre Baskerville, serif;"><span style="font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><div><iframe height="480" src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1ALv3njsw4W6hwfuJNnVFQWGzZvt5z5yh" width="640"></iframe>
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Headwaters of Mississippi at Itasca State Park</i></b></span></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Headwaters of The Mississippi Postcard" border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="1000" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT82duptQhl6QJ72sOie2-Gi7F5LTvKvHSWhvzZQjVir8EtF97Q6IqwlIARDgoTVTUGsOGJI4FSbyYPBa1_qJJnMfoYOtTCO4w8ZuO14BkIeSDWUNBp_bVgCMEcyswgbeaAUdDO2jLF70p/w400-h255/Headwaters+of+Mississippi+sign.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="1970's Headwaters Postcard" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/Itasca/headwaters.html" target="_blank">1970's Headwaters Postcard</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a name='more'></a></span></div><div><div><br /></div><div>
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Part 1</i></b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Part 2</i></b></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLWV6Eymwwv0NBf3jllla9jRGIXCRgDb7y" width="560"></iframe></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Headwaters - Mississippi River (Ep.1)<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Peter Bragiel</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5:43</li><li>Mississippi Headwaters / Sioux Falls, SD / The ugly side of RV Living<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Embracing Detours</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>18:17</li><li>Boating at Lake Itasca State Park (Sept 15, 2019)<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Phoebe Snow</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1:00</li><li>boating on Lake Itasca.MOV<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Robert Edgell</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>0:23</li><li>Ice Cutting Demonstration on Lake Itasca 2/10/18<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Deborah Mattson</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:12</li><li>Walking across the Mississippi River at its source, outlet of Lake Itasca in MN.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>artfd</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1:02</li><li>MISSISSIPPI HEADWATERS - ITASCA STATE PARK, MN | Mayumi’s Diary<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Mayumi's Diary ???</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:49</li><li>Itasca State Park Mississippi Headwaters<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Our National Adventure</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>7:14</li></ol>
<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Mary Gibbs Mississippi Headwaters Center</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Mary Gibbs Mississippi Headwaters Center" border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibU4PL2lum-KJGZLvottj6o44GmrSvHSyA38CgDK1GpOti8ns9yML2Dk3zGQBYXbBolT-XBdhD9gZ5WtJqn-KyyvXzhpHJUIiLrmy3lgxM5HjYefp_CQKB3KFbROgqU6YYgzSxRrKJ8ikn/w400-h300/Mary+Gibbs+Mississippi+Headwaters+Center.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Mary Gibbs Mississippi Headwaters Center Itasca Minnesota" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bsabarnowl/5361514623/in/photostream/" target="_blank">Mary Gibbs Mississippi Headwaters Center Itasca Minnesota</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "libre baskerville" , serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Alcan</b></span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Highway, also known as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Highway" target="_blank">Alaska Highway</a>, has long had a reputation among roads. It is famous for being one of the most remote and rugged major highways in North America. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "libre baskerville" , serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The <a href="http://blogs.umb.edu/buildingtheworld/roadways/alaska-highway-united-states-and-canada/" target="_blank">Alaska Highway</a></b></span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> begins in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. It runs 1387 miles (2232 km) through the British Columbian Canadian Rockies. It goes through Whitehorse, and Yukon Territories. Ending in Delta Junction, Alaska, outside of Fairbanks.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "libre baskerville" , serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>In early 1942</b></span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">, America was mobilizing after Japan had recently attacked Pearl Harbor. Japans was active off of the US West Coast. Threats to the Aleutian Islands were obvious. The was a need for an inland route to Alaska from the lower 48. A highway could transport supplies, men and equipment to Alaska.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "libre baskerville" , serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>In the 1920's</b></span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> a proposal were made for a highway. It would connect Central British Columbia with the Yukon Territory and Alaska. Cost and lack of serviced communities had prevented its construction. The plan was introduced several times without success. The war caused the highway to be approved.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "libre baskerville" , serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The United States</b></span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was anxious to address the supply chain issues. They offered to build pay and provide labor to build the highway. America would use it during the war. After the war, Canada was then to take over. The segment of the highway that passed through Canada was to be Canadian. Operations and maintenance expenses belonging to Canada. The Canadians agreed. Construction began in March 9, 1942.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "libre baskerville" , serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The route</b></span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> connected airports found along the Northwest Staging Route. This was a network of airstrips built at the same time as the highway. The air bases were to transport planes to the Soviet Union, our ally at the time. The Staging Route never was used to supply the Soviets. It did provide stations for equipment to be flown in. This was helpful when building the highway.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "libre baskerville" , serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Conditions</b></span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> were extreme. It was difficult for road building. There was Sub Arctic weather and heavy forests. Water was everywhere. Many lakes and rivers needed a bypass or forging. Large areas of permafrost created unique challenges. There was plenty of wildlife, especially bears. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "libre baskerville" , serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Building</b></span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was in a dangerous environment. The job was almost always menial labor using shovels and axes. There is an obvious example of Army racism tied to the highway. The Army sent three of its new formed "<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/science/in-alaska-black-soldiers-defied-armys-prejudice.html" target="_blank">Negro Regiments</a>" to weather the extreme conditions. The heavy lifting of the remote and challenging project done by them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "libre baskerville" , serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>When construction began</b></span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that winter in 1942, the ground was frozen hard. The troops made fast progress. They worked with hand tools and light bulldozers. Slowly the troops scratched a path through the wilderness. At river crossings, pontoon bridges served until more permanent structures were built.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "libre baskerville" , serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The troops</b></span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> had no experience building on permafrost. Some of the early road failed. As warmer weather hit the road exposed now thawing frozen areas. The sunlight was actually melting the ground the highway was built on. The roadbed in places sank into a swampy murk.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "libre baskerville" , serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Solving</b></span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> this problem, a technique was adopted. New felled trees were placed down across the roadbed. They made a sort of corrugated cover to the permafrost. Several layers would be added. The logs to sank into the swampy earth. More layers would settle into a surface solid enough to overlay with gravel. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "libre baskerville" , serif; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.Alaskan Highway documentary</span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "libre baskerville" , serif; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "libre baskerville" , serif; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Sherway Academy of Music</i></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "libre baskerville" , serif; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "libre baskerville" , serif; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">58:18</span><br />
<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "libre baskerville" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">3.The ALASKA HIGHWAY - Yukon Travel Documentary<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Lucas T. Jahn</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>9:24</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "libre baskerville" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">4.Road Religion: Yukon and the Alaska/Alcan Highway Documentary<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Linescrew1</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>39:51</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "libre baskerville" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">5.THE ALASKA HIGHWAY (IN 4K!) & Solving Keep Your Daydream's Riddle<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>TIM and FIN</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>12:41</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "libre baskerville" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">6.10 TIPS for traveling the Alaska Canada Highway (Alcan)<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Wild Faith</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>14:49</span></span><br />
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Rob from Portlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06918445927731749831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668855559110053618.post-24627819639420482392020-03-22T15:53:00.000-07:002020-03-22T16:03:47.493-07:00Lincoln Highway Notes 1914-1940<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was 1914</span>. Cars had been around for a few years. Lately they had become a national craze. Henry Ford began producing the Model T in 1908. This made car ownership a reality for hundreds of thousands of Americans.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">People </span>loved the new cars, but there was a problem. The roads were awful. Larger cities had paved sections. A few early paved connector roads between cities existed. People wanted to use there cars to explore the country outside of the cities. That became difficult when the pavement ended.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Motorists</span> in those early days in rural areas had to contend with muddy roads and deep wagon ruts. Railroad bridges were sometimes the only available river crossings. Horses still using the old dirt roads would get spooked by the automobiles. It was a difficult and often dangerous situation. Something needed to change.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1909 New York to Seattle Road Race <i><a href="https://www.britannica.com/event/Good-Roads-movement">Britannica</a></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Groups</span> of early automotive boosters organized themselves. Their goal: establishing a paved road linking the east and west coast of the United States. They urged Congress to oppropriate funding for a national highway. They argued benefits to shipping. More important, the mobility of US troops within the nation would improve. The benefits to the average citizen were also stressed. Congress approved the Lincoln Highway. Construction began.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Opening</span> in 1914, the highway was not one paved route throughout the country. It was a network of existing paved roads. New paving now connected these pre-existing roads. Together they would form one long, paved Lincoln Highway.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lincoln Highway near Pennsylvania Tunnel-September 1922 <i><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lincoln_Highway_M0377-150dpi.jpg">Wikipedia</a></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Lincoln Highway</span> was America's first national highway. The road was legendary long before Route 66 gained its infamy. This highway was at the birth of our modern road trip culture. It saw the rise of motor touring and the development of the car camp. Those old car camps sometimes added cabins and the motel was born.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Old Highway Notes</span> asks you to join us. We will explore the Lincoln Highway in our usual style. A handpicked blend of YouTube video clips and music with a touch of history and tourism.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lydiadarnall/7641205682/">Flickr (Lydia Darnell)</a></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before</span> we hit the road here are some songs about cars from the Golden age of the highway 1914-1940.<br />
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1<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>In My Merry Oldsmobile<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Billy Murray<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:01<br />
2<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>He'd Have To Get Out And Get Under (To Fix Up His Automobile)<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Billy Murray<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:19<br />
3<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Little Ford Rambled Right Along<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Billy Murray<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:21<br />
4<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Uncle Josh Buys An Automobile<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cal Stewart<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:17<br />
5<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I'm Wild About Horns On Automobiles<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Jack Dalton and The 7 Blue Babies<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5:09<br />
6<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Steppin' On The Gas<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sam Morgan's Jazz Band<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:23<br />
7<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Get 'Em In A Rumble Seat<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Billy Jones & Ernest Hare<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:28<br />
8<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Henry's Made A Lady Out Of Lizzie<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Clicquot Club Eskimos<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:40<br />
9<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Chevrolet Six<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Frank Hutchison<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:10<br />
10<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A Race Between a Ford and a Chevrolet<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Oscar Ford<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:20<br />
11<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Henry Ford Blues<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Roosevelt Sykes<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:11<br />
12<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Chevrolet Car<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sam McGee<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:11<br />
13<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Car Song<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Woody Guthrie<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1:53<br />
14<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hard Travelin'<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Woody Guthrie<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:40<br />
15<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>This Land Is Your Land<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Woody Guthrie<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:31<br />
16<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lost Highway<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hank Williams<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:13<br />
17<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Terraplane Blues<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Robert Johnson<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:02<br />
18<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>My Little Machine<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sonny Boy Williamson I<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:03<br />
19<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mean Old Highway<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sonny Boy Williamson I<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:25<br />
20<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hard Driving Blues<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Amos Milburn<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:43<br />
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1<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>It's a Long Way to California<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:49<br />
2<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1:22<br />
3<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Second Hand Rose<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>0:42<br />
4<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Beautiful Ohio<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:30<br />
5<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>[Preparing for The] Lincoln Way<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5:40<br />
6<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Along the Way<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6:34<br />
7<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Goin' Home<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5:03<br />
8<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>In My Merry Oldsmobile<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:10<br />
9<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Let Me Stray<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:02<br />
10<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I Always Wear My Amber Shades (Even On a Cloudy Day)<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:23<br />
11<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Out Where the West Begins<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1:49<br />
12<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I'm Always Chasing Rainbows<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:13<br />
13<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Land Of Lincoln<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:53<br />
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Rob from Portlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06918445927731749831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668855559110053618.post-29382403039309345372020-02-24T06:36:00.000-08:002020-02-24T21:48:44.351-08:00Trans Canada Highway Part 1: British Columbia, Capital District: Victoria to Goldstream Provincial Park <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Trans-Canada Highway</span> is actually a group of highways that, threaded together, connect Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. The "Mainline" of the highway connects many of Canada's largest cities. We will follow the mainline across the country and then explore its various spur roads.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Mainline</span> of the Trans-Canada Highway does not start on the mainland. It begins on Vancouver Island on the west coast of British Columbia. Vancouver Island is west across the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Vancouver, British Columbia's largest city. It is only accessible from the mainland by ferry or plane.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The highway</span> begins at milepost zero in Victoria, the capital of British Columbia. Appropriately, Victoria and its suburbs make up the Capital District.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Victoria is a city</span> that seems transported from England...and placed in a rain forest. The climate shares a cool, yet mild dampness for much of the year and many of the buildings have a decidedly British flavor. When the sun comes out, flowers decorate the city. The people emerge from winters gloom and celebrate with a number of festivals. the videos I found show a lot of festival activity during the summer months.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Butchart Gardens</span> was grouped with Vancouver, it is actually just outside of town and NOT on the Trans-Canadian Highway. Still, it is such a beautiful place, and the areas #1 attraction. I had to keep the video in the playlist. Lets explore Victoria B.C.!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Victoria</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Part 1</span></b></div>
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<li>Explore Victoria, British Columbia: Trip Ideas<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>BCFieldReporter</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:29</li>
<li>Discover Victoria BC, Breathtaking Tourism Video<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Discover Vancouver Island</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:12</li>
<li>Top 7 attractions in Victoria BC Canada<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>MJ Sacco</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:05</li>
<li>Welcome to Downtown Victoria BC<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>thebaycentre</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:09</li>
<li>Mexican festival Victoria B.C<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Lucia Marquez</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:45</li>
<li>Victoria, B.C, LGBTQ Pride Parade 2018 - 5<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Owdoya Dodat</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>10:41</li>
<li>Victoria - Holi Celebration 2017 @ Camosun College, Victoria , British Columbia, Canada<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>lino lease</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6:39</li>
<li>Festival Centre Promo 2016, Victoria BC<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>LifeLight Umbrella</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1:29</li>
<li>international chalk art festival in victoria, bc<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Wendy Kristina</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>0:43</li>
<li>Luminara festival 2009 Victoria B.C.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Doug Clement<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i>1:51</li>
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<li>Victoria Classic Boat Festival 2013<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>B. McCarthy</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1:08:42</li>
<li>Victoria's Chinatown - British Columbia<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>My Guide Network</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:14</li>
<li>Steam Boats in Victoria Harbour Vancouver Island British Columbia Canada<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Vancouver Island</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:49</li>
<li>Chinese New Year Celebrations in Victoria , <i>B.C.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Strong and Beyond</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>9:18</li>
<li>Buchart Botanical Garden | Victoria BC<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Tom Hall</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>26:08</li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saanich</b></span></div>
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<li style="text-align: center;">Driving from Victoria to Saanich BC Canada - Relaxing Tour in City - 2017<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Free Jazz</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>11:29</li>
<li>408 Lands End Road, North Saanich, VIctoria, BC<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Holmes Realty Ltd.</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1:30</li>
<li>Downtown, Saanich Fair / Canada #1<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Annika Matthies</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:25</li>
<li>Panama Flats Saanich BC Iced<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Victoria Air Photos and Survey</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1:01</li>
<li>Video of the interior of the Commonwealth Swimming Pools, Saanich, BC, Canada<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>videoroo</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>0:42</li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Thetis Lake Regional Park</b></span></div>
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<li>Thetis Lake Hiking Trail Near Victoria, BC<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Victoria Trails<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:17</li>
<li>Thetis Lake Park In Victoria, B.C.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Strong and Beyond<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1:39</li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Langford</b></span></div>
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<li>Langford BC<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Thomas Keller</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:55</li>
<li>The Noodle Box Restaurant in Langford Victoria BC Vancouver Island Canada - PhilinVancouver.com<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Phil InVancouver</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:26</li>
<li>Bad Drivers Victoria BC Langford Asshole Special 689 NHL<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Caught On Cam</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>0:22</li>
<li>Fountain at Langford, Canada BC<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Jim Straley</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>0:27</li>
<li>Beaver at Langford Lake BC<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>James Manke</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>0:14</li>
<li>Langford Summer Festival Parade 2007<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Kevin Zhang</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1:29</li>
<li>Classic Car Show on Victoria Day @ Costco Langford BC Vancouver Island - PhilinVancouver.com<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Phil InVancouver</i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>10:00</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I am highway geek. </span></b>I love looking at maps. I like dashboard cams and travel videos. Lately, I have begun killing time by taking a virtual journey on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-American_Highway">Pan-American Highway</a>,<br />
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The Pan-American Highway runs from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska on the Arctic Sea to Tierra Del Fuego with a view of Antarctica. It is called by Guinness "The Worlds Longest Motorable Highway". Except for a short area in Central America called the Darien Gap, which can only be crossed in four wheel drive vehicles, it possible to use this road to travel the entire length of the Americas.<br />
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I searched on YouTube for videos of places I would visit if I were to drive the Pan-American Highway. I pick as many uploads as look relevant up to about a dozen at most. Then I watched them. Some videos were a bad fit for one reason or another. Those I deleted from the playlist.<br />
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The most common reasons for deleting videos from the playlist is when the subject matter was mostly a head shot of a video host. The point is to see the places we are exploring, not a narrator. Often I find drone videos. I love the unique perspectives those can bring. Since it is a virtual road trip, I also like to include dashboard cams of driving into or around the location. These are also extremely common.<br />
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Festivals, gardens, parks, museums and tourist attractions also tend to make interesting videos. I will sometimes add one of those keywords to the place name to find a better variety of results in my searching.<br />
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For the best experience, I recommend viewing the videos while playing music on a separate device. This way you can mute the YouTube stream using the music of your choice as a soundtrack. Without varying sound recording levels and without dialog, you can enjoy images of a place without audio distractions. Muting also allows the use of videos from producers in other languages. The idea is to create a visual montage of the places on the map. I hope you enjoy it.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Let's hit the road!</i></span></b><br />
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The South the Pan American Highway, by most accounts, begins or ends at Tierra Del Fuego in Argentina. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_202685969"></span>That is not exactly correct<span id="goog_202685970"></span></a>. Officially, the highway officially begins in Buenos Aires before it begins its northbound trek.<br />
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I followed unofficial tradition and began my journey at the tip of South America, at Isla Grande, Tierra Del Fuego National Park in Argentina. This is reached by Argentinian Route 3, which is an "unofficial" extension of the highway that adds over 3000 km to the highways length.<br />
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Here is what you will see in this playlist.<br />
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<b>Tierra Del Fuego Province, Argentina</b><br />
<i>Tierra del Fuego National Park</i><i> to San Sebastián</i><br />
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<i><b>Tierra del Fuego National Park</b> </i></div>
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As far South as you can go in the Western Hemisphere.</blockquote>
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<b>1</b>: 3:30-<b>Tierra del Fuego National Park</b>-<i>sanbanerj1</i>-Tourist Video<br />
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<li>Flying into Ushiana, Tierra del Fuego National Park, park signs, the view to Antartica, farthest South post office in the Americas. </li>
<li>A well shot video-English Narration</li>
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<i><b>Ushuaia</b> </i></div>
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The most Southern city in South America.</blockquote>
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<b>2</b>: 9:39-<b>Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (HD)</b>-<i>World Travel Guides</i>-<span style="background-color: yellow;">Tourist </span>Video. </div>
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<li>A drive around the city, a look in a hotel room, gardens, the town plaza and local businesses, a mural and some mountains, sleds and sled dogs in the summertime, beautiful scenery, birds and more mountains, closeups of the shoreline, a hike in the National Park, more wildlife and plant life. A tour boat cruise with beautiful views, including lighthouse, penguins and seals. </li>
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<b>3</b>: 4:51-<b>Things to do in Ushuaia & Tierra del Fuego, Argentina -(Travel Video 049)</b>-<i>BackPacker Steve</i>-Travel Vlog</div>
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<li>Introducing Ushuaia. A hike up to top of Glacier Martial as well as visits to other glaciers. A boat tour of Beagle Channel with stunning views. Finally a trek through National Parque de Tierra Del Fuego ending with a kayak trip through Canal Fun.</li>
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<b>4</b>: 7:34-<b>Our Adventure Lifers take a Tierra del Fuego National Park tour and explore Ushuaia</b>-<i>Adventure Life</i>-Travel Vlog</div>
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<li>A walk around town and a look in a hotel room. A guided trip to Tierra del Fuego National Park includes a kayak trip through Canal Fun followed by a luxury picnic lunch. After lunch, a hike to Southernmost post office anywhere in the world. Following a day of hiking, its time to enjoys some of Ushuiana's famous King Crab for dinner.</li>
<li>A well shot video-English Narration</li>
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<b>5</b>: 3:00-<b>Carnaval de tierra del fuego - Ushuaia</b>-<i>orlando Vedia</i>-Tourist video</div>
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<li>Footage of the Carnival Parade in Ushuaia. Most likely shot in 2017.</li>
<li>Unstable, but clear camera work. Parade sounds, no narration.</li>
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<i><b>Cerro Castor</b> </i></div>
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<b></b>Ski resort just North of Ushaia. The southernmost ski resort in the world.</blockquote>
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<b>6</b> 6:39-<b>GO PRO: Cerro Castor Ushuaia</b>-<i>mat rull</i>-GoPro, Selfie video</div>
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<li>A group of snowboarders tear up the slopes at Cerro Castor</li>
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<b>7</b> 8:27-<b>Cerro Castor - Ushuaia, Argentina</b>-<i>Miguel Salgueiro</i>-Travel Vlog</div>
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<li>Scenes around Cerro Castor.</li>
<li>A well shot video-English Narration</li>
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<i><b>Lago Escondido</b> </i></div>
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<b></b>A beautiful lake.</blockquote>
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<b>8</b> 0:50-<b>Mirador del Lago Escondido</b>-<i>Tierra del Fuego Local Guides</i>-Tourism video</div>
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<li>A little bit grainy video. Techno soundtrack.</li>
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<b>9</b>: 0:21-<b>Camino de los siete lagos. Mirador Lago escondido</b>.-<i>Franco Gutiérrez</i>-Tourist Video</div>
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<li>Short clear video-No narration</li>
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<b>10</b>: 1:12-<b>SD1_FHD0069 Mirador lago Espejo.MOV</b>-<i>Juan Carlos Tognini</i>-Tourist Video</div>
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<li>A view of Lago Escondido on an overcast day.</li>
<li>Good video-Non English narration.</li>
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<b>11</b>: 1:08-<b>Lago Escondido en Tierra del Fuego Argentina</b>-<i>Juan Antonio CALDERATO</i>-Tourist Video</div>
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<li>Stange camera work. Odd views of Lago Escondido. </li>
<li>Good video-No Narration-lots of wind on microphone noise</li>
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<b>12</b>: 2:04-<b>Lago Escondido. Neuquén, Patagonia Argentina</b>-<i>Isabella Presso Camiletti-</i>Tourist Video</div>
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<li>More unusual views of Lago Escondido</li>
<li>Good video-No Narration-lots of wind on microphone noise</li>
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<b>13</b>: 0:37-<b>One Last Look At Lago Escondido In Tierra del Fuego Province Argentina</b>-<i>Jack Waldbewohner</i>-Dashboard Cam</div>
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<li>The view of Lago Escondido from the Pan-American Highway as you drive by. Very scenic.</li>
<li>Good video-No Narration</li>
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<b></b>The third largest town in Tierra Del Fuego Province. A charming village on the shores of Lago Escondido that is a famous rest area for Argentinians driving South to Tierra Del Fuego.</blockquote>
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<b>14</b>: 6:44-<b>ARGENTINA: TOLHUIN, A PARADISE IN "TIERRA DEL FUEGO"</b>-<i>Mochileros</i>-Travel Vlog</div>
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<li>Not so much a video about the town, but more of the area around Tolhuin and Lago Escondido. The vloggers dog gets a lot of screen time.</li>
<li>Good Video-Non English narration. </li>
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<b>15</b>: 2:01-<b>The Charming Small Town of Tolhuin In Tierra del Fuego Province Argentina</b>-<i>Jack Waldbewohner</i>-Dashboard Cam</div>
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<li>Clear picture-English Introduction</li>
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<i><b>Cabo Auricosta</b> </i></div>
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<b></b>A cape on the coastline of Tierra Del Fuego</blockquote>
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<b>16</b>: 3:38-<b>Cabo Auricosta</b>-<i>Gerardo Scolari-</i>Amature video</div>
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<i><b>Estância Gourmet Viamonte</b> </i></div>
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<b></b>An Estancia is a large ranchland. Some are operated as active ranches while others have evolved into more of a Dude Ranch resort. This is the first of many found on the road North through Argentina.</blockquote>
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<b>17</b>: 3:25-<b>Estância Gourmet Viamonte</b>-<i>Lisandro Larréa</i>-Promotional Video</div>
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<li>Gourmet Viamonte lives up to its name. A strange little video, it is filmed like a 1970's art movie. Lots of zooming in and out, pan shots, and repeats of the same shot. Then suddenly it changes to a much more modern style of production. </li>
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<b></b>The highway continues north, passing the lake they call Laguna San Luis.</blockquote>
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<b>18</b>: 5:32-<b>Viaje a la Laguna San Luis</b>-<i>Javier Huerga</i>-Tourist Video</div>
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<li>Clear Picture-No Narration</li>
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<i><b>Rio Grande</b> </i></div>
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<b></b>The primary city for manufacturing in the Tierra Del Fuego Province.</blockquote>
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<b>19</b>: 6:53-<b>Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego</b>-<i>hugoniva</i>-Tourist Video</div>
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<b>20</b>: 9:40-<b>Mr. Droneable - Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego</b>-<i>Ruben Toriel</i>-Drone Video</div>
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<b>21</b>: 3:31-<b>Tierra del Fuego / Rio Grande</b>-<i>Mikaella Chiriboga</i>-Dashcam Video</div>
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<li>Low resolution-Argentine(?) music soundtrack</li>
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<i><b>Estância La Violeta</b> </i></div>
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<b></b>The Estância La Violeta is a polo ranch with a small hotel and restaurant.</blockquote>
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<b>22</b>: 5:20-<b>ESTANCIA LA VIOLETA</b>-<i>fabio ramello</i>-Drone Video</div>
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<b>23</b>: 7:31-<b>La Violeta Torneo de Polo 2009</b>-<i>douala2209-</i>Souvenir video</div>
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<li>Images from 2009 Polo Tournament at Estância La Violeta</li>
<li>Slide show-No narration-English music soundtrack</li>
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<i><b>Estância Sara</b> </i></div>
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<b></b>A working sheep ranch.</blockquote>
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<b>24</b>: 1:36-<b>Ruta 3 Estancia Sara, Río Grande. Argentina</b>-<i>Eduardo Luis Paredes-</i>Tourist video</div>
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<li>A 360 degree view of the front gate at Estância Sara</li>
<li>Clear Picture-No Narration</li>
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<b>25</b>: 1:15-<b>En el Chorrillo, de la Estancia La Sara</b>-<i>Marcelo Campillay-</i>Souvenir video</div>
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<i><b>San Sebastián</b> </i></div>
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<b></b>A village on the shores of San Sebastián Bay. It is our last stop in Agentina's Tierra Del Fuego Province.</blockquote>
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<b>26</b>: 1:26-<b>SAN SEBASTIAN TIERRA DEL FUEGO</b>-<i>eduardo pedro Coria</i>-Dash Cam</div>
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<li>Grainy video-Non English Narration</li>
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<b>27</b>: 1:37-<b>Becasas de Mar San Sebastian Tierra del Fuego Argentina</b>-<i>Fauna de Tierra del Fuego Arg</i>-Nature video</div>
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<li>A flock of seabirds takes flight on the marshlands of San Sebastián Bay. </li>
<li>Medium quality video-No Soundtrack</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Titusville</span></b> is the home to a few Halls of Fame. Two are located near the entrance to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center, while a third is located in downtown Titusville, This week we are focusing on the American Police Hall Of Fame near the gate to the Space Center.</div>
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<b style="font-size: xx-large;"><a href="http://www.aphf.org/">American Police Hall of Fame & Museum</a> </b>was built in 1960 to serve as a memorial to fallen officers as well as a tribute to the law enforcement community.The <a href="http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/1160203">museum</a> features a Robocop at its entry and also the squad car from the film. Here you will find a variety of police vehicles, uniforms and equipment. There are mock up dispatched centers and even a police helicopter to explore. Crowd control equipment and execution devices showcase the rule of force.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A memorial </span></b>honors fallen officers who have given their all in the line of duty. In what I feel is just a but of irony, an attached <a href="http://www.shooting-center.org/">gun range</a> allows visitors to fire a few rounds. Memorial Day is celebrated here with ceremonies, special activities and a Motorcycle Police Memorial Day Run.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Previously</span></b>, in <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/San%20Diego">San Diego</a>, <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/California">California</a> on <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Highway%20101">Highway 101</a>, Old Highway Notes <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/01/old-town-civic-lifeold-town-san-diego.html">made a visit to the Police Museum</a> located in the city's <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wells-fargo-wagon-original/id715738678?i=715740539&uo=8&at=10lrLN&uo=8&at=10lrLN">Old Town</a>. While thee we ran through <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/01/old-town-civic-lifeold-town-san-diego.html">a few songs about bank robbers, police and jail</a>. Music is rich in tales of outlaws and lawmen, since we are at the American Police Hall Of Fame, here are some more songs about cops and the job they do.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The songs</span></b> I found are mostly not be in favor of police, except perhaps respect for them as adversaries. It seems like there is just some sort of natural tension between the freedom of the music and the regulation of the law that is timeless. Career musicians have always seemed to be on the fringes of legality. When punk rock came on the scene, police oppression was a big focus of the movement. Several notable punk songs make our list that look at the subject of police oppression.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Long before</span></b> punk rock came along there were the blues. Blues musicians often lived outlaw lifestyles-or at least maintained that reputation. Our opening track, <b>Police And High Sheriff Come Ridin' Down</b> by Alabama blues man Ollis Martin from 1927 does nothing to change that. Next, Big Dave MacLean, a blues player from Canada, shows us that the tension between music and the law is not limited by national borders with his own interpretation of the song from 2008.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">No one</span></b> sees a cop quite like a kid. The authority of the uniform and their role in the community can be awe inspiring to the younger set. Our next two songs look at law enforcement from a child's point of view.<br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Our Gang</span></b></i> or <i>The Little Rascals</i> was a series of comedy shorts that were made from the 1920's to the 1940's that took a humorous look at everyday life from a kids point of view. The soundtrack from The Little Rascals film featured some great early hot jazz and soundtrack music. Unfortunately, due to primitive techniques no master reels of the recordings used exist.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Dutch</span></b> group the Beau Hunks specialize in recreating historic music. Their album <i>The Beau Hunks Play The Original Little Rascals Music</i> is a modern recreation of soundtrack music from those short films. <b>Cops</b> is a short piece that resembles the music of the <i>Keystone Kops</i> films of the same era. Both series of films made by Mack Sennett Productions. Musically, it lampoons the authority of the man with a badge.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Casper, The Friendly Ghost</span></b> takes a warmer look at law enforcement from a mid 20th century perspective. <b>Motorcycle Policeman</b> from the children's album<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Musical Adventure In Make-Believe</i> is a charming little record. It also the most positive look at law enforcement that makes our list this week. From here things just get darker.<br />
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<li><b>Motorcycle Policeman</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Musical Adventure In Make-Believe</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Casper The Friendly Ghost<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:21</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">When Buddy Hollie died</span></b> in that famous plane crash in 1959, his band The Crickets decided to carry on. They recruited a guitarist named Sonny Curtis to step in and take the place of Buddy Hollie. He brought with him a song he wrote in 1958 called <b>I Fought The Law</b>. The Crickets recorded the song to little fanfare on their album <i>In Style With The Crickets</i>. The song was largely unnoticed until a 1962 cover by Paul Stefan and his Royal Lancers achieved regional success in the Milwaukee area.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1964</span></b> a cover version of the song by El Paso, Texas's Bobby Fuller Four became a Texan regional hit. The record helped capture the attention of the Del-Fi record label. In December 1965 Del-Fi re-released the record nationally. It rose to number 9 in the charts.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1978,</span></b> The Clash were in San Francisco recording their second album, <i>Give 'Em Enough Rope</i> at the Automatt studio. The album, would become the bands first US release rising to 128 on the US charts. Oddly, the Clash's first album was released in the US AFTER their second album.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A jukebox</span></b> filled with classic records was part of the Automatt's decor and the machine held a copy of <b>I Fought The Law</b> by the Bobby Fuller Four. Singer Joe Strummer and Guitarist Mick Jones both enjoyed the record and by the time they returned to England they could play the song.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I Fought The Law</span></b> must have been destined to be a punk rock record. At roughly the same time the Clash was learning to play the song Sid Vicious, famed bass player for the Sex Pistols, was working on his own version. Vicious would commit suicide before recording it.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Back in England, </span></b>the Clash recorded their own version of <b>I Fought The Law</b> for release on the EP <i>The Cost Of Living</i>. The song was later added to their first album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clash_(album)">The Clash</a></i> as part of it's American edition release.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The song</span></b> was the band's first single in the United States and helped the album gain traction in the US market.<br />
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<li><b>I Fought The Law</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Highs Of The Sixties</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bobby Fuller Four<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:14</li>
<li><b>I Fought the Law</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>The Clash</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Clash<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:39</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Punk Rock</span></b> emerged in part from poor economic conditions in England. In Jamaica, poor economic conditions and violent national politics was expressed in reggae music. In early 1976 violent gangland clashes occurred between the various political faction culminating in 20 homes being firebombed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston,_Jamaica">Kingston, Jamaica</a>'s Trench Town Neighborhood. Trench Town was the center of the reggae world, as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenchtown">Wikipedia</a> notes: </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Trench Town is known in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_culture" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Popular culture">popular culture</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> due to numerous </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Ska">ska</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocksteady" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Rocksteady">rocksteady</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggae" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Reggae">reggae</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> musicians, including </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Abbysinians" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="The Abbysinians">The Abbysinians</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wailing_Souls" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Wailing Souls">Wailing Souls</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paragons" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="The Paragons">The Paragons</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Os_Paralamas_do_Sucesso" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Os Paralamas do Sucesso">Os Paralamas do Sucesso</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Techniques" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="The Techniques">The Techniques</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toots_%26_the_Maytals" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Toots & the Maytals">Toots & the Maytals</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Fraser" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Dean Fraser">Dean Fraser</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Ranglin" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Ernest Ranglin">Ernest Ranglin</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alton_Ellis" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Alton Ellis">Alton Ellis</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortense_Ellis" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Hortense Ellis">Hortense Ellis</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, Winston "Flames" Jarrett, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delroy_Wilson" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Delroy Wilson">Delroy Wilson</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Higgs" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Joe Higgs">Joe Higgs</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, Adina Edwards, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Braithwaite" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Junior Braithwaite">Junior Braithwaite</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Tanamo" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Lord Tanamo">Lord Tanamo</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_Cole" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Stranger Cole">Stranger Cole</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, Cynthia Schloss, Lascelles Perkins, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobby_Dobson" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Dobby Dobson">Dobby Dobson</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Simms" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Noel Simms">Noel 'Scully' Simms</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folkes_Brothers" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Folkes Brothers">Folkes Brothers</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Edwards_(musician)" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Jackie Edwards (musician)">Wilfred 'Jackie' Edwards</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Sibbles" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Leroy Sibbles">Leroy Sibbles</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongo_Herman" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Bongo Herman">Bongo Herman</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Shirley" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Roy Shirley">Roy Shirley</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_Dread" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Massive Dread">Massive Dread</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Johnson_(musician)" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Anthony Johnson (musician)">Anthony Johnson</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tosh" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Peter Tosh">Peter Tosh</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Wailer" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Bunny Wailer">Bunny Wailer</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, but most notably </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Bob Marley">Bob Marley</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, who spent much of his youth in a "government yard" on First Street.</span></blockquote>
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In May </span></b>of 1976 a fairly minor league reggae musician named <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Murvin">Junior Murvin</a> auditioned with the legendary reggae producer Lee "Scratch" Perry. Junior Murvin had already appeared on several recordings and had a minor local hit record. Murvin played for Perry a song he wrote called <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_and_Thieves">Police and Thieves</a></b>. The song was about police brutality and the gang warfare that was tearing apart Trench Town.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Lee "Scratch" Perry</b></span> liked the song, recorded Murvin preforming the song later that same afternoon after reworking a bit of the lyrics. <span style="font-size: small;">In the lightning</span> fast reggae scene of mid-70's Kingston, the next day Perry was in the studio remixing the song with various dub versions. Junior Murvin also returned to the studio the next day to record a few more vocal tracks with different lyrics.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mixing</span></b> the song with <b>Growler Dub</b> by the Upsetters, Lee "Scratch' Perry immediately released the record to a reggae mad Jamaica. It was a hit! By June, the dub record was released internationally. In England it was an even bigger hit than in Jamaica, packing the floors in the countries dance clubs. In the US, the song did well within the category of reggae music.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">By the end</span></b> of the year, <b>Police and Thieves</b> was well on its way to being a permanent part of the reggae canon. It was named the 'Reggae Single of the Year' by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Echoes">Black Echoes</a>, a long running Caribbean music program in Dublin, Ireland. In NME magazine, the song placed sixth in the 1976 end of year singles chart.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Police and Thieves</span></b> gained further notoriety in the summer of 1976. That August, the long running <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notting_Hill_Carnival">Notting Hill Carnival</a> exploded into rioting. The Carnival is an annual celebration of Caribbean Culture held in Notting Hill England. The festival had operated without permits for years. Occasionally police clashes would occur as police tried to disperse revelers who were parading without an official permit. In 1976 the conflict was particularly riotous. For many of the Notting Hill rioters, the hit song <b>Police and Thieves</b> was an inspiring anthem,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>In the crowd</b></span> in Nottingham that August were Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clash_(album)">The Clash</a>. They became fond of the song and it became a something they would goof around with during band practices. A particularly good playing of the song during a recording break inspired the band to record a clean performance as a last minute add on to their album, <i>The Clash</i>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Police and Thieves</span></b> was arguably the first record to merge punk rock and reggae, Junior Murvin was not impressed saying, "They have destroyed Jah work!" Lee "Scratch" Perry did not like The Clash version either, saying the band had "ruined" the song. The Clash got better at reggae and eventually Perry respected them, assisting with production on their <i>Sandinista!</i> album.<br />
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<li><b>Police & Thieves</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Hip-O Mon Vibration</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Junior Marvin<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:55</li>
<li><b>Police & Thieves</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>The Clash</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Clash<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6:00</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Punk Rock </span></b>in the United States had its own flavor. In California, The Dead Kennedys borrowed guitar riffs from surf rock and tied them to inflammatory, fast, melodic music. Their song <b>Police Truck</b> looks at police brutality from the point of view of "bad cops" who committed violence against the citizens they were supposed to be protecting. We feature a live version recorded at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_the_Deaf_Club">Deaf Club</a> on March 31, 1979.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Dead Kennedys</span></b> not only preformed as a band, they also founded the record label Alternative Tentacles. The label was started so the band could self release their own records. It also released records from other punk bands unlikely to be signed by major labels. In celebration of the Alternative Tentacles 100th release, a tribute album of Dead Kennedys songs called Virus 100 was released. From that album we take The Didgits and their version of <b>Police Truck</b>.<br />
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<li><b><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/police-truck-live/id41374534?i=41374514&mt=1&app=music" style="background: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_music-lrg.svg) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 165px;"></a>Police Truck</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Live At The Deaf Club</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Dead Kennedys<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:55</li>
<li><b>Police Truck</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Virus 100 (A Dead Kennedys Tribute)</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Didjits<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:19</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Clash</span></b> keep appearing on this week's playlist. Our next track comes from their final album Sandinista! It is the straight ahead punk rocker <b>Police On My Back</b>. ACalifornia hardcore punk song comes next, with Black Flag recounting their own tale of police oppression in the song <b>Police Story</b>.<br />
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<li><b><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/police-on-my-back/id684746326?i=684746434&mt=1&app=music" style="background: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_music-lrg.svg) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 165px;"></a>Police On My Back</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Sandinista! </i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Clash<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:17</li>
<li><b><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/police-story/id117018235?i=117017743&mt=1&app=music" style="background: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_music-lrg.svg) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 165px;"></a>Police Story</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Damaged <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i>Black Flag<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1:33</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A couple</span></b> of tracks from promotion CD's are now added to the playlist to take us away from punk rock rage.<br />
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<li><b>Cops Too</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Here It Is, The Music CDK Vol. 1</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Keith Levene<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:11</li>
<li><b>Policeman</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Give 'Em The Boot</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Skatalites<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:31</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">George Thorogood and the Destroyers</span></b> gives us a blues rock, good old boy gone wrong, <b>Cops and Robbers</b> story to add to the playlist. Next, Phish describe an encounter with the <b>Makisupa Policeman</b>. Side note: in an interview, Trey Anastasio, the lead singer of Phish, was asked what Makisupa meant. Anastasio replied that it is a word the band made up-it has no meaning, they just thought it sounded funny. Got to love Rock and Roll! Finally, this week we close out by getting indie and listening while The Strokes sing about <b>New York City Cops</b>.<br />
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<li><b><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/cops-and-robbers/id724287479?i=724287583&mt=1&app=music" style="background: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_music-lrg.svg) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 165px;"></a>Cops And Robbers</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Haircut</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>George Thorogood & The Destroyers<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:50</li>
<li><b><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/makisupa-policeman-live/id304198143?i=304198182&mt=1&app=music" style="background: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_music-lrg.svg) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 165px;"></a>Makisupa Policeman</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Live Phish, Vol. 1: 12/14/95, Broome County Arena, Binghamton, New York</i> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Phish<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6:46</li>
<li><b><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/new-york-city-cops/id533714249?i=533714295&mt=1&app=music" style="background: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_music-lrg.svg) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 165px;"></a>New York City Cops</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>The Strokes</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:51</li>
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Rob from Portlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06918445927731749831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668855559110053618.post-2978413399093823192015-09-19T06:00:00.000-07:002020-05-10T11:03:39.522-07:00Crystal Pier and Eddie Vedder<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Pacific Beach</span></b> at the intersection of Garnet and Cass is where we left off on our <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/06/a-fork-in-road-and-battalion-of-saints.html">last post</a> from the remains of <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Highway%20101">Highway 101</a> in <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/San%20Diego">San Diego</a>. From here the old highway continues North on Cass. Before we continue our drive North lets takes in some Southern California tourism and local beach culture with a trip to stroll on the beach.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A few </span></b>blocks further west of the intersection brings us to the water and the foot of the Crystal Pier. From there to the right a boardwalk skirts the edge of Pacific Beach, Left, to the South of the pier the boardwalk runs along the edge of the sand and Mission Beach. If front of us Crystal Pier juts out into the rolling surf of the Pacific Ocean. The pier itself is pretty noteworthy,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Crystal Pier</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1885</span></b> a railroad link was established between San Diego and the East Coast. Almost immediately, large numbers took the train West to start a new life in Southern California. Early settlers at Pacific Beach found the beach side climate was perfect for growing lemons.It seemed that part of San Diego would be an agricultural center.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1889</span></b> a rail line was opened that extended from downtown San Diego to La Jolla with a station at Pacific Beach. Some farm acreage were carved into lots that became a neighborhood. The loss of farmland also meant a loss for a source of income for the community. Being San Diego, tourism was looked to as replacement revenue source,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Crystal Pier Hotel Entry Arch</span><br />
(<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrislee-cm/2871438987/">Flickr</a> user<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrislee-cm/"> Chris Lee</a>/<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/">CC</a>)</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">By the</span></b> 1920's the are was developing enough to have its own school and over 500 residents. Earl Taylor, a local businessman, worked to develop the street grid that had been laid out and named in 1900. Alphabet streets ran North to South were named after early San Diego officials.streets. The East/West streets were named after precious minerals (hence Garnet, which we traveled down in our last post).<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Earl Taylor</span></b> wanted the area to draw visitors and was interested in building some sort of amusement pier. Piers had been successfully operating in Los Angeles for years and Taylor thought it would be a good draw for tourists to the area,<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Meanwhile,</span></b> up the coast at Santa Monica, near Los Angeles A successful pier called the Pickering's Pleasure Pier had burned down in 1924 leaving it's builder/operator Ernest Pickering facing rebuilding. Taylor reached out to Pickering for a partnership. In 1925 the San Diego Union ran an ad announcing the development of a pier in Pacific Beach.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">On The Pier Looking At The Shore</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">By 1926</span></b> the <a href="http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/San-Diego-Magazine/August-2013/Vintage-Crystal-Pier/">pier</a> was opened, It was a fabulous looking structure with a dance hall that sat above the water. The pavilion had a vaguely Aztec art deco theme. Right away <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/1983/apr/21/pickerings-pleasure-pier/#">there were troubles</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The crowded </span></b>dance pavilion was full of partiers celebrated the opening of the pier. Some of the guests noted that the building was swaying in the surf. It was assumed the structure was settling. The sawaying fixtures were wired in place to avoid seasickness in the pavilions customers.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The pier</span></b> was NOT just settling. A contractor who was involved in supplying the pylons for the bridge was contracted to coat the supports with creosote.This would prevent damage to supports that could be caused by by a small sea creature called a marine borer. Marine borers love to eat wood and have traditionally been the scourge of wooden ships by literally eating away their hulls.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The contractor </span></b>reportedly used a less expensive alternative called creosol to coat the wooden pilings. It was a bad decision. Creosol does not have the same repellent effects to marine borers. The pier was being eaten by the sea. Within a year the first Crystal Pier collapsed.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The idea</span></b> of a pier was proven though. <a href="http://www.crystalpier.com/history.php">By 1936 the pier had been rebuild</a>. Instead of dance pavilion at its tip, it instead featured cottages that you could drive right up to!. The cottages were little houses with kitchens and patios. As the cottages reached their edge over the rolling surf a fishing pier extended further out over the ocean.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Today the</span></b> cottages are still their and are a <a href="http://www.crystalpier.com/index.php">hard room to get</a> and a popular tourist destination. The pier itself is open to the public and gets thousands of visitors daily to enjoy the view, take a stroll, or go fishing.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The 1990'</span></b>s were an important time in the San Diego alternative music scene. After grunge exploded on the music world from Seattle, many other cities that had also been cultivating local alternative rock scenes in the 1980's began to get noticed. Alternative bands from those other scenes began to chart as well, with both radio and MTV success.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>San Diego </b></span>had a small alternative music scene centered that around a rock club called the Casbah. Within a few years bands such as Blink-182, Stone Temple Pilots, Slightly Stoopid, Rocket from the Crypt, and Drive Like Jehu all emerged from the San Diego area and began achieving some success.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">What many</span></b> people don't know was that one of the most famous stars in the Seattle scene had a lot to do with the development of the scene in San Diego.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Vedder">Eddie Vedder</a> </span></b>was born in the suburbs of Chicago in 1965. The product of a broken home, his parents divorced in infancy. His mother quickly remarried and Eddie lived in Chicago until he was 12 years old.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In the </span></b>mid-70's the family moved from Chicago to the San Diego, where Vedder was given a guitar to help occupy him in a new environment where he did not have any friends yet. The move to San Diego began what must have been a traumatic period in young Vedder's life.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Late</span></b> in his high school career his parents divorced. His mother moved back to Chicago, while Vedder decided to stay in San Diego with his father to complete high school. It wasn't long after his mother left that Vedder found out the truth that he was not the biological son of the man he knew as his father.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">His real father</span></b> he never got to meet, having died of multiple sclerosis before Eddie knew he existed. Eddie Vedder moved into his own apartment and supported himself working the night shift at an Encinitas drug store. It was too much and he dropped out of high school and moved to Chicago to rejoin his mother.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">While in Chicago,</span></b> he got his GED and attended some community college. In 1984 he and moved with his girlfriend back to San Diego. He worked at several odd jobs, including hotel security guard, to suuport himself while he began working towards a career as a musician. During this time Vedder played in casually several San Diego bands including Surf and Destroy and The Butts.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>One of these</b></span> bands he played with was a group called Indian Style. That band also featured drummer Brad Wilk who would go on to great success with the bands <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_Against_the_Machine">Rage Against The Machine</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audioslave">Audioslave</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Modest success</b></span> came in 1988 when he joined the San Diego progressive funk band Bad Radio, a band who styled themselves along the lines of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The band gained a record contract, and was drawing attention.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Bad Radio </span></b>achieved some success but it was a short stint for Vedder. He left he band working in the late 1980's as an attendant at a gas station. Still hanging around the local music scene, Eddie Vedder was friends and played basketball with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jack Irons </span></b>told Vedder about a band in Seattle band that was looking for a singer. The story was that the locally successful Seattle band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Love_Bone">Mother Love Bone</a>, had recently lost their singer, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Ament">Andrew Wood</a>, to overdose. Guitarist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Gossard">Stone Gossard</a> and bassist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Ament">Jeff Ament</a> were in need a replacement singer.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Irons gave</span></b> Vedder a demo tape to see if he was interested in contacting them. Eddie Vedder listened to the tape before a day of surfing. (Could it have been in Pacific Beach? Possibly, accounts are unclear.)<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Eddie Vedder</span></b> tackled the surf as inspiration struck and he conceived of the lyrics to a three song suite he called Mamma-Son. The songs tell a story with many parallels to Vedder's own. In it, a young man finds out the truth about his paternity after his birth father is dead. From there he becomes a serial killer before being caught sentenced and executed. Vedder recorded his verses onto the instrumental demo and sent them tape North to Seattle.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Impressed </span></b>with Vedders unique vocals they responded by asking him to come up to Seattle for an audition. At the time a new project was being conceived by<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundgarden"> Soundgarden </a> singer and rhythm Guitarist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cornell">Chris Cornell</a>. Eddie Vedder was asked to join.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The band</span></b> was a Seattle supergroup composed of Soundgarden's Chris Cornell, and drummer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Cameron">Matt Cameron</a>, and Stone Goddard and Jeff Ament from Mother Love Bone. The would be joined by newcomers <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_McCready">Mike McCready</a> on guitar and vocalist Eddie Vedder from San Diego. The band was named <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_the_Dog">Temple of the Dog</a> and was intended to be a tribute to deceased mother Love Bone singer, Andrew Wood. It was also a bit of a benefit for Goddard and Ament who were suddenly without work.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The self titled</span></b> album broke just before the the Seattle music scene was to explode across America. Though it was well received, Soundgarden's obligations meant it could not be more than a side project for Goddard and Cameron.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">It did</span></b> achieve one of Cornell's original goals for the group. That would be keeping Goddart and Ament playing music in the Seattle scene. With revived inspiration, Goddart and Ament along with recruited drummer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Krusen">Dave Krusen</a> formed the band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam">Pearl Jam</a>. The rest is history.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Released</span></b> in 1991 just before <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band)">Nirvana's</a> explosive breakthrough <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevermind">Nevermind</a></i>, Pearl Jams debut <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_(Pearl_Jam_album)#Weekly_charts">Ten</a></i> took off slowly but by late 1992 the album had peaked on the Billboard hot 200 at number 2. The sales of the album were driven by the success of three singes, <b>Alive, Evenflow </b>and<b> Jeremy</b>, all of which had successful videos on MTV.<br />
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<li><b>Evenflow </b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Ten</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Pearl Jam<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:53</li>
<li><b>Jeremy</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <i>Ten</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Pearl Jam<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5:19</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Ten's</i> </span></b>tracks <b>Alive, Once</b>, as well as the rarity b-side to the Jeremy single,<b> Footstep</b>, were the same songs Eddie Vedder wrote surfing that day in San Diego. It is where the biggest San Diego connections to Eddie Vedder end. His story would be Seattle's after this, including long time rock star fame and legendary legal battles with Ticketmaster. But that is a story for another day<br />
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Rob from Portlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06918445927731749831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668855559110053618.post-81049842626707612502015-08-01T06:00:00.000-07:002020-05-10T11:03:09.376-07:00Chicago Loop and Songs Inspired By The 1968 Democratic National Convention<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">For most of its life</span></b>, Route 66 began at the <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/06/buckingham-fountain-and-steve-goodman.html">Buckingham Fountain</a>, as we looked at in our last post. These days, due to one way street alignments in the central city, the route West now starts at a block or so away from the fountain on Adams Street between Michigan Avenue and Wabash Streets.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Going West</span></b> on Adams on the left we have the 274 foot tall <a href="http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/1130/Borg-Warner-Building.php">Borg-Warner Building</a> and to the right we pass the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Continental_Plaza">Mid-Continental Plaza</a> on the right. It is a 583 ft tall high rise that is the 52nd highest tower in the city.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The intersection</span></b> of Adams and Wabash is a station stop on the famous El Train that makes a loop around the core of the city thus gaining the downtown's nickname of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Loop">The Loop</a>. In front of the station we find a street musician jamming on his clarinet.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chicago </span></b>is known for many things, not the least of which are trains and skyscrapers. Modern steel frame skyscraper architecture was born here and for many years the Sears Tower (now the Willis Tower) reigned supreme as the tallest building in the world. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Trains </span></b>also figure hugely in the <a href="http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/764.html">development of the city</a>. Located between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River, Chicago was destined to be a transportation hub. When the railroads were being built it was a logical choice to build to an already busy trade corridor. As more train lines converged on Chicago, it drew more lines to build to there as well.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">As the city grew </span></b>the rail lines built depots at the edge of the city center. In cosmopolitan late 19th century style a cable driven trolley system had a large pulley in the downtown area that was nicknamed The Loop. In 1897, when a an elevated train was build in a loop around the downtown core to connect the various terminals, the name The Loop began to be applied to the train.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The center </span></b>of one of Americas largest cities, <a href="http://www.choosechicago.com/neighborhoods-and-communities/loop/">The Loop</a> is packed with skyscrapers, public art, plazas, and government buildings. One of the plazas in the loop is as well known for its mention in the film <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-blues-brothers-moviethe-blues.html">The Blues Brothers</a> as it is for the Picasso sculpture that graces it. That is the Richard J. Daley plaza, named after one of Chicago's most known mayors, He presided over the city for 21 years from 1955-1976 and his name will come up again in the Playlist Additions for this post a little later on.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here are </span></b>several short videos that explore the Loop.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The 1968 Chicago Democratic National Convention Riots And The Songs That Followed</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">As promised, </span></b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_J._Daley">Richard J Daley</a> will play a role in our playlist addition this week. The year was 1968 and one of the most divisive and bitterly fought presidential primaries was underway. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Democratic_National_Convention">Democratic National Convention</a> where the president would be named was due to take place in Chicago during the last week in August.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is </span></b>a complicated story and the music is the point. Please forgive any lapses in the narrative, as well as the lack of discussion of events happening inside the convention. Here is a nutshell version of the lead up and the scene on the streets that week. If you find it interesting, I urge you to explore the many other reports that have been made about the events in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">1968 </span></b>would have been a spirited primary season in a normal election year because the incumbent president Lyndon Johnson was stepping down from the presidency, leaving a contestable candidacy.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">This was </span></b>no ordinary year. 1968 was the most turbulent year of the decade in many ways. In fact, it was one of the most turbulent years in the second half of the 20th century, The youth counterculture had been driving a mighty wedge between older and younger Americans. The Anti-War movement was gaining more and more strength. And there were other societal issues challenging the nation. This led to the heated convention atmosphere,</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">On April 4, 1968,</span></b> Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. The murder angered the nation but especially the black communities in cities around the country. While peaceful memorials occurred in some places, many cities black communities exploded into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Chicago_riots">rioting</a> to express the outrage against the racism in America that led to the death of such a peaceful man.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In over 100 cities </span></b>rioting occurred, with damage in excess of 50 million dollars. Hardest hit were Baltimore, Maryland, Washington D.C., and Chicago, Illinois. In Chicago, the riots continued for 48 hours a 28 square block area was that looted, vandalized and burned, Between 4 and 10 pm on the night the rioting began, over 36 fires were reported in the area burning.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In the end</span></b>, it took over 20,00 combined police, National Guard and Army troops to restore order. By then 11 Chicagoans were dead and 48 were wounded by police gunfire. The police received 90 injuries and 2150 people were arrested. Two miles of Madison Street were reduced to rubble. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Other events</span></b> helped to drive up tensions leading to the Chicago convention. In June of that year the Democrats front running candidate, one with tremendous youth appeal, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated at a fund raising dinner in Los Angeles. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">After the death </span></b>of Robert Kennedy, his older brother President John F Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr all killed by assassins bullets, concern for the safety of the convention delegates was in the forefront of the minds of Chicago's leadership. Richard J. Daley had hoped to use the press from the convention to make a leap from city politics to the national political stage. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Meanwhile, </span></b>college students who had been mobilized by the civil rights and anti-war movements wanted to go to Chicago to make a statement to the delegates about their issues. Abbie Hoffman, on of the founders of the Yippies, the radical hippy political party, called for a "Festival of Life" to be held in Chicago in <a href="http://blog.chicagohistory.org/index.php/2011/06/yippies-in-lincoln-park-1968/">Lincoln Park</a> near the Convention Center.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The youth movement</span></b> had been becoming more political for a few years. During that long hot summer major rock festivals were held across the country which produced a fairly large nomadic hippy population. A lot of them headed to Chicago to speak out for peace and to just groove on the scene and the free festival.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">During the first day</span></b> of<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/10/1301624/-Chicago-1968-The-Whole-World-Was-Watching#"> the convention</a> the Yippies, including folksinger Phil Ochs, protested. Marching and chanting, they caused a scene and brought a pig into the Loop area of the city. The pig was named "Pigasus the Immortal" and he was offered as the Yippie presidential candidate.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">From City Hall, </span></b>Daley wanted to make sure that the crowds were kept in line. He did not want this to open up into a reprise of the rioting the city experienced earlier in the year. Daley instructed his police to act with authority and shut down any protest gathering.was worried that the protesters who were expected to arrive would turn to rioting. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Yippies </span></b>had announced an occupation of Lincoln Park camping out for the duration of the convention. However, Mayor Daley's office denied permits stating that the police would enforce the parks closing time of 11p. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">During that first day</span></b> of the festival Phil Ochs performed. His song <b>I Won't Go Marching Anymore </b>was requested by Yippie founder<a href="http://www.raabcollection.com/jerry-rubin-autograph/jerry-rubin-signed-newly-discovered-insiders-story-1968-democratic-convention"> Jerry Rubin</a>. The crowd was in a militant mood, many of the having attended civil disobedience training earlier in the day hosted by the anti-war group Mobe.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The police </span></b>were tasked with dispersing the crowd, by force if necessary. As protesters chanted anti-police slogans, the police swept in with billy clubs and in riot formations. Soon tear gas was fired on the protesters. All of it happened live on the network news.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The riot </span></b>would continue for four days, yet the festival continued featuring most notable the MC5 later in the week. Inside the convention, things were heated and contentious as well, The American public seemed to feel shock, concern, and rage over the events inside and <a href="http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lorraine-and-fredy-perlman-chicago-1968">outside of the convention</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">From</span></b> the website <a href="http://chicago68.com/c68chron.html">Chicago '68</a>:<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffffee; font-family: "times" , "times roman" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.8999996185303px;">The arrest count for Convention Week disturbances stands at 668. An undetermined number of demonstrators sustained injuries, with hospitals reporting that they treated 111 demonstrators. The on-the-street medical teams from the Medical Committee for Human Rights estimated that their medics treated over 1,000 demonstrators at the scene. The police department reported that 192 officers were injured, with 49 officers seeking hospital treatment.</span></blockquote>
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Public opinions</span></b> were decidedly mixed. Some felt the protesters to be Un-American communist sympathizers. Others saw the police as jack booted storm trooper thugs.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The film</span></b> <i>Conventions-The Land Around Us</i> was created shortly after the incidents of the convention \ for The University of Chicago. It is<i> </i>is long but has many amazing images from the Convention and the surrounding chaos. as well as a certain late 60's hippy vibe that is undeniable.<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="375" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/64409865" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <a href="https://vimeo.com/64409865">Conventions-The Land Around Us</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user17825041">Jerry Swatez</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
Yippies! against the system. The Chicago 1968 Democratic Convention demonstrations. With music.<br />
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Information documents about this video can be found at http://ge.tt/1JBWTAU?c<br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The excerpted </span></b>Phil Ochs music from the film is in this clip:<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">An audio report </span></b>from the Festival of Life exists as well:<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">After the convention </span></b>was over a trial was held for Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, and Lee Weiner, known as The Chicago 7. Originally it was the Conspiracy 8 on the Chicago 8, but the 8th defendant Bobby Seales, was severed from the group charges, ultimate being charged with 4 years in prison for contempt of court.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Seven">Chicago 7</a> </span></b>was charged with conspiracy, inciting a riot and an assortment of minor charges. During their trial a number of celebrities testified, including Phil Ochs, who was given a fine for his role in bringing the pig into the city without a livestock license. During <a href="http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Chicago7/ochs.html">his questioning</a> it was implied that Jerry Rubin requesting his performance of <b>I Won't Go Marching Anymore</b> was a deliberate move to incite the crowd.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here is </span></b>Hollywood's version in a trailer from the 2011 film <i>Chicago Eight:</i><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">To start </span></b>our playlist additions this week, we have Phil Ochs in the studio performing <b>I Won't Go Marching Anymore</b>. It appears that he also performed <b>Power and The Glory</b><i> </i>that day as well. We'll add it to our playlist.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A song </span></b>written after the events by Ochs, describes the events in Chicago.<b>William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park And Escapes Unscathed</b><i>.</i> The song is a poetic description of the festival. A young couple fall in love only to get separated in the riots where she is killed. the song closes with a reprise that radically changes the tempo to a festive campaign tune that mocks those who claimed to be in Chicago but were not.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">After</span></b> plenty of searching, I could not find out who Ochs was referring to when he sings "I was in Detroit".It is obvious that this is a punch line, Perhaps he was referring to the race rioting in Detroit after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, which also occurred in Chicago. If you get the joke, please explain in the comments.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The reprise </span></b>is strong enough that the band Kind Of Like Spitting chose to cover it under the titel <b>Where Were You In Chicago</b><i> </i>for an indie tribute compilation dedicated to Phil Ochs that came out in 2010 called <i>Learn: The Songs Of Phil Ochs</i>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">To be fair, </span></b>it seems right to include the police officers opinion. WFMU on their <a href="http://www.wfmu.org/365/index.shtml">365 Day Project</a> featured a minor label record <b>Chicago Policeman</b> by Harry Burgess The song has a mock sincerity, I think. In the song, the policeman celebrates the departments actions during the rioting and how it helped keep the city safe from hippies and communists,<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">We conclude </span></b>our playlist additions with a song that inspired me to start writing this post, before I got caught up in the Phil Ochs story. The song is Graham Nash's <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(Graham_Nash_song)">Chicago</a></b>. We are adding the version from the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young live album <i>Four Way Street. </i><br />
<i><br /></i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chicago </span></b>calls out his fellow band members, and ultimately much of the rock community, for not appearing in Chicago. The song also holds many references to the Chicago 7 trial. and the injustice that Nash felt the trial was,<br />
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<li><b><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-aint-marching-anymore/id712138246?i=712138434&mt=1&app=music" style="background: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_music-lrg.svg) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 165px;"></a>I Ain't Marching Anymore</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>The Early Years</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Phil Ochs <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:37</li>
<li><b><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/power-and-the-glory/id296549545?i=296549556&mt=1&app=music" style="background: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_music-lrg.svg) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 165px;"></a>Power And The Glory</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>There But For Fortune</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Phil Ochs <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:17</li>
<li><b>William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park And Escapes Unscathed</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Farewells & Fantasies</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Phil Ochs<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> 3:31</li>
<li><b><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/where-were-you-in-chicago/id452846767?i=452846790&mt=1&app=music" style="background: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_music-lrg.svg) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 165px;"></a>Where Were You In Chicago</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Learn: The Songs Of Phil Ochs</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Kind Of Like Spitting<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>0:43</li>
<li><b><a href="http://wfmu.org/365/2003/183.shtml">Chicago Policeman</a></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>WFMU The 365 Days Project 2003</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Harry Burgess<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:33</li>
<li><b><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/chicago-live/id296550315?i=296550323&mt=1&app=music" style="background: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_music-lrg.svg) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 165px;"></a>Chicago</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Four Way Street </i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:12</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Arriving </span></b>at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Coast_Stadium">Space Coast Stadium</a> in <a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viera,_Florida">Viera</a>, <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Florida">Florida</a> in our <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/05/vero-beach-to-viera-florida-and.html">last post</a> from Interstate 95, its time to take a look around.Space Coast Stadium is the <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Spring%20Training">Spring Training</a> park for the Washington Nationals.<br />
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<b style="font-size: xx-large;">Viera, Florida.</b> Before the town's construction in 1990, this area that Interstate 95 passed through was known as Cocoa Ranch. The owners decided to break up the ranch for development. Viera is a master planned community that adjacent to Melbourne, Florida. Viera seems to be about suburban as you can get with 58 individual neighborhoods.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Space Coast Stadium </span></b>was built in 1994 to act as the Spring Training facilities for the then new Florida Marlins.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">You may </span></b>remember from my post about <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/09/roger-dean-stadiumwest-palm-beach-to.html">Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida</a>, the Marlins now have Spring Training in Jupiter. Why aren't they still in Viera? In 2002 the Montreal Expos were sold. As part of the deal it was required that Marlins switch stadiums with the Expos putting the Marlins in Jupiter and the Expos in Viera.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Expos? </span></b>Not the Nationals. Actually they are the same team having been reformed and renamed in 2004 as the Washington Nationals. Which catches us up to the current day, The park <a href="http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/spring_training/ballpark.jsp?c_id=was">seats 8100</a> fans and takes its name, like the rest of the region, from the history of NASA on the Central Florida Coast. When Spring training is over the park becomes home to the minor league Brevard County Manatees as well as occasionally serving as home field for the Nationals of the Gulf Coast League.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Happy Independence Day</span></b> to my fellow Americans. As I suspected, Space Coast Park hosts a Fourth of July Fireworks Show. Lets go!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Our musical </span></b>selections this week are all songs related to fireworks. In many ways, fireworks are like Americans: so fun, so dangerous, so loud, and so colorful!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Our set begins </span></b>with a classical piece that hearkens back to Colonial Era England. In 1749, George Handel was contracted to compose a musical score to accompany a firework show that was being put on for King George II. The show was held on April 27, 1749 in London's Green Park. celebrating the end of the War of the Austrian Succession and the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Interestingly, </span></b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_for_the_Royal_Fireworks"><i>Music for Fireworks</i>,</a> whose overture we feature here was originally written to include violins.The producer of the fireworks show, Duke John Mantagu insisted that the strings be removed as the King had a preference for wind instruments and drums. Handel argued the point, but ultimately complied. Regardless, the piece entered the classical canon as one of Handel's most famous pieces, often paired with his other famous outdoor composition, <i>Water Music</i>, in recordings.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Indoor Fireworks </span></b>by Elvis Costello shares a similar tempo to Handel's piece so it bridges the musical transition from classical to more modern music. The song itself is a classic bit of the Elvis Costello wordplay that makes him one of my favorite songwriters.<b> Indoor Fireworks</b> symbolize a burning out of a fiery relationship, that still enjoys a spark in the bedroom.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Going back</span></b> to 1929, our next track is a song recorded only once by Louis Armstrong and his Hot 5. The rocord was made in Chicago and it is the the uptempo number <b>Firecracker</b>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Louis Armstrong </span></b>gets followed up by an obscure track from an obscure album. Chet Bolin was a little known Philadelphia musician who recorded an album in the 1980's that went largely unnoticed. It was yeas later, in 2007, when community radio station WFMU ran a series called <a href="http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/365_days_project/">The 365 Project</a> on their blog that showcased obscure audio track every day, Frequently these were thrift store LPs available for free download. Chet Bolin's album <i>All American Masher</i> was posted on October 11 and on it was the song <b>Boom Boom</b>, our next track.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Chet Bolin </span></b>track gets followed by an even more obscure track. When mash ups were first happening, a collection called Divas Of Joy was posted online. Our next track is a mash up from that collection between Joy Division and Katy Perry called <b>joy division vs katy perry-Means To A Firework</b>. Good luck finding a copy of this one, as it looks like it has been pulled down from most hosting sites.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Our next cut </span></b>is far more readily available. It is also one of the most famous blues songs of all time. John Lee Hooker's <b>Boom Boom</b>. It is followed by another song from England. This time it the song <b>Rocket from a Bottle</b>, from the XTC album <i>Black Sea.</i><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">It would be </span></b>an oversight to have a list of firework songs without including one of the most iconic songs to mention fireworks. The title of this Starland Vocal Band hit also gave the world a new phrase for an midday sexual tryst, <b>Afternoon Delight</b>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A metal firecracker </span></b>is a slang term for a musician's tour bus. Alt-Country favorite Lucinda Williams sings of a love affair that is now over but was consummated on the bus with her song <b>Metal Firecracker</b>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Keep Sending Me Black Fireworks</b> </span>comes to us from the band Of Montreal, who are not of Montreal at all, but rather from Athens Georgia. The song is a psychedelic love song from the bonus disc on the band's 7th album, <i>Sunlandic Twins</i> It compares love to black fireworks, you can feel the energy, but you cannot see it.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The next track </span></b>randomly appeared on my music player. I am not sure where it came from, but I like it. Laura Cantrell gives us a torchy folk cover of the Elvis Costello song <b>Indoor Fireworks</b> that appears as a sort of reprise on the playlist.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Finally </span></b>this week we have a song that was offered on the music blog <a href="http://coverlaydown.com/">Cover Lay Down</a>. It is another folky female cover. This time it is the Ryan Adam song Firecracker being performed by Janelle Daddona.<br />
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<li><b>Indoor</b><b> Fireworks</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>The Very Best Of Elvis Costello</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Elvis Costello<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:09</li>
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<li><b><a href="http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/10/365-days-284---.html">LINK</a> Boom Boom</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>All American Masher</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Chet Bolins<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:53</li>
<li><b>joy division vs katy perry-Means To A Firework</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Divas Of Joy</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Oki<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:14</li>
<li><b>Boom Boom</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>John Lee Hooker<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:32</li>
<li><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/rocket-from-a-bottle/id724626591?i=724627378" style="background: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_music-lrg.svg) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 165px;"></a><b>Rocket From A Bottle</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Black Sea</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>XTC<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:31</li>
<li><b>Afternoon Delight</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Have A Nice Decade- The '70s Pop Culture Box</i> Starland Vocal Band<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:50</li>
<li><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/metal-firecracker/id411861?i=411849" style="background: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_music-lrg.svg) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 165px;"></a><b>Metal Firecracker</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Car Wheels On A Gravel Road</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lucinda Williams<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:30</li>
<li><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/keep-sending-me-black-fireworks/id352445533?i=352445616" style="background: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_music-lrg.svg) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 165px;"></a><b>Keep Sending Me Black Fireworks</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>The Sunlandic Twins</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Of Montreal<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:28</li>
<li><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/indoor-fireworks/id402278020?i=402278271" style="background: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_music-lrg.svg) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 165px;"></a><b>Indoor Fireworks </b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Laura Cantrell<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:19</li>
<li><b>Firecracker</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Janelle Daddona<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:45</li>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>W</b></span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">atching</span></b> the fireworks, I remember the that America was founded as a bunch of rebels and traitors, but we showed the world that a nation can survive by the rule of the common man.That is pretty cool and it IS something to be proud of. Have great 4th, everyone! Enjoy!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Old roads</span></b> can change their place over time. Improvements and changes in the landscape can both cause this to happen. As we try to recreate the route of old Highway 101 in San Diego, we encounter a challenge as we hit Garnet Avenue and Mission Bay Drive.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The old Highway 101 </span></b>was realigned several times to accommodate a growing San Diego and to address challenges with the terrain. The original route, when the highway opened, followed the coast and continued North on Cass St. passing Mission Beach, The route continued North into La Jolla. Leaving La Jolla motorist had to deal with two steep and narrow grades, "Biological Grade" and Torrey Pines Grade.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Between 1930-and 1933</span></b> a new route was established for this section. It moved the highway inland, widened the road, reduced the angle of the grade, added lanes and was just generally a more direct route.When Interstate 5 was build to supersede the old highway further enhancements were made smoothing the grades further and widening it, adding high speed safety features.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The modern Interstate-5</span></b> route, although it is the true route of Highway 101 for most if the highway's lifetime, is less interesting than the original slower alignment.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Speed be damned! </span></b>We are going for interesting! We follow the original Highway 101 as it heads west on Garnet to the intersection of Cass. We are now in the neighborhood of Pacific Beach, where the road turns North.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A video </span></b>by YouTuber <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1h3GvHmdNJyKW-IA3CAS_g">FreewayBrent</a> shows the view heading in from the beach on Garnet which would have been Southbound on the old Highway 101.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In our last post</span></b> from San Diego we talked about San Diego's first wave punk band <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/05/a-drive-along-mission-bay-and-zeros.html">The Zeroes</a>, dubbed the "Mexican Ramones", Like so much of the first wave of punk by 1981 The Zeroes had broken up.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Punk did not die,</span></b> as any music fan knows. In the suburbs of the United States, punk rock records were collected and some of the fashion's were adopted by suburban kids who could afford to haunt obscure import record stores.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Few places </b></span>are suburban as California. That suburban scene, along with several other suburban and urban areas in America's larger cities, spawned a new wave of punk rock music called hardcore that adapted faster more minimal song structures with an often strong melodic style. Punk rock had grown from a disaffected mid-twenties artsy movement to a a hormonal fan base of rowdy adolescents, mostly boys.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">California </span></b>was a hotbed of the new new hard core style contributing bands all up and down the coast. From San Francisco, the Dead Kennedy's were one of the few first wave punk bands that made the transition into hardcore. In Los Angeles, X, Black Flag, the Circle Jerks and Suicidal Tendencies dominated the scene. Orange County gave us TSOL, The Dickies, and Social Distortion.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In San Diego,</span></b> the big band in the<a href="http://13thflootvendetta.blogspot.com/2011/08/battalion-of-saints-fighting-boys-12.html"> hardcore world</a> was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battalion_of_Saints">Battalion Of Saints</a>. The were founded in 1980 and originally were named the Nurons. <a href="http://www.killfromtheheart.com/bands.php?id=421">Battalion Of Saints</a> consisted of singer George Anthony and guitarist Chris Smith. They were joined by bass player Dennis Frame and Ted Olson on drums;<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hardcore Punk </span></b>was pretty subversive in the early 1980's. Parents, schools, and most dangerously, the police were concerned about <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2002/oct/17/real-hardcore-true-punk/#">the movement </a>and tended to overreact to situations that LOOKED threatening to them. Energetic slam dancing (it wasn't called moshing until the 1990's), "skanking" and stage diving by fans caused many shows to be shut down or cut short in the early days of hardcore punk.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In their defense,</span></b> the punk scene could be pretty <a href="http://smithlahrman.blogspot.com/2011/06/i-want-to-make-you-scream-hardcore.html">violent and self destructive</a>. Fights, drinking and hard drug use happened. But it was far from universal among punk fans. Hardcore also did a lot to establish the DIY ethic, and fostered political awareness, even if the perception was largely negative about the state of the worlds politics.<br />
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<b style="font-size: xx-large;">The </b><a href="http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=battalion_of_saints" style="font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold;">Bats</a>, as Battalion Of Saints were called by fans, played the punk rock loser image to the hilt. they were all about the drugs drinking and fighting-and the politics. Some of their songs featured surprisingly strong lyrics.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Their music</span></b> was clean and hard with critics noting some heavy metal guitar riffs from Chris Smith that were unique to the punk scene at that time. The band played extensively in Southern California and the Bay area and played a toured to Missouri and Utah among other places. But San Diego was home.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">San Diego </span></b>had a small and suffering hardcore scene. In 1983, the 8th issue of the fanzine <a href="http://www.killfromtheheart.com/zine_issue.php?issue_id=217">Ripper</a> featured an <a href="http://www.killfromtheheart.com/interviews.php?id=72">interview</a> with the band talking about the punk rock scene in San Diego at the time.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">TELL US ABOUT SAN DIEGO.<br />DENNIS: San Diego's got it's own scene. It's not as big as L.A. or San Francisco, but it's a nice family. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">IS IT REALLY TRUE THERE'S A LOT OF MODS DOWN THERE?<br />GEORGE: Yeah. 60's clothes and motor scooters with little raccoon tails hanging off the antennas. They come putting up on Mod Night at the King's Road.<br />DENNIS: God! You get down there and there's 200 of them strong. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">WHY DO THEY HAVE MODS THERE AND NOT HERE?<br />DENNIS: Because San Diego's a real conservative town, and mod is like the halfway point between new wave and hardcore. So that's their big step.<br />GEORGE: Then they got a bunch of poserbilly, or rockabilly, or whatever.<br />DENNIS: But San Diego's a real conservative place. You can't walk anywhere without getting hassled or getting stuff thrown at you by cowboys or people in dune buggies trying to run you over.<br />GEORGE: It's definitely a San Diego syndrome. Go on unemployment and kick back - the easy life. San Diego's a prime example of Southern California living.<br />DENNIS: Some of our songs are about how they glorify killers and maniacs and turn them into big TV stars, instead of giving them their just reward. These two sheriffs down there got in a fight with a couple of truckers at a taco stand and wound up firing seven shots at them, which would be considered attempted murder in any other city, but because they were off duty deputy sheriffs they got a light slap on the hand and a three month sentence and work furlough probation. I had a felony drunk driving, and I got five months in jail. So that's San Diego.<br />CHRIS: San Diego shows some support to local bands, but not the dedication and love that they show to out-of-towners like L.A. bands.<br />TED: We wish people in San Diego would open up their minds a little bit and be willing to accept new things.<br />CHRIS: They've got a lot of good new things in their own backyard and they don't even realize it. I'm not just speaking for us, I'm speaking for a lot of other bands that have come out of San Diego. They've fizzled out because there just wasn't the response down there. And that's very discouraging.<br />DENNIS: 5051 is probably the only other band that's got to the point where they've put stuff on vinyl. district Tradition got on Charred Remains, plus they're putting gout their own material.<br />CHRIS: People say to us, "Well are you gonna move to L.A. now that you've got a record?" And I say, "No, fuck that." We really fuckin' like San Diego, and we're proud that we're from San Diego. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">DO THEY HAVE REGULAR SHOWS DOWN THERE?<br />DENNIS: Dead Or Alive Productions does the shows down there. Fr awhile they were having them once a week and now it's interspersed.<br />CHRIS: Everybody picks on those guys and complains like hell, but they aren't making any money.<br />GEORGE: Those guys lose hundreds.</span></blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1982</span></b> the band released its first record. It was a self released EP on their own label Nutron Records, a nod to the bands original name. The EP called <i>Fighting Boys</i> was a moderate hit in the world of hardcore and is now considered as a seminal early hardcore recording.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1983</span></b> the band released a single and hit hit the road with the band Aggression for a US tour. After vehicle problem ended the tour in the Midwest, bass player Dennis Frame quit the band. He decided that bands direction did not fit in with his image. He was replaced by 17 year old Travis Davidson. A variety of musicians would cycle through the band.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">1984 saw </span></b>the release of the only album the original band would release, <i>Second Coming</i>. Shortly after the release of the album Chris Smith left the band, stealing Georges girlfriend and moving to New York and recording with Band Kraut. George went to New York to try to get Chris to rejoin the band, but found that <a href="http://theressomethinghardinthere.blogspot.com/2014/03/chris-smith-rip-battalion-of-saints.html">he was dead</a>, reportedly drowned in a bathtub surrounded by syringes.<br />
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<b style="font-size: xx-large;">Chris Smith</b> died and that was<a href="http://loudguitars.com/home/columns/battalion-of-saints/"> pretty much it</a> for the original Battalion Of Saints. Without a band, singer George Anthony called it quits.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">By 1994,</span></b> when alternative rock was in full swing. George Anthony decided to reboot the band, recruiting guitarist <a href="http://www.oocities.org/sunsetstrip/underground/6614/interview2.html">Tezz Roberts</a>, formerly of both Discharge and the UK Subs. Joined by various sidemen, they toured as Battalion Of Saints A.D. The were signed to <a href="http://taang.com/portfolio-items/battalion-saints/">Taang! Records</a> and have released music and continue to perform locally and tour lightly right up to <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/battalion-saints/#">the present</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Battalion Of Saints A.D. </span></b>are a good band, but the world is different now. Punk rock is far from the threat it once was. And middle age punks are, lets face it, just not as threatening as youthful ones. It is the original era Battalion Of Saints that makes our playlist today. I am adding the <i>Fighting Boys</i> EP, the <i>Second Coming</i> LP and an reissue album cheekily titled, <i>Death R Us</i> (referring to the deceased band members) put out by Taang! that releases pretty much all of the original lineups recordings. I also found a YouTube video of a 1985 performance at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. It is rough, but better than many of the <a href="http://www.cvltnation.com/80s-hardcore-footage-battle-royal-battalion-of-saints-vs-minor-threat/">videos of hardcore punk</a> that survive from the era.<br />
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Album: <i>Fighting Boys 12''</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Battalion of Saints<br />
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<li><b>(I'm Gonna) Make you Scream</b> 2:26</li>
<li><b>EB</b> 1:25</li>
<li><b>Fighting Boys</b> 1:42</li>
<li><b>Modern Day Heroes</b> 1:14</li>
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Album: <i>The Second Coming</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Battalion Of Saints<br />
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<li><b>My Mind's Diseased</b> 2:32</li>
<li><b>Animal In Man</b> 1:40</li>
<li><b>Right Or Wrong</b> 1:39</li>
<li><b>Holy Vision</b> 1:48</li>
<li><b>Buddies And Pals</b> 2:04</li>
<li><b>No More Lies</b> 1:28</li>
<li><b>Second Coming</b> 1:40</li>
<li><b>Beefmasters</b> 1:57</li>
<li><b>No Time</b> 1:34</li>
<li><b>Too Much Fun</b> 1:00</li>
<li><b>Intercourse</b> 1:08</li>
<li><b>Solitary Is Fun</b> 1:25</li>
<li><b>Fair Warning </b>2:13</li>
<li><b>Doomed World </b>1:44</li>
<li><b>Ace Of Spades (Motörhead)</b> 2:18</li>
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Album: <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/death-r-us/id321279582?uo=6" style="background-image: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 165px;" target="itunes_store"></a><i>Death R Us<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> </i>Battalion Of Saints<br />
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<li><b>Hell's Around The Next Corner </b>2:29</li>
<li><b>Thru With You </b>3:01</li>
<li><b>Fighting Boys </b>1:41</li>
<li><b>I Wanna Make You Scream</b> 2:28</li>
<li><b>Modern Day Hero</b> 1:11</li>
<li><b>E/B </b>1:09</li>
<li><b>Witch World </b>0:48</li>
<li><b>My Mind's Diseased </b>2:32</li>
<li><b>Animal In Man </b>1:42</li>
<li><b>Right Or Wrong </b>1:38</li>
<li><b>Holy Vision </b>1:48</li>
<li><b>Buddies And Pals</b> 2:05</li>
<li><b>No More Lies </b>1:29</li>
<li><b>Second Coming </b>1:41</li>
<li><b>Beefmaster </b>1:55</li>
<li><b>No Time </b>2:11</li>
<li><b>Too Much Fun</b> 0:59</li>
<li><b>Inter Course </b>1:09</li>
<li><b>Solidarity Is Fun </b>1:24</li>
<li><b>Fair Warning</b> 1:32</li>
<li><b>Doomed World</b> 1:45</li>
<li><b>Ace Of Spades</b> 2:23</li>
<li><b>Head Banger </b>1:58</li>
<li><b>Cops Are Out</b> 1:47</li>
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Rob from Portlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06918445927731749831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668855559110053618.post-80215952252647592542015-06-13T06:00:00.000-07:002020-05-10T11:00:51.815-07:00Buckingham Fountain and Steve Goodman<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Every highway</span></b> needs to start <a href="http://www.route66news.com/2011/12/31/the-end-and-the-beginning-3/">somewhere</a>. For Route 66 West, <a href="http://www.theroadwanderer.net/66Illinois/chicago.htm">that place </a>was at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_Fountain">Buckingham Fountain</a> in Grant Park on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Buckingham Fountain</span></b> was born at nearly the same time as Route 66. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_66">highway</a> opened November 11, 1926. Buckingham Fountain was dedicated on August 26, 1927. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Officially</span></b> named the Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain, the fountain was built as memorial to a wealthy Chicago businessman named <a href="http://glessnerhouse.blogspot.com/2013/08/clarence-buckingham.html">Clarence Buckingham</a>, who was a patron of the arts and for a decade directed the Arts Institute of Chicago which was founded in 1893 in Grant Park,<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Buckingham</span></b> died a fairly young man at the age of 58 in 1913. Shortly after his death, in 1914, his art collection was donated to the Art Institute of Chicago. Starting with 2500 pieces, through gifts and donations, the collection has grown to 16,000 works. A sizable legacy to be sure.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A greater tribute </span></b>was wanted by his sister, Kate Buckingham, however. She proposed a gift of $250,000 as well as a $135,000 maintenance fund to the South Park Board of Commissioners to build a memorial fountain in Grant Park. In January of 1924, the commissioners accepted the offer and construction began.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Grant Park In Foreground</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Long before</b></span> there was a fountain or a Route 66 there was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Park_(Chicago)">Grant Park</a>, Known as "Chicago's Front Yard", the park has been around almost as long as Chicago. When the original township land plats were laid out, builders along Michigan Avenue were assured that there would be no development on the lake side of the street.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1844,</span></b> the open land was christened Lake Park. It would slowly expand as the city grew and landfill pushed the shoreline further out into Lake Michigan. Over time, building did get built, obstructing the Michigan Avenue promised lake frontage.But they were improvements to the park and have been well received by the city.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1870</span></b> the cities baseball team the White Stockings (later to become the Cubs) played at <a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Base-Ball_Grounds">Union Field</a> in Lake Park before it was named Grant Park. Who knows how long they might have stayed but the stadium burned to the ground in the Great Fire of 1871. In 1901 the park was renamed Grant Park in honor of Civil War general and U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Grant Park</span></b> is a gathering point of various museums, gardens, stages, trails, and sports field. It even has harbors and marina's being located on the lake front. Look at all that this park offers:<br />
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<li>Millennium Park</li>
<li>Art Institute of Chicago</li>
<li>Buckingham Fountain</li>
<li>Museum Campus</li>
<li>Adler Planetarium</li>
<li>Field Museum of Natural History</li>
<li>Shedd Aquarium</li>
<li>Petrillo Music Shell</li>
<li>Congress Plaza</li>
<li>Lurie Garden</li>
<li>Daley Plaza</li>
<li>Richard & Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Garden</li>
<li>McCormick Courtyards</li>
<li>Fountain of the Great Lakes</li>
<li>Orchestra Hall</li>
<li>Court of Presidents</li>
<li>Tiffany Celebration Garden</li>
<li>Hutchinson Field</li>
<li>Chicago Lakefront Trail</li>
<li>Monroe Harbor</li>
<li>Chicago Yacht Club</li>
<li>Columbia Yacht Club</li>
<li>Queens Landing</li>
<li>Du Sable Harbor</li>
<li>Grant Bark Park (Dog Park)</li>
<li>Over 4 miles of strolling trails</li>
<li>16 softball and baseball fields</li>
<li>12 tennis courts</li>
<li>Daley Bicentennial Plaza Fieldhouse</li>
<li>Abraham Lincoln Monument</li>
<li>Agora (an installation of over 100 headless, armless sculptures)</li>
<li>Columbus Monument</li>
<li>Logan Monument</li>
<li>Maggie Daley Park</li>
<li>Skate Park</li>
<li>Children's Museum</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The park</span></b> is an amazing civic space Chicago should be rightfully proud of. It was a great choice of location for Kate Buckingham to build her memorial to her brother Clarence.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Buckingham Fountain </span></b>has been called "Chicago's Front Door". Fan's of the 1980's sitcom<i> Married With Children</i> will recognize the fountain from the opening credits to the program. However that shot really did not give a sense of scale as to how large the fountain is. It is huge.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">One of the largest</span></b> fountains in the world, Buckingham Fountain is a rococo wedding cake style of design that was inspired by the Latona Fountain at Versailles. With its aquatic themes it was intended to be an allegorical depiction of Lake Michigan created in Georgia peach marble, featuring statues of sea horses in it large basin symbolizing the states of Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Some stats</span></b> from the Parks department <a href="http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/clarence-f-buckingham-memorial-fountain/">site for the fountain</a>:<br />
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<span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The water displays are powered by three pumps:</span><br />
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<li style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Pump 3: 75 horsepower for 1,600 gallons of water a minute</span></li>
<li style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Pump 2: 190 horsepower for 5,500 gallons of water a minute</span></li>
<li style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Pump 1: 250 horsepower for 7,000 gallons of water a minute</span></li>
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<span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The Fountain has 134 jets in the following configurations:</span><br />
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<li style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">36 jets point upwards from the top basin, including a central jet to produce a 150-foot geyser</span></li>
<li style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">34 jets at the consoles</span></li>
<li style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">12 jets in the upper trough that arc into the top bowl</span></li>
<li style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">12 jets in the inner trough that arc into the upper trough</span></li>
<li style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">12 jets in the lower trough that arc into the inner trough</span></li>
<li style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">8 jets spout from the sea horses' mouths</span></li>
<li style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">20 isolated jets</span></li>
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<span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The Fountain's water capacity is 1.5 million gallons. Depending on wind conditions, major displays use approximately 14,100 gallons of water per minute conveyed through 134 jets. Water is re-circulated from the base pool after the basins are filled and not drawn from the outside except to replace losses from wind and evaporation.</span> </blockquote>
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<span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The bottom pool of the fountain is 280 feet in diameter, the lower basin is 103 feet, the middle basin is 60 feet and the upper basin is 24 feet. The lip of the upper basin is 25 feet above the water in the lower basin.</span> </blockquote>
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<span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The underground pump room is 35 feet long, 25 feet wide and 25 feet high.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><b>Lighting</b></span></blockquote>
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<span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Kate Buckingham envisioned a fountain whose effect was that of "soft moonlight." She worked many nights with technicians, testing the various colors of the glass filters and currents to produce an ethereal, mystical aura.</span><span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The Fountain contains 820 lights in the following configurations:</span><br />
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<li style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">16 in top bowl</span></li>
<li style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">72 in upper trough</span></li>
<li style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">204 in inner trough</span></li>
<li style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">432 in lower trough</span></li>
<li style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">24 in the isolated jets</span></li>
<li style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">60 in the sea horses</span></li>
<li style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6;"><span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">12 in the bulrushes</span></li>
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<span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The computer known as the Honeywell Excel-Plus is located in the Fountain's pump house. The computer was moved here from Atlanta, Georgia, during the 1994 renovation.</span> </blockquote>
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<span style="border-radius: 0px !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The Fountain's alarm, a system similar to a store alarm, is monitored and dispatched through Honeywell Central Station in Arlington Heights.</span></blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Buckingham Fountain</span></b> was a beautiful <a href="http://www.historic66.com/illinois/det-il1.html">starting point</a> for such a famous highway as Route 66. In 1955, shortly before the arrival of the interstate, Jackson Street, the path of Route 66 through the Loop in Downtown Chicago became a one way street. It still led to the fountain, thus keeping it the fountain as the Eastbound terminus of Route 66, Meanwhile, the highway West moved its starting point to a block away at the intersection of Adams and Wabash.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Chicago Cub's</span></b> historical tie in to Grant Park had me thinking I should write about Steve Goodman. Not only did Steve write <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_New_Orleans_(song)">City of New Orleans</a></b>, a billboard charting hit for both Arlo Guthrie in 1972 and Willie Nelson in 1984, he was also a big fan of the Chicago Cubs. Some of his most well known songs reflect his status as a Cubs fan. <b>Go, Cubs, Go!</b> is still played at Wrigley Field after every Cubs win. His most well known baseball song, and for my money, one of the best baseball songs ever was <b>A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request.</b> in which a dying a frustrated Cubs fan describes the baseball centered funeral he would like to have at Wrigley Field.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Steve Goodman's </span></b>life story is both inspiriring and tragic. He was born on July 25, 1948 in the North Side of Chicago. Like most Chicago kids from the North side, Steve was a Chicago Cub's fan when he was growing up. In high school a notable classmate was Hillary Rodham (later Clinton). Beginning in his late teens, Steve began writing and performing folk songs. At the age of 20 he was diagnosed with leukemia.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In his early 20's, </span></b>Steve had been performing regularly and was involved in the Old Town School of Folk Music, where he taught and mentored an up and coming John Prine. During this time he also had a gig as an opening act at bar that Kris Kristofferson was playing at. Kristofferson liked what he heard and arranged contact between Goodman and Paul Anka who signed him to Buddha Records.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hearing news </span></b>that the Illinois Central Railroad might shut down, he took a train ride with his wife from Chicago to Mattoon, Illinois aboard the train named <i>City Of New Orleans.</i> The trip, and the train inspired the song <b>City Of New Orleans. </b>Steve included the song on his self titled first album.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>City Of New Orleans</b> </span>is a mourning song for a passing era of train travel that was deeply engrained in the American psyche, and more importantly was a key part in Chicago's history. Goodman indeed gave world the disappearing railroad blues.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In late 1971, </span></b>Arlo Guthrie was performing in Chicago at the Quiet Knight. Goodman attended the show and afterwords introduced himself to Guthrie, explaining that he too was singer songwriter and asked if Arlo would listen to some of his songs. In later interviews Arlo said that he wasn't very interested in hearing new songs that night (aspiring singer-songwriters were frequently asking him to listen to their music) but offered that if Goodman would buy him a beer he would stay around long enough to drink the beer and he would listen to him.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Steve Goodman </span></b>made the right choice, playing <b>City of New Orleans</b>, Arlo loved the song and asked if he could record it. In 1972 Arlo Guthrie released his own version of <b> City of New Orleans</b>,</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The song </span></b>was the hit single from Guthrie's hit album <i>Hoboes Lullaby</i>. It rose to number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song remains strongly associated with Arlo Guthrie and many music fans do not realize that Guthrie did not write it.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Steve Goodman </b></span>spent a career writing noteworthy, often humorous songs, while battling leukemia. He kept up good spirits even jokingly calling himself "Cool Hand Leuk": In 1984 he passed away.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">That fall, </span></b>from September 19-December 15th, Willie Nelson had a number one hit album called<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_New_Orleans_(album)"> City Of New Orleans</a></i> with the title single also rising to Number One. Also that fall, Goodman's beloved Chicago Cubs made their first post season appearance since 1945.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The next year </span></b>at the 27th Grammy Awards Steve Goodman received a posthumous Grammy for best country song. for Willie Nelsons version of <b>City Of New Orleans</b>.<b> </b>A few years later his 19877 posthumous release Unfinished Business received a Grammy for best Contemporary Folk Album<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1988,</span></b> Steve Goodman was able to fulfill at least part of <b>A Dying Cub Fans Last Request</b> when some of his ashes were scattered at Wrigley Field.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Our playlist </span></b>additions today begin with several versions of Steve Goodman's most successful song <b>City Of New Orleans</b>. I am including a live version of Steve performing the song at the Philadelphia Folk Festival in 1976. It also has both Arlo (two versions both solo & in duet with Pete Seeger) and Willie's versions of the song. My collection also included versions by bluegrass band Seldom Scene, as well as by country music legend Johnny Cash.<br />
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<li><b>City Of New Orleans</b> (8/29/76)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Philadelphia Folk Festival - 40th Anniversary </i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Steve Goodman<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5:20</li>
<li><b>City Of New Orleans</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>The Best Of Arlo Guthrie</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Arlo Guthrie<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:33</li>
<li><b>City Of New Orleans</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Greatest Hits Live In Concert</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Willie Nelson<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:54</li>
<li><b><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/city-new-orleans-live-at-music/id394207454?i=394207484&uo=6" style="background-image: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 165px;" target="itunes_store"></a>City Of New Orleans</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Together In Concert </i> Arlo Guthrie & Pete Seeger<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:30</li>
<li><b><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/city-of-new-orleans/id499701487?i=499701488&uo=6" style="background-image: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 165px;" target="itunes_store"></a>City Of New Orleans</b><i> The Best of Seldom Scene</i> The Seldom Scene<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:03</li>
<li><b><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/city-new-orleans-live-at-cbs/id467081561?i=467081641&uo=6" style="background-image: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 165px;" target="itunes_store"></a>City Of New Orleans</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Bootleg 3: Live Around the World</i> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Johnny Cash<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:11</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">We continue </span></b>with Steve Goodman's album <i><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/affordable-art-mw0000120146">Affordable Art</a></i>. It was the second album on his own Red Pajamas label (the first being a live release) and it would be the last album he would release in his lifetime. It features a great version of <b>Take Me Out To the Ball Game</b>, and <b>A Dying Cub Fans Last Request, </b>which has a special morbid curiosity given Goodman's poor health at the time. <b>Vegematic </b>tells the story of a guy falling asleep and "sleep ordering" a bunch of of ridiculous gadgets sold on the late night infomercials. Goodman's old prodigy, John Prine joins him for track called <b>Souvenirs</b>, Overall, it is a pretty good album.<br />
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<li><b>If Jethro Were Here </b>2:29</li>
<li><b>Vegematic</b> 2:59</li>
<li><b>Old Smoothies</b> 4:14</li>
<li><b>Talk Backwards</b> 2:33</li>
<li><b>How Much Tequila (Did I Drink Last Night?)</b> 2:29</li>
<li><b>When My Rowboat Comes In</b> 3:38</li>
<li><b>Souvenirs</b> 3:33</li>
<li><b>Take Me Out To The Ballgame </b>2:34</li>
<li><b>A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request</b> 6:02</li>
<li><b>California Promises</b> 2:45</li>
<li><b>Grand Canyon Song </b>3:38 </li>
<li><b>Watchin' Joey Glow</b> 2:42</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">After <i>Affordable Art</i>,</span></b> my Steve Goodman collection almost runs out. I do have a couple of loose tracks that I do not remember where I got them but they make the playlist. <b>Go! Cubs ,Go!</b> , which I mentioned earlier and <b>Lincoln Park Pirates</b>, a song about predatory tow trucks.<br />
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<li><b><a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/lincoln-park-pirates/id263644005?i=263644403&uo=6" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_itunes-lrg.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 165px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Lincoln Park Pirates</b><i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i>Steve Goodman 3:39</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">On Memorial Day</span></b> weekend in the United States, and it only seems appropriate that since this road trip based blog we spend a day just driving. For much of America, that is what Memorial Day Weekend is all about-hitting the road and driving to somewhere. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Accident</span></b> statistics are aways published after a holiday weekend reporting on fatal highway collisions. It is a tragedy. Please road trippers, be careful on the highways. Luckily, by taking a road trip with Old Highway Notes you can avoid some of the risks of the road. So let's hit it...<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Leaving </span></b><a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Vero%20Beach">Vero Beach</a> and the <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/04/mckee-jungle-gardens.html">McKee Jungle Gardens</a>, our drive North on Interstate 95 continues as we return to the highway leaving Vero Beach. The scenery turns a bit wild through the windshield as the Interstate slices through the <a href="http://www.stateparks.com/st_sebastian_river_preserve_state_park_in_florida.html">St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park</a>. Eager to make tracks we drive past this beautiful natural area rather than stopping to enjoy the scenery.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">As we exit </span></b>the State Park Interstate 95 moves into a more urban environment, as we enter the city of Palm Bay, Florida.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCsQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPalm_Bay%2C_Florida&ei=lNxYVcCdDoSksAXCyIGYBg&usg=AFQjCNEiqEsi6-uNKrFInOxVU38SEK7Zpg&sig2=JifhkO37FgQFaQ1M_UdwzA">Palm Bay, Florida</a> </span></b>is the largest city in Brevard County, Florida. It has a strong tech presence and and a mixed age population with lots of golfing and typical Florida Coastal life. Honestly it looks like a fairly pleasant suburban type of community. I could not find much at all in the way of interesting stories or places to visit here however.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I found</b></span> a <a href="http://www.hauntedplaces.org/palm-bay-fl/">tour of haunted places</a>, and there were also a site <a href="http://www.bestplaces.net/backfence/viewcomment.aspx?id=811A941C-957B-4037-8E30-43A6AA937F6B&city=Palm_Bay_FL&p=51254000">here</a> and <a href="http://palmbaytheanusofcentralfla.blogspot.com/">here</a> that had nothing nice to say about the city. I can see no reason to to keep driving North on our imaginary journey, In the spirit of fairness, I will let Brevard County make their pitch about Palm Bay.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">It is</span></b> not the questionable online reviews of Palm Bay that keeps us moving. We are nearing the end of today's drive. Our destination is Space Coast Stadium in the development of Viera in northern <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCYQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMelbourne%2C_Florida&ei=QNxYVfaFMMaYsAW2j4GgBg&usg=AFQjCNEWbflDheIWh8rHBwK1hkMVKxY-Hw&sig2=RdT2MxlcfNqibtBf-jiFMg">Melbourne, Florida</a>. The city borders Palm Bay to the North, so we are almost there.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A look</span></b> into Melbourne reveals it to be a historic destination among the sport fishing and boating crowd and a well known stop on Florida Coastal tourist trail. Here are some images of the city from the days before the interstate pushed through and changed everything.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Driving </span></b>is popular activity for Americans celebrating a three day weekend. This particular three day weekend though, should also include a dose of solemnity. Memorial Day exists to honor American fighting men and women who have died in military service.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">It is </span></b>my passionate wish that every person serving in the military can be relieved of duty because humanity has evolved to make their job's obsolete. Until that day comes though, I thank them for their service and bow my head to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to protect their families and communities,<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">We begin</span></b> with set of songs from each of the America's military actions. This set is dedicated to those who have given their all, in the hopes that somehow man can find a way to evolve past the need for men and women to give so much.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Military Conflicts in U.S. History</span><br />
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<li>American Revolution (1775–1783)</li>
<li>War of 1812 (1812–1815)</li>
<li>Mexican War (1846–1848)</li>
<li>Civil War (1861–1865)</li>
<li>Indian Wars (colonial era to 1890)</li>
<li>Spanish American War (1898)</li>
<li>World War I (1914–1918)</li>
<li>World War II (1939–1945)</li>
<li>Korean War (1950–1953)</li>
<li>Bay of Pigs (1961)</li>
<li>Vietnam War (1961–1973)</li>
<li>Dominican Republic (1965)</li>
<li>Lebanon (1982–1984)</li>
<li>Grenada (1983)</li>
<li>Panama (1989)</li>
<li>Gulf War (1991)</li>
<li>Somalia (1993)</li>
<li>Bosnia (1994–1995)</li>
<li>Kosovo (1999)</li>
<li>Global War on Terror (2001– )</li>
<li>Afghanistan (2001–2014)</li>
<li>Iraq War (2003–2010)</li>
<li>War Against the Islamic State (ISIS) (2014—)</li>
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Source: <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0931831.html#ixzz3avhKsWCf">Military Conflicts in U.S. History </a></blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Perhaps </span></b>the most well known song of the Revolutionary War would <b>Yankee Doodle</b>. However, I chose another well known song of the era that seems to fit in more with the theme of sacrifice that is Memorial Day. From the Edgar Meyer, Yo-Yo Ma & Mark O' Conner album Heartland, we have James Taylor with a heartfelt rendition of<b> Johnny's Gone Off To A Soldier</b>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The War of 1812</span></b> gave us <b>The Star Spangled Banner</b> which is the best choice for this list. Although the<b> Battle Of New Orleans</b> by Johnny Horton was strongly considered.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">It surprised</span></b> me just a bit to find a song of the Mexican War in my collection, but I did find one.Surprisingly, it is by and Irish group, The Chieftains. They give us <b>March To Battle (Across The Rio Grande).</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Civil War</span></b> gave us the <b>Battle Hymn of the Republic</b>. Maybe I should have used that song, but instead I indulged my more peaceful side by choosing the touching story of <b>Two Little Boys</b> performed Old and In the Grey, a recent incarnation of famous 70's hippy bluegrass band Old and In The Way.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Bob Marley</span></b> gave us our next song. It is perhaps the most well known song about the Indian Wars, <b>Buffalo Soldier</b>. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">John Philip Sousa</span></b> was known as the March king for the many well known marches he composed around the turn of the twentieth century, the same era as the Spanish American War. I am sure you will all recognize <b>Stars And Stripes Forever</b>, the next addition to our playlist. The performance is by the H.M. Grenadier Guards from the England.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">World War I </span></b>gave us many songs of patriotism and gung ho Americanism, but there were those who wanted peace and isolation. The song <b>I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier</b> represents that viewpoint.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">World War II </span></b>began in the heart of the swing era. Our next track is by a performer who is among the ranks of Americans lost at war. In 1942 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Miller">Glenn Miller</a> was at the height of his career, however the drums of war called as he decided to postpone his civilian career to serve in the military,<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Initially </span></b>serving in the Army as a Band Director he worked at modernizing the sound of the Army Band, He was then transferred to the Air Force where he led a band that served as both pro-American propaganda and was important in maintaining troop moral as well.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">On December 15, 1944</span></b>, Miller was aboard a small single engine plane flying from the UK to Paris, France where he was to perform some shows. He never arrived. The plane was missing and no explanation was certain. Mechanical problems as well as airborne bombs have both been suspected. Regardless, this flight stripped the world of swing music great Glenn Miller. It also left the world another name to remember and mourn on Memorial Day. Glenn Miller's<b> American Patrol</b> musically represent the Second World War on our musical playlist.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I did not </span></b>have very much in my collection to reference Korea, but I did find an Ernest Tubb hit, <b>A Heartsick Soldier on a Heartbreak Ridge. </b>Vietnam was another matter. So much of the music about that war is critical of the soldiers that risked so much at the request of their country that I wanted to include something positive. Perhaps the most positive, if also the most corny, pro military song from the era was <b>The Ballad Of The Green Berets</b> by SSgt. Barry Sadler, U.S. Army Special Forces.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Starting in the 1980's</span></b>, the United States entered into a series of military actions around the world that continue to this day. There are songs about the Gulf War and songs about 9/11, Iraq, and Afghanistan. I am sure of that, but my musical knowledge starts getting thinner the more recent the performer. So I will let Merl Haggard make the case, in 1969, for so many of these situations and against those who don't respect our troops <b>The Fightin' Side Of Me</b>.<br />
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<b>Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Heartland - An Appalachian Anthology<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i>Mark O'Connor, James Taylor, John Mock<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:57</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b>Star Spangled Banner (The National Anthem)</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Veterans Day Honor</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>US Coast Guard Band<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1:29</li>
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<b>March To Battle (Across The Rio Grande)</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;"> </span><i>San Patricio</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Chieftains With Banda De Gaitas Del Batallón De San Patricio, Liam Neeson, Los Cenzontles & L.A. Juvenil<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:12</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b>I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Peerless Quartet<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:05 <a href="https://archive.org/details/Peerless_Quartet_I_Didnt_Raise_My_Boy_To_Be_A_Soldier_78RPM_Dec._1914">DOWNLOAD HERE</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b>American Patrol<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></b><i>The Best of the Lost Recordings & the Secret Broadcasts</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Glenn Miller<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:25</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b>A Heartsick Soldier on a Heartbreak Ridge</b><i> Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ernest Tubb<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:05</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b>The Ballad Of The Green Berets</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Next Stop Is Vietnam</i> SSgt. Barry Sadler, U.S. Army Special Forces<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:31</li>
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<b>The Fightin' Side Of Me</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;"> </span><i>HAG: The Best Of Merle Haggard</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Merle Haggard<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:54</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sea World</span></b> explored, we return to Highway 101 North for a run alongside Mission Bay that offers some outstanding views, As is almost always true during our trip through San Diego, this is a rough alignment of the old highway, with portions now part of Interstate 5.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mission Bay Park Is Between E.Mission Bay Drive (Old Highway 101) And The Bay Itself</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The Zeros</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">San Diego</span></b> is well known for the alternative rock scene.that went national in the 1990's as record labels sprang into action signing "alternative" bands in the wake of Nirvana. We will get to that story a little further down the road, today we look at the roots of that scene.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The story</span></b> of the San Diego alternative music scene begins in the days when punk rock was racing around the world of rock music in the late 1970's. In Hollywood, the music industry seemed to inspire a rebellious DIY scene. Just South in San Diego County, the city of Chula Vista gave the world a group called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zeros_(American_band)">the Zeros</a> that would gain international notice as some early West Coast, American punk rock.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/zeros/">The Zeros</a> </span></b>were originally composed of Javier Escovedo on vocals/guitar. He was of a notable family that included older brother Alejandro Escovedo who played guitar for the San Francisco punk band The Nuns as well as the pioneering alt-country Rank and File. Escovedo was joined by Robert Lopez on guitar, both of them attending Chula Vista High School. Rounding out the band Hector Penalosa on bass and Baba Chenelle on drums who both came from Sweetwater High School.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.auralgravy.com/where-it-all-started-the-early-san-diego-underground-music-scene/">In 1976</a>, </span></b>San Diego was a difficult place to be a rock and roller. There were precious few places to perform in the city. San Diego was geared to the tourist industry, rather than the entertainment industry like Los Angeles to the North. So a group of high schooler's in <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/04/highway-101-san-ysidro-chula-vista.html">Chula Vista</a> started a band called the Zeros. They donned the skinny tie and Beatle haircut look that was seen as freakish in the mellow country rock world of mid seventies Southern California,<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The band </span></b>would, as <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/05/highway-101-national-city-napoleones.html">Tom Waits</a> and Iron Butterfly had earlier done, drive up to Hollywood to perform on weekends, rushing home to go to school on Monday, The first major gig they had was in Los Angeles in 1977. The Germs opened the show, then The Zeros played, with the Wierdos taking the headliner slot.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In a </span></b>dynamic Los Angeles punk rock scene <a href="http://larecord.com/interviews/2009/07/16/the-zeros-javier-escovedo-interview-one-of-my-proudest-moments-ever">The Zeroes were active</a>. The appeared at the opening of the legendary punk club The Masque. They were primarally a live act, over the course of the bands career they only released a handful of singles. Reviewers called them the "Mexican Ramones".<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1978, </span></b>a membership change occurred when Penalosa left the band to be replaced by Guy Lopez, Roberts brother. The Zeros relocated to San Francisco where there famously performed a set that consisted of playing <b>Beat Your Heart Out</b> eight times in row before leaving the stage.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The line up</span></b> changed again as the Lopez brothers returned to Los Angeles and Penalosa returned to the band carrying it on as a trio. In 1980, the band released its last singles before a short tour. Then the The Zeros, like so many of the early punk rockers, broke up.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">After </span></b>the break up of the band, guitarist Robert Lopez went on to continued fame as cult favorite El Vez. Meanwhile Javier Escovedo joined his brother Alejandro Escovedo, moved to Austin Texas and started the band <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/true-believers-mn0000748410/biography">True Believers</a>, an early important member of the Austin alternative music scene that gathered more musicians respect than record sales.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>In the</b></span> 1990's, alternative rock took over the airwaves due to the success of Nirvana and <i>Nevermind</i>. Bands that began the punk movement were reuniting and touring. The Zeros released a collection of their singles and outtakes in 1991. <i>Don't Push Me Around </i>joins our playlist this week.<br />
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<li><b>Don't Push Me Around</b> 2:25 </li>
<li><b>Wimp</b> 2:34 </li>
<li><b>Main Street Brat</b> 3:03 </li>
<li><b>Handgrenade Heart </b>3:26 </li>
<li><b>Beat Your Heart Out</b> 2:18 </li>
<li><b>Wild Weekend </b>1:33 </li>
<li><b>Cosmetic Couple</b> 2:14 </li>
<li><b>Rico Amour</b> 2:42 </li>
<li><b>Beat Your Heart Out</b> 2:15 </li>
<li><b>Getting Nowhere Fast</b> 2:54 </li>
<li><b>She's Just A Girl On The Block</b> 3:25 </li>
<li><b>They Say That (Everything's Alright)</b> 2:16 </li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Zeros</span></b> reunited in proper in 1995, performing live and returning to the studio to record a new album called <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/knockin-me-dead/id793837168?uo=6&at=&ct=" style="background-image: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_itunes-sm.svg); background: url(http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/images/badges/en-us/badge_itunes-sm.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 15px; overflow: hidden; width: 80px;" target="itunes_store"></a><i>Knocking Me Dead</i>. They still had the same raw energy and they were still having fun rocking out.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Elwood Blues:</b> The Lord works in mysterious ways.</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/01/origins-and-new-years-eve-with-grateful.html" target="_blank">Origins and New Years Eve With The Grateful Dead</a></li>
<li><a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-blues-brothers-moviethe-blues.html" target="_blank">The Blues Brothers Movie</a></li>
<li><a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-house-of-bluesthe-blues-brothers.html" target="_blank">The House Of Blues</a></li>
<li><a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/05/blues-brothers-2000the-blues-brothers.html" target="_blank">Blues Brothers 2000</a></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The 1990's </b></span>ended with a slew of revival films bringing back and rebooting classic TV shows. John Landis hopped on the bandwagon. He wrote a script for an updated <a href="http://www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/about/">Blues Brothers</a> movie.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Dan Aykroyd</span></b> was still available to act in the character of Elwood Blues. There was no way to bring back Jake Blues, John Belushi was a hard act to follow!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Landis </span></b>wrote three characters to replace one Blues Brother: a ten year old kid, a bartender and the first black Blues Brother.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blues_Brothers#Blues_Brothers_2000">Wikipedia</a> </span></b>we have a plot summary:<br />
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The story picks up 18 years later with Elwood being released from prison, and learning that his brother, Jake Blues, has died. He is once again prevailed upon to save some orphans, and with a 10-year-old boy named Buster Blues (J. Evan Bonifant) in tow, Elwood again sets about the task of reuniting his band. He recruits some new singers, Mighty Mack (John Goodman) and Cab (Joe Morton), a policeman who was Curtis' son. All the original band members are found, as well as some performers from the first film, including Aretha Franklin and James Brown. There are dozens of other guest performers, including Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Junior Wells, Lonnie Brooks, Macaulay Culkin, Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett, Isaac Hayes, Sam Moore, Taj Mahal and Jonny Lang, Blues Traveler, as well as an all-star supergroup led by B. B. King called the Louisiana Gator Boys. On the run from the police, Russian mafia and a racist militia, the band eventually ends up in Louisiana, where they enter a battle of the bands overseen by a voodoo practitioner named Queen Moussette (Erykah Badu). During a song by the Blues Brothers (a Caribbean number called "Funky Nassau"), a character played by Paul Shaffer asks to cut in on keyboards, which Murph allows. This marks the first time in a film that the Blues Brothers play with their original keyboardist.</blockquote>
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Like the original </span></b>Blues Brothers film, this is a hard film to categorize. Not because of the genre busting combination of being a musical, an action film, and a comedy, rather because it was billed as a sequel but it was more of a remake.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The whole movie </span></b>was filled with excess. It took what worked from the original film and tried to raise the stakes.In stead of two Blues Brothers, there were now four. Instead of a chase across Illinois It was a chase all the way to New Orleans. Instead of Illinois Nazis, We get Russian Mafia oh and the KKK too, because why not?<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">If a joke </span></b>was funny once in the original movie, it was basically remade in this movie. Only usually on a larger scale. Because the jokes weren't fresh, they weren't funny. And some things like, Aykroyd's famous skidding parking job were repeated as a running joke. The problem was, it just wasn't funny.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">They introduced </span></b>a cute kid into the mix, apparently to make the film appeal to a family market (?), yet the subplot of the Russian Mafia involved the long scenes inside a strip club. Kind of strange. Overall the movie is a bit of a wreck.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Still,</span></b> the film is watchable, and that is mostly due to the excess that continued into the number of musical greats that were recruited to appear in the movie. This list from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_Brothers_2000">Wikipedia</a> shows the amazing number of legendary blues performers showcased in the film:<br />
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<li>Dan Aykroyd as Elwood J. Blues – harmonica and vocals</li>
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<li>Joe Morton as Cabel "Cab" Chamberlain – vocals</li>
<li>J. Evan Bonifant as Buster Blues – vocals and harmonica (harmonica recorded by John Popper)</li>
<li>Steve Cropper as Steve "the Colonel" Cropper – rhythm guitar and vocals</li>
<li>Donald "Duck" Dunn as Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar</li>
<li>Murphy Dunne as Murphy "Murph" Dunne – keyboards</li>
<li>Willie Hall as Willie "Too Big" Hall – drums and percussion</li>
<li>Tom Malone as Tom "Bones" Malone – trombone, tenor saxophone and vocals</li>
<li>Lou Marini as "Blue Lou" Marini – alto saxophone and tenor saxophone and vocals</li>
<li>Matt Murphy as Matt "Guitar" Murphy – lead guitar</li>
<li>Alan Rubin as Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin – trumpet, percussion and vocals</li>
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<li>Junior Wells as Himself</li>
<li>Lonnie Brooks as Himself</li>
<li>Blues Traveler as Themselves</li>
<li>Jonny Lang as Janitor</li>
<li>Eddie Floyd as Ed</li>
<li>Wilson Pickett as Mr. Pickett</li>
<li>Aretha Franklin as Mrs. Murphy</li>
<li>Esther Ridgeway as Mrs. Murphy's Friend</li>
<li>Gloria Ridgeway as Mrs. Murphy's Friend</li>
<li>Gracie Ridgeway as Mrs. Murphy's Friend</li>
<li>Sam Moore as Reverend Morris</li>
<li>James Brown as Reverend Cleophus James</li>
<li>Erykah Badu as Queen Mousette</li>
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The Louisiana Gator Boys is a blues supergroup created for Blues Brothers 2000. They face The Blues Brothers in a battle of the bands. The band comprises:</blockquote>
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<li>B. B. King as Malvern Gasperone – Vocals and guitar</li>
<li>Jeff "Skunk" Baxter – guitar</li>
<li>Gary U.S. Bonds – vocals</li>
<li>Eric Clapton – vocals and guitar</li>
<li>Clarence Clemons – vocals, tenor saxophone and tambourine</li>
<li>Jack DeJohnette – drums</li>
<li>Bo Diddley – vocals and guitar</li>
<li>Jon Faddis – trumpet</li>
<li>Isaac Hayes – vocals</li>
<li>Dr. John – vocals and piano</li>
<li>Tommy "Pipes" McDonnell – vocals</li>
<li>Charlie Musselwhite – vocals and harmonica</li>
<li>Billy Preston – vocals and synthesizer</li>
<li>Lou Rawls – vocals</li>
<li>Joshua Redman – tenor saxophone</li>
<li>Koko Taylor – vocals</li>
<li>Travis Tritt – vocals and guitar</li>
<li>Jimmie Vaughan – vocals and guitar</li>
<li>Grover Washington, Jr. – baritone saxophone</li>
<li>Willie Weeks – bass guitar</li>
<li>Steve Winwood – vocals and organ</li>
<li>Paul Shaffer as Marco/Himself – keyboards</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The music</span></b> in movie saves some heavy handed production decisions and frankly lazy script writing. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118747/">IMDB</a> gives it 4.8 stars and generally it was panned by critics and fans, the <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blues_brothers_2000/">Rotten Tomatoes</a> audience score only being 38% thumbs up at the time of this Old Highway Note,</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A Nintendo 64</span></b> game was released in conjunction with the movie. It wasn't very popular either as the title of this YouTube Video attests, "Worst Game Ever".</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">It's a crying shame,</span></b> but the truth is I have not gotten around to adding the Blues Brothers 2000 Soundtrack to my music collection, so officially it can't be added to the playlist. Regardless of that technicality a look at the movie requires a listen to<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118747/soundtrack"> it's music. </a>So here is as complete a playlist as possible using YouTube videos.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I do have</span></b> a legitimate addition to the playlist to make though. When the movie was released a live album was also released and that DID make its way into my collection. It is a strong set of the Blues Brothers from that era.<br />
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Album:<i> Blues Brothers & Friends: Live From Chicago' House Of Blues</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Blues Brothers & Friends<br />
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<li><b>Intro</b> 3:18</li>
<li><b>Green Onions</b> 2:49</li>
<li><b>Chicken Shack</b> 0:52</li>
<li><b>Sweet Home Chicago</b> 2:42</li>
<li><b>I Wish You Would</b> 4:23</li>
<li><b>Messin' With The Kid</b> 4:17</li>
<li><b>All My Money Back</b> 3:22</li>
<li><b>Born In Chicago</b> 2:09</li>
<li><b>Blues, Why You Worry Me?</b> 4:47</li>
<li><b>Groove With Me Tonight </b>4:14</li>
<li><b>634-5789 </b>5:38</li>
<li><b>All She Wants To Do Is Rock</b> 2:34</li>
<li><b>Flip, Flop And Fly </b>3:15</li>
<li><b>Money (That's What I Want)</b> 3:29</li>
<li><b>Viva Las Vegas</b> 3:58</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1929</span></b>, Waldo Sexton and Arthur G. McKee purchased an 80-acre hammock along the Indian River. They had intended to plant orange groves, but were so impressed by the natural beauty of the existing stands of live oak, cabbage palm, and pine that they decided to take a different route with the land.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The partners</span></b> hired tropical landscape architect William Lyman Phillips to design trails, streams and ponds through the property. Plants were brought in from around the world. Indeed a notable feature of the gardens were important collections of orchids and water lilies. They also brought in monkeys birds and animals from around the world to add to the jungle environment.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The attraction </b></span>opened in 1932 to tourists as The McKee Jungle Gardens. The Florida Society of Horticultural Sciences noted in their <a href="http://fshs.org/proceedings-o/1935-vol-48/XVII_Andrews.pdf">1935 newsletter</a>:<br />
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Somber, winding vistas of Nature's cathedral aisles; massive columns of lofty oaks and native palms entwined with clinging vines and garlanded with moss and epiphytes; bright sunlight filtering down through in arched tree tops forming an ever shifting filigree pattern of lights and shadows on forest floor; dark pools where variegated water lilies raise their heads above green masses of lily pads; disintegrating, prostrate trunks of forest monarchs-mute evidence of departed grandeur; solitude and stillness, broken only by faint sound of rippling water and occasional note from feathered choir o'erhead; the forest primeval, preserved unspoi1ed from the devastating hand of man; a quiet eddy, as it were, close by the mad, onrushing traffic stream, where one may relax from nervous tension and find composure and rest in Nature's sanctuary. </blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">McKee </span></b>was the plant collector. Sexton designed and built the buildings, His creations were described as architectural fantasies and were constructed of many found materials, particularly driftwood from Vero Beach.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The <a href="http://www.tcpalm.com/news/mckee-jungle-garden-grows-up-into-beautiful">TC Palm</a></span></b> describes a few of Sextons architectural creations:<br />
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 28.7999992370605px;">In 1940, Sexton built his two-story Hall of Giants, built around the world’s largest mahogany table. He drew his building plans in the dirt and his friends and sons helped build it. His other Vero Beach landmarks were designed the same way — the Ocean Grill, the Patio and the Driftwood.</span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 28.7999992370605px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 28.7999992370605px;">His Spanish Kitchen was designed after one Sexton saw in Mexico. On weekends, he’d cook 100 steaks at a time, with swamp cabbage and potatoes cooked in rosin.</span></span></blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">As time </span></b>went on the<a href="http://www.floridaplants.com/mckee/Default.htm"> Jungle Gardens </a>became one of the more popular attractions on the Florida roadside attraction circuit. During the 1940's the gardens would attract over 100,000 visitors a year. Parties and banquets would happen in the evening. On Sundays a local church was allowed to use the park for baptisms,<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">By the late 1960's</span></b> the opening of Interstate 95 cut deeply into many of the now bypassed coastal tourist attractions. In 1972, the opening of Walt Disney World in Orlando. Disney's park drew tourist to the center of the state and away from the coast. By 1976, McKee Jungle Gardens would close its doors.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Much of the land</span></b> was sold to developers who built a condominium development and golf course. But 18 acres of the old property were not razed for the construction. They just sat idle...for almost 20 years.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The <a href="https://www.tpl.org/our-work/parks-for-people/mckee-botanical-garden">Indian River Land Trust</a></span></b> purchased the 18 remaining acres in 1995. Work was begun to restore the area to its former glory as in the days when the tourists would flood in as stop on the road to Miami.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Original plans</span></b> were consulted. Plants were replanted, trails cleared, and other landscaping was done. The long looted and half decayed buildings on the property were restored. A gift shop, restaurant, and visitor center were added.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 2001,</span></b> the parks was reopened as the <a href="http://www.mckeegarden.org/index.php">McKee Botanical Gardens</a>. It is listed as both a Florida Landmark and a National Historic landmark and has returned to its status as a great Florida <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g34709-d260593-Reviews-McKee_Botanical_Garden-Vero_Beach_Florida.html">roadside attraction</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">This weeks</span></b> trip to the Jungle gardens is perfectly suited for an exotica duel between legends of the tropical lounge sound, Martin Denny and Les Baxter both perform their interpretations of the exotica classic, <b>Jungle Flower</b>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">An old time calypso </span></b>number follows from calypsonian Wilmoth Houdini. <b>Monkey Swing</b> makes our list in tribute to the monkeys that were a featured part of the McKee Jungle Gardens experience.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Michael Hurley</span></b> follows. Michael Hurley is an Oregonian who has deep connections to the Holy Modal Rounders, Les Clamtones,and the Freak Mountain Ramblers. His <b>The Monkey Song</b> is on his out of print vinyl album <i>Land of Lo-Fi</i> available in the amazon store link for this post.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Diana Krall </span></b>slows things down with her romantic garden visit, <b>Garden In The Rain</b> from her album <i>Love Scenes</i>.From there we take a classical folk turn with In the Garden a track from the album Uncommon Ritual by Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck and Mike Marshall.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">You probably</span></b> have never heard of the last track, but you may have heard the story behind it. The song is <b>Growin In The Garden</b> by Jacobs Ladder. It came with a book titled <i>The Far Out Story Of Vortex I .</i><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The book</span></b> tels the story of a music festival that was approved an encouraged by Oregon Governor Tom McCall as a diversion for young people who might otherwise protest against the Vietnam War at an American Legion convention being held in Portland that summer. Hippies were pulled over by police and state troopers and invited to attend the party being hosted by the state in the woods outside Portland. The event was a legendary, unorthodox Oregonian success story.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jacobs Ladder </span></b>was a headline act that festival in Oregon in 1971 called Vortex 1. We close this weeks playlist with<b> Growin In The Garden</b>, probably not a song about growing waterlilies and orchids.<br />
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<li><b>Jungle Flower</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Exotica! The Best Of Martin Denny</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Martin Denny<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1:51</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/jungle-flower/id716629647?i=716629700&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Jungle Flower</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>The Ritual Of The Savage</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Les Baxter<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:45</li>
<li><b>Monkey Swing</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Calypsos (Decca Album 78)</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wilmoth Houdini / Royal Calypso Orchestra<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:13 <a href="http://zorchv38.blogspot.com/2010/09/more-calypso-wilmoth-houdini.html">DOWNLOAD SITE</a></li>
<li><b>The Monkey Song</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Land Of Lo Fi</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Michael Hurley<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>8:27</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/garden-in-the-rain/id485512124?i=485512297&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Garden In The Rain</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Love Scenes</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Diana Krall<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:56</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/in-the-garden/id158010779?i=158011196&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>In the Garden</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Uncommon Ritual</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Edgar Meyer - Bela Fleck - Mike Marshall<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5:31</li>
<li><b>Growin In The Garden</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>The Far Out Story Of Vortex I-Live Set From Jacobs Ladder</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Jacobs Ladder<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:13</li>
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Rob from Portlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06918445927731749831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668855559110053618.post-13109340308811454262015-03-21T11:15:00.000-07:002020-05-10T10:57:37.000-07:00Sea World San Diego<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Northbound </span></b>Highway 101 left Old Town San Diego, jogged a bit to the west then moved north along the shores of Mission Bay. At the South end of Mission Bay we come upon one of San Diego's most famous attractions, Sea World.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://seaworldparks.com/en/seaworld-sandiego/">Sea World</a> </span></b>opened in 1964. Highway 101 was shortened in 1966 to an official starting point in Los Angeles. Interstate 5 was opening in 1965 as the Main North/South highway in San Diego and Orange Counties running over largely the same route. At the same time the Interstate was being built, several large scale housing development were in the works for Northern San Diego. Tourism had been drawing huge crowds (and revenue) into Orange County to the North because of Disneyland in Anaheim and San Diego city leaders wanted in on the action.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A plan</span></b> was drawn up by the city allow <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/03/the-fantastical-vision-for-the-original-seaworld/284561/">development of an aquatic theme park</a> on the edge of the already resort lined Mission Bay. The marine theme fit in nicely with the cities beachfront location as well as it success with its world famous zoo in Balboa Park. Two proposals for a marine park were considered. One backed by the <i>San Diego Union</i>, was a park designed by a group of local businessmen. This was the odds on favorite,<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The <i>SeaLand</i></span></b> concept park introduced the idea of having an orca performing in shows. The plan would have had the orcas swimming in mock battles with sharks. Never mind the fact that no one had successful kept an orca in captivity. And having two predators performing together and doing stunts, what could possibly go wrong? The proposal also had shows with dolphins, penguins, penguins riding on dolphins and other sorts of unlikely marine entertainment.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The underdog</span></b> proposal was submitted by 4 recent UCLA graduates, George Millay, Milt Shedd, Ken Norris and David DeMott. They were living in Los Angeles. Also in Los Angeles, an existing operation called Marineland had been running since 1949 on the relatively remote Palos Verdes Peninsula, Marineland had been started as an aquarium and educational facility in marine biology. Within a few years to keep up income from visitors the park added shows featuring a trained pilot whale, as well as dolphin shows such as several other aquarium facilities around the country featured.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dolphin Shows Are Still Part Of The Marine Park Experience </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Los Angeles'</span></b> groups plans did not include an orca. Their more modest, but more realistic plan was to build an underwater restaurant underneath a large aquarium. They won the bid and were allowed to begin development. Soon it was found that some practical issues proved their original plan unfeasible. Instead a 22 acres park was built and filled with dolphin and seal shows, 6 rides and a sort of a "Disneyland meets Marineland on Mission Bay" atmosphere.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The park</span></b> was more "fun" than the more scholarly Marineland in Los Angeles. It had easier access too due to the new highway for visitors driving down from Los Angeles or Orange Counties. With a large local base also curious about the big new park, its first year was huge success with over 400,000 visitors.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">For over </span></b>50 years <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaWorld#History">Sea World</a> has continued to entertain visitors with exhibitions of trained sea animals, most famously their orca shows. Here is a series of home videos of families visiting <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaWorld_San_Diego">Sea World</a> since it's opening.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sea World</span></b> had great first year. It's fame would continue to grow when their first orca named <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamu">Shamu </a>broke the life longevity record for an orca. Before Shamu the longest lived orca in captivity was 13 months. Shamu lived and entertained Sea World guest from shortly after the the parks opening in 1965 until she finally passed away in 1971. Shamu's long captive life gave Sea World credibility at the time as a humane operation.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Orcas Put Sea World On The Map </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">As years passed</span></b>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kenneth-lerer/the-end-of-seaworld_b_5680119.html">public opinion has changed</a> on the humaneness of Sea World. The movie <i>Free Willie </i>had a significant effect on public opinion. Schoolchildren raised funds that led to the real life purchase and limited re-release in the wild of an orca named Keiko from a marine park in Mexico. Marine parks in general have gained a lot of <a href="https://theorcaproject.wordpress.com/sw-vs-osha/">scorn</a>, and since Sea World the most famous Marine Theme park it has gotten particular attention from animal rights activists. in the last few years Sea World has seen a steady drop in attendance and frequent criticism for its operation and its very concept.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sea World Has Been Criticized For Not Respecting The Dignity Of Their Animals</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">As part </span></b>of our look at Sea World I now offer you a virtual day at the park with video playlists of all of the currently operating attractions and shows being performed. If you like the idea of Sea World here is a free sampler. If you hate the idea of Sea World, you can see the animals and build up a righteous rage.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cirque de la Mer Is A Non Animal Show</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The animal</span></b> shows that made Sea World famous, and they are what is causing a public relations disaster for the part in recent years. The shows currently running are:<br />
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<li><i>One Ocean</i></li>
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The orca show.<br />
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<li><i>The Shamu Story</i></li>
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Another orca show<br />
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<li><i>Blue Horizons</i></li>
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A dolphin show<br />
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<li><i>Sea Lions LIVE</i></li>
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Yes, you guessed right, a sea lion show. Coupled with theme park caliber comedy.<br />
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<li><i>Pets Rule</i></li>
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Do I need to say it? A pet show.<br />
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<li><i>Madagascar Live! Operation: Vacation</i></li>
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A song and dance numbers featuring costumed character from the animated film, <i>Madagascar</i>.<br />
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<li>Cirque de la Mer</li>
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Cirque de Soleil style show on the edge of Mission Bay with acrobats, jet skis, French clowns-you get the picture.</blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Regardless</span></b> of your opinion of the trained animal shows, Sea World does have more to recommend it.Ten rides and attractions offer something for the more thrill oriented guests. Although sea life is never far away in the theming,<br />
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<li><i>Bayside Skyride</i></li>
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A classic gondola skyride that goes over the bay with stunning views.<br />
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<li><i>Journey to Atlantis</i></li>
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A unique attraction that combines a water flume ride and a tracked coaster ride connected by a bit of dark ride.<br />
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<li><i>Dolphin Point</i></li>
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A supervised "interact with dolphins" program.<br />
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<li><i>Sea World Sky Tower</i></li>
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On of the original attraction a sky needle that his a revolving deck that rises up along its length like an elevator. Excellent views of Mission Bay and San Diego reward the passengers.<br />
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<li><i>Sesame Street's Bay of Play</i></li>
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A playground/character area featuring theming and characters from Sesame Street. Toddler central.<br />
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<li>S<i>hipwreck Rapids</i></li>
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A typical white water rafting ride with some elaborate shipwreck/storm theming.<br />
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<li><i>Turtle Reef</i></li>
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An underwater viewing are for a large sea turtle aquarium.<br />
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<li><i>Wild Arctic</i></li>
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A simulated helicopter ride take you to an arctic research station where you can see a beluga whale, look at scientists quarters, see walls of ice and polar bears before exiting through the obligatory gift shop.<br />
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<li><i>Riptide Rescue</i></li>
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A spinning ride with inflatable rescue boats as the theming.<br />
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<li><i>Manta</i></li>
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The other big coaster for Sea World beside Journey to Atlantis.</blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A musical</span></b> Sea World adventure of sorts. This weeks playlist is a fairly eclectic mix with everything from new wave to funk to french cafe jazz. The list has indie country-rock, 50's muzak, and marching bands. There is also has a modern interpretation of 1930's jazz soundtrack music, it has 60's psychedelic country rock, and 1980's English anarchist folk music. Then we move on to some harmonica blues, indie pop, sea chanty folk music and a beach fire folk singing. I hope you like it.<br />
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<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/vacation/id725831749?i=725832060&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Vacation</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Return To The Valley Of The Go-Go's</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Go-Go's<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:59</li>
<li><b>Love Rollercoaster</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Funk Classics: The 70's, Vol. 2</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ohio Players<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:50</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/secret-of-the-sea/id515813493?i=515813504&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Secrets Of The Sea</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Mermaid Avenue, Vol. 2</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Billy Bragg & Wilco<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:42</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/aquarium/id42329691?i=42329667&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Aquarium</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Motifs</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Paris Combo<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:32</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-calming-seas/id3270545?i=3270528&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>The Calming Seas</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Beachwood Sparks</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Beachwood Sparks<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:20</li>
<li><b>Music For Vacation Fun</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sound 8<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:15 <a href="http://wfmu.org/365/2007/336.shtml">LINK</a></li>
<li><b>Ocean Tide March</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>American Brass Band Journal: A Collection of New and Beautiful Marches, Quick-Steps,and Polkas Arranged in an Easy Manner for Brass Bands of 12 Instruments</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Empire Brass<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1:23</li>
<li><b>On To The Show</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>The Beau Hunks Play The Original Little Rascals Music</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Beau Hunks<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>0:50</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dolphins-smile/id257558067?i=257558303&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Dolphin's Smile</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>The Notorious Byrd Brothers</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Byrds<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:00</li>
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<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/walking-thru-the-park/id81941621?i=81941394&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Walking Thru The Park</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>SuperHarps II</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Carey Bell<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:30</li>
<li><b>Vacation</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Connie Francis<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:20</li>
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<li><b>The Whale</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Weighting Anchor</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Shanghaied On The Willamette<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6:38</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/only-the-ocean/id879206883?i=879209902&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Only The Ocean</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>To The Sea</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Jack Johnson<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:39</li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jake and Elwood Blues:</b> We're on a mission from God.</span><br />
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<b>Part 1 Of A Series Of 4<br />The Blues Brothers: </b><br />
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<li><a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/01/origins-and-new-years-eve-with-grateful.html" target="_blank">Origins and New Years Eve With The Grateful Dead</a></li>
<li><a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-blues-brothers-moviethe-blues.html" target="_blank">The Blues Brothers Movie</a></li>
<li><a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-house-of-bluesthe-blues-brothers.html" target="_blank">The House Of Blues</a></li>
<li><a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/05/blues-brothers-2000the-blues-brothers.html" target="_blank">Blues Brothers 2000</a></li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jake and Elwood</span></b> Blues had a good run, with a hit album, a hit movie and a growing iconic status. Then John Belushi died and Jake Blues died with him. Life goes on. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000101/">Dan Aykroyd</a> continued his acting career. The <a href="http://www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/about/">Blues Brothers Band</a> would still be called to perform some shows, minus the Blues Brothers themselves, releasing live albums in 1989 and 1992.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Meanwhile</span></b>, Isaac Tigrett was a restaurateur who had co-founded the Hard Rock Cafe in 1971. By 1988 he had sold off his interest in the Hard Rock Cafe. He was unhappy with the commercialism that had come to the chains brand and had planned to retire and lead a more spiritual life. His spiritual adviser, however counseled him to stay in business. A viewing of the 1980 Blue Brothers film inspired Tigrett to go on a "Mission From God". From <a href="http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/94/HOB-Entertainment-Inc.html">Reference for Business.Com</a>:<br />
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He conceived the House of Blues concept as a way to preserve blues music, as an art form with more than 100 years of continuous development, by providing a forum for live performance of traditional and contemporary blues. He also viewed education about the history and social influence of the blues as a way to cultivate multiculturalism, hence the company's slogan, 'Unity in Diversity.'</blockquote>
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tigrett </span></b>recruited as investor Dan Aykroyd along with Jim Belushi (brother of John Belushi), Aerosmith, Paul Schaefer, River Phoenix and, surprisingly, Harvard University Endowment Fund combined forces to create <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Blues">The House of Blues</a>. Naturally Aykroyd was an active partner.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1992</span></b> across the street from Fenway Park they opened House of Blues. It seated 200 for dining or 280 as a concert hall. Again from <a href="http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/94/HOB-Entertainment-Inc.html">Reference for Business.Com</a><br />
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The interior design of the restaurant-blues club presented a contemporary variation of the old southern juke joint like the ones Tigrett had enjoyed as a native of Tennessee. Artistic touches included African-American folk art and the plaster relief portraits of 80 renowned blues artists, such as Muddy Waters and B.B. King, embedded in the ceiling panels. A retail store--Take It Easy, Baby--offered recorded blues on audio and video, blues magazines, musical instruments, and a full line of clothing.</blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Blues Brothers</span></b> performed at its grand opening with Jim Belushi taking on the role of Zee Blues, Jake's brother. This clip features Elwood and Zee Blues with special guest Carly Simon getting a little funky.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The concept </span></b>proved successful and grew to a chain of 13 locations. The blues Brothers Band, often featuring Elwood Blues and one of the other many stand in brothers he has used throughout the years. More on those other brothers later. Before that, here is a promo video from the <a href="http://www.houseofblues.com/">House of Blues</a> twentieth anniversary year, 2012</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The difference</span></b> between the blues and gospel is the difference between Saturday night and Sunday morning. The House of Blues acknowledges that and is well known for its Sunday Morning Gospel Brunch that features live Gospel artists performing while brunch is served.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1993, </span></b>The House of Blues created the <a href="http://www.hobmusicforward.org/">House Of Blues Music Forward Foundation</a>. Through benefit concerts at the various venues the foundation has raised over 20 million dollars since its founding funding music programs in nearly 5000 schools, funded over 600 youth music recitals and generated donations of over 6000 instruments used to further the growth of youth music education.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hollywood's House OF Blues on the Sunset Strip </span>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:House_of_Blues_Sunset.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a>)</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The House Of Blues</span></b> record label has released over 100 albums. A few of them made their way into my collection and our playlist.<br />
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Album: <i>House of Blues Winter Sampler</i> Various Artists<br />
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<li><b>Cut You Loose</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Angela Strehli<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:52</li>
<li><b>I Can't Get You Out Of My Mind</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bernard Allison<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:04</li>
<li><b>Any Place I'm Going (Beats Any Place I've Been)</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Otis Rush<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:38</li>
<li><b>Preachin' Blues</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Derek Trucks Band<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5:00</li>
<li><b>Sunny Monday</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Larry McCray<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6:07</li>
<li><b>Got A Broken Heart</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Walter Trout<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6:10</li>
<li><b>It Takes A Lot To Laugh , It Takes A Train To Cry</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Phoebe Snow ( featuring Michael McDonald )<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:01</li>
<li><b>A Stand By Your Woman Man</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Angela Strehli<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:35</li>
<li><b>Part Time Love</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Otis Rush<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5:52</li>
<li><b>Look-Ka PyPy</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Derek Trucks Band<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:11</li>
<li><b>If You Want Me To Stay</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bernard Allison<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:51</li>
<li><b>She's Fine</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Luther Allison<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5:44</li>
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Album: <i>Essential Blues Piano</i> Various Artists<br />
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<li><b>Chicago Breakdown</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Big Maceo<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:57</li>
<li><b>Chicken Shack Boogie</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Amos Milburn<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:50</li>
<li><b>Slow Leake</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lafayette Leake<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:02</li>
<li><b>Didn't He Ramble, Closer Walk With Thee</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Dr. John<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6:34</li>
<li><b>Otis Blues</b> Otis Span<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:21</li>
<li><b>44 Blues</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Roosevelt Sykes<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:43</li>
<li><b>San Francisco Blues</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Floyd Dixon<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:02</li>
<li><b>Twos And Fews</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Albert Ammons & Meade "Lux" Lewis<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:34</li>
<li><b>Willie Fugal's Blues</b> Professor Longhair<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:07</li>
<li><b>Going Down Slow</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Pinetop Perkins<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5:52</li>
<li><b>Pop's Dilemma</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>James Booker<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:30</li>
<li><b>Sporting Life Blues</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Champion Jack Dupree<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:54</li>
<li><b>The Ma Grinder</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Robert Shaw<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:13</li>
<li><b>Four O'Clock Blues<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></b>Speckled Red<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:44</li>
<li><b>All Night Long</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Skip James<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:55</li>
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<li><b>Frances</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Johnnie Johnson<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:12</li>
<li><b>The Rattler</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Omar Sharif<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:06</li>
<li><b>Got Lonesome Here</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Eddie Boyd<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:21</li>
<li><b>Atlanta Bounce</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Piano Red<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:56</li>
<li><b>Introduction To The Blues/That's All Right For You</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Booker T. Laury<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>7:03</li>
<li><b>The Fat Man</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fats Domino<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:39</li>
<li><b>Late Afternoon Blues</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Memphis Slim<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:38</li>
<li><b>Your Family</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Detroit Junior<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:33</li>
<li><b>Arkansas Blues</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Tuts Washington<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:13</li>
<li><b>Bartender's Bounce</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Blind John Davis<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:13</li>
<li>Going Back To Froggy Bottom<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Whistling Alex Moore<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:07</li>
<li><b>Johnson Machine Gun Blues</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sunnyland Slim<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:03</li>
<li><b>C.Q. Boogie</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Katie Webster<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:40</li>
<li><b>Chica Boo</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lloyd Glenn<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:22</li>
<li><b>Swingin' The Boogie</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hadda Brooks<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:51</li>
<li><b>Vicksburg Blues</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Little Brother Montgomery<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:15</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I thought </span></b>this week would wrap up the story of the Blues Brothers, but there is still more to come, We will be looking at that our next installment. Until then, have you been to a show at one of the Houses of Blues? Which one? Who did you see? Have you been to more than one location? I'd love to hear you represent in the comments.<br />
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<li><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Next Week</span></b>: We drive North on the Old <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Highway%20101">Highway 101</a> from <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Old%20Town">Old Town</a> through modern <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/San%20Diego">San Diego</a>, <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/California">California</a>.</li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Two Weeks</span></b>: Our visit to Vero Beach, <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Florida">Florida</a> continues before we return to <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Interstate%2095">Interstate 95</a> Northbound.</li>
<li><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Three Weeks</span></b>: Yep, still in <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Illinois">Illinois</a> and the start of <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Route%2066">Route 66</a> with more <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Blues%20Brothers">Blues Brothers</a>. </li>
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Rob from Portlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06918445927731749831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668855559110053618.post-15806293901904819912015-02-21T06:00:00.000-08:002020-05-09T19:53:29.388-07:00Port St Lucie to Vero Beach and Dodgertown/West Palm Beach to Jacksonville: Spring Training Part 5<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/01/tradition-field-and-port-st-luciewest.html"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tradition Field </span></b>and Port St Lucie</a> are behind us as we return to <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Interstate%2095">Interstate 95</a> and continue to head north through <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Florida">Florida</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks </span></b>to <a href="http://crosscountryroads.com/Videos/filters/filter-vids-florida.html">Cross Country Roads</a> we have a dash cam videos of the drive we are making today. Its a short trip of twenty miles.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Vero Beach </span></b>is the home of Dodgertown, for 61 years every spring Dodgertown was a beloved place for baseball fans to get up close and personal with the players. As a lifelong <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers">Dodger</a> fan this is a must stop for me on the Spring Training route.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1947 </span></b>Dodgers owner Branch Rickey and co-owner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_O'Malley">Walter O'Malley</a> were facing the problem of how to deal with training the team that had the first black player, Jackie Robinson, when training was held in a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/upshot/when-jim-crow-got-cut-from-spring-training.html?_r=0&abt=0002&abg=1">deep southern segregated state</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The team</span></b> tried training in Cuba, due to its having a more integrated population, but it did not work out well due to local population being more interested in the Cuban Baseball League thus leading to minimal gate revenue.Half of that season they came back to Florida where they were based in Jacksonville with Robinson staying in the home of local black druggist rather than with the team.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">For the 1948</span></b> Spring Training, the owners decided to move the team into a decommissioned Naval Air Station in Vero Beach Florida. It allowed the team to have, on its private property, integration. In <a href="http://www.walteromalley.com/hist_dtown_page5.php">Dodgertown</a>, it was said a player wasn't black and white, he was only blue.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The barracks</span></b> used during World War II were made into players dormitories. A dining hall, a recreation hall and a pool all provided entertainment and food for the players, There were 2 tennis courts and a golf course. Life Magazine ran a nice pictorial of the facility in 1948. Its worth checking out <a href="http://life.time.com/culture/brooklyn-dodgers-spring-training-at-dodgertown-photos-1948/#10">HERE</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Of course, </span></b>in addition to the dorms and rec facilities there had to be ball fields. Over time it would expand until there were 6 baseball diamonds in Dodgertown. In the early 1950's, after assuming complete ownership of the team, Walter O'Malley had a heart shaped pond put in as a tribute to his wife.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A path </span></b>from the diamonds from the dorms, did not allow cars so players had a long walk along the pond with a bridge to cross before they reached the playing areas. Fans were welcome to line the walkways and the bridge. It was a popular place for autograph hounds to try to get the attention of their favorite players. And there were a lot of players.Not only did the Brooklyn Dodgers train here, but so did all of their farm teams from around the country. Over 800 players were there in 1951.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Holman Field, </span></b>built in 1951 was designed so that any seat had excellent sight lines. It was an experiment in innovations that O'Malley hoped to use in Brooklyn where he planned on building a new stadium for the Dodgers.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">O'Malley </span></b>was thwarted in his plans to build the Brooklyn Stadium of his dreams. Finally in 1957 O'Malley moved the team to Los Angeles where he could have his stadium built. Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles adopted many of the design innovations pioneered on the smaller scaled Holman Field in Vero Beach.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">After moving</span></b> to Los Angeles, the Dodgers continued training in Vero Beach until the 2014 season when they became the last West Coast team to leave Florida for faculties in the Phoenix, Arizona area.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">It was the end</span></b> of an era. The site <a href="http://historicdodgertown.com/history/quotes/testimonials/">Historic Dodgertown</a> has a list of quotes about the place. Here are some of my favorites:<br />
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“No other place on earth holds as many memories for me as Dodgertown.”<br />
<i>Dodgers’ Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully</i> </blockquote>
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“Spring training at Dodgertown was something very special to me because of its rich history and the people who experienced Dodgertown. It was a wonderful time. We were isolated there and players spent a lot of time together and we grew very close. When I got there, I had the opportunity to meet and play with so many great players—Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges, Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson, Don Newcombe, Carl Furillo and on and on. These were all the folks I rooted for in Brooklyn. I have so many great memories. Dodgertown is truly a historic place.”<br />
<i>Dodgers’ Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax</i> </blockquote>
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“I get very emotional when I think about Dodgertown and my first spring training. It was great for a rookie who just wanted to play baseball. It has everything you could possibly want to get ready for the season. You can eat, sleep and train there and never have to go anywhere else. It brings back a lot of good memories for me.”<br />
<i>Dodgers pitching great Fernando Valenzuela </i></blockquote>
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“I first went to Dodgertown shortly after I turned 18. I had grown up in the projects in Washington, D.C. and didn’t know anything about the world and had no clue about life. My growth as a man started at Dodgertown. I got to live my passion for baseball and it all started when I got to go to Dodgertown.”<br />
<i>Former Dodgers All-Star shortstop Maury Wills </i></blockquote>
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“I had images of Dodgertown from listening to and watching games being broadcast from there when I was a kid growing up in Santa Monica. When I was traded to the Dodgers, I got a chance to visit this magical place. Dodgertown was the Disneyland of baseball. With its fields, living quarters, dining room, lounge and hallways filled with the history of the Dodgers, it had great facilities to get you ready for the championship season. I fell so in love with it, I now make my home in Vero Beach.”<br />
<i>Former Dodgers outfielder and now team broadcaster Rick Monday </i></blockquote>
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“I grew up in a household where my dad was a huge Brooklyn Dodgers fan as a kid and I heard about Dodgertown and had seen pictures of it, but as a player that’s where you really understood the history of the Dodgers. You realized you were a part of more than just the ball club you were playing on at that particular time. As a player at Dodgertown, the thing I remember most is the interaction with the fans and the accessibility the fans had, unlike any other spring training site. It made for a very intimate environment. It was very peaceful, very calming. It was baseball in its purest sense.”<br />
<i>Former Dodger first baseman and now FOX broadcaster Eric Karros</i></blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Today</span></b> the city of Vero Beach has converted the facilities for use as the Vero Beach Sports Village to be used for sports team building and tournaments, but Dodgertown will always hold a special place in the memories of 60 years worth of Dodger fans.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Growing up</span></b>, I remember Dodger broadcasts would play the song, It's A Beautiful Day For A Ball Game Later in life, I discovered a record by the Count Basie Orchestra that celebrated Jackie Robinson, the famous Dodger who broke the color barrier of Major League Baseball.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Old Highway 101</span></b> in San Diego has led us to Old Town where we have been exploring the history of this California State Park. The collection of old buildings here may not had happened it it were not for a soldier, a love story and a World's Fair. Let me explain.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Before</span></b> the love story was told, there was a beautiful home, and before that there was a man from Spain. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Estudillo">José María Estudillo</a> was <a href="http://www.geni.com/people/Capt-Jos%C3%A9-Mar%C3%ADa-Estudillo/6000000011277989580">born around 1772</a> in Andulusia, Spain, jut two years before the founding of the Mission San Diego de Alcalá in the Spanish Territory of Alta California. At the age of 15 he <a href="http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/663/files/estudillo_ramonasmarriageplace.pdf">moved with his father</a> to the New World territories of Mexico.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Clayamacan</span></b>, a town in Mexico was where José María Estudillo met the Gertutis Horicitas. the woman whom he would marry and who would become the matriarch of an important family in the early days of Mexican California. But that would come with time. The year following his marriage, 1796, José María Estudillo enlisted in the army of the King of Spain at Loreto, Baja California.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Estudillo</span></b> was an average soldier who <a href="http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/69winter/part3.htm">served faithfully and loyally</a>. His most notorious activities were his participation in an several exploration trip in Alta California, with perhaps the most noteworthy being the discovery of Agua Caliente or Palm Springs as it known today. With time came rank and José María was given more responsibility.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>In 1797</b></span>, Estudillo was sent to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidio_of_Monterey,_California">Presidio of Monterey</a> where he would serve as a lieutenant, occasionally filling in as C<i>omandante </i>of the Presidio. It was a remote posting and the edge of Mexican settlement. It might have been a horrible assignment, except for the land titles frequently given for service in the then remote Alta California.<br />
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<i><br /></i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In Monterey</span></b>, José María Estudillo and his wife Gertutis began to build their family, with the birth of their oldest son, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Joaqu%C3%ADn_Estudillo">José Joaquin Estudillo</a> in Monterey in 1800. Three more children followed to complete the Estudillo family, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Estudillo">José Antonio Estudillo</a>, María Dolores Estudillo, and Magdalena Estudillo.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">War came</span></b> to the lands of Mexico on September 16, 1810, when peasant in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_War_of_Independence">Mexico City took up arms</a> against the Spaniards. In the Northern outpost of Monterey, little changed. Soldiers who had <a href="http://mchsmuseum.com/presidio.html">received scant pay and supplies</a> survived the decade without pay and with precious little arriving in supply ships from the South. In 1821, when a treaty was signed and Mexico was officially independent, the news from the capital of a <a href="http://aztlan.sdsu.edu/chicanohistory/chapter02/c02s09.html">change in leadership was readily accepted</a> by the Presidio's troops<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">By 1820</span></b>, Estudillo was a senior enough officer that he was asked to serve as in the Presidio guarding the Mission at San Diego de Algal. It was probably not a very desirable assignment in those days as the area was largely settled by poor and somewhat hostile native peoples. After about a year he returned to his post in Monterey.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Estudillo</span></b> served in Monterey until 1827 when again he was again called to command the Presidio in San Diego. Being a man of duty, Estudillo gathered most of the family and relocated. His oldest son, who was already a 20 year old soldier in the Presidio, stayed behind and eventually secured a place in Bay Area history, securing a land grant in San Leandro that would eventually become the city of the same name.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Taking his command</span></b>, José María began to build a life for his family in San Diego. His second son, José Antonio, now the oldest son living with the family, had already assumed his role in the family business of soldiering. On land granted by the Governor of California on the edge of the plaza of the young pueblo of San Diego De Alcala, the younger Estudillo began the construction of a large L shaped hacienda for his father and himself that same year of 1827.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">he home</span></b> was considered one of the finest in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californio">Old California</a>. Over time the building was enlarged upon by adding another wing making a U-shaped building at the edge of the plaza. The family would thrive there until 1887 as the Estudillo family grew with California. Gaining more and more land grants and holding much of their lands by remaining neutral when the Americans fought Mexico in 1850, ultimately taking ownership of California. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Meanwhile</span></b>, on the East Coast of the United States in Amherst, Massachusetts on October 15, 1830 a young girl was born who would grow up to tell a story of love that would have a big effect on that house in the Pueblo of San Diego De Alcala.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Hunt_Jackson"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Helen Maria Fisk</span></b></a> was the daughter of Nathan Welby Fiske and Deborah Waterman Vinal Fisk.<a href="http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/amherst/ma15.html"> Nathan Welby Fiske</a> had attended the seminary as a young man, but only served briefly as minister before being hired as a Professor of Latin, Greek and Philosophy at Amherst College. Helen had the normal childhood of a professor daughter growing up literate and fairly well off,<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Her mother</span></b> passed away <a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/helen-hunt-jackson/biography/">when she was 14</a> and her father followed just three years later. To her fortune, as a person of means, her inheritance provided her with the opportunity for higher education. In New York, she attended the Ipswich Female Seminary and the Abbott Institute. Notably, also a student there at the time was another young girl from Amherst only two months younger who would also gain fame, Emily Dickinson.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1852</span></b>, at the age of 22, Helen Maria Fisk married U.S. Army Captain Edward Bissell Hunt. They would have two children. Her first son died as an infant in 1954 from from brain disease. A second son was born, but tragedy seemed closes at Helen's heels.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1863</span></b> Helen's husband, Captain Hunt was killed in a military accident. Left a widowed mother, she never had much time to grow into that role. Here second son, Rennie Hunt died of diphtheria in 1865. Alone in the world Helen Hunt began to write.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Helen Hunt </span></b>wrote prolifically, and with some success, Generally she wrote books of poems and sonnets or children's stories. Sometime during this period she was reacquainted with Emily Dickinson with Hunt encouraged Dickinson to pursue a writing career. They were said to remain correspondents for the rest of their lives.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Having</span></b> come to terms with her grief, somewhere around 1873 or 1874 Helen met Coloradan William Sharpless Jackson, wealthy banker and railroad executive. They fell in love and were married with Helen Hunt Jackson as her new name.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Helen Hunt Jackson</span></b> wrote a few novels over the next few years before she saw a public speaker in 1879 that would change the rest of her life. The Ponca chief, Standing Bull gave a talk describing the forcible removal of the Ponca from their Nebraska reservation and transfer to the Quapaw Reservation in Indian Territory. His peoples suffered from disease, climate and poor supplies. The story touched the heart of Mrs Jackson.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The wife</span></b> of a powerful businessman and a well known writer, Jackson used her skills to try and lobby Congress to establish reforms on American Indian policy. Raised as a Unitarian, Jackson had grown up with the righteous civil disobedience of the abolitionists. Using the same tactics she had articles published in various Eastern newspapers outlining and detailing injustices committed against Native Americans by the young United States government.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">By 1881</span></b> she had finished her treatise <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Century_of_Dishonor">A Century Of Dishonor</a></i> that recounted the forcible relocation of seven native groups and the tragedies that accompanied the relocation. In addition, she listed violent activities instigated by Whites against Natives. It was a strong work. Perhaps it was too strong, Even after sending a personalized copy to every member of Senate, it had little effect on policy makers.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Frustrated</span></b> with her lack of success, Jackson took a Train trip to Southern California where she wanted to explore the California Missions and perhaps do some research for a book about the Old California churches.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">While in California</span></b>, Jackson met Don Antonio Coronel.He was a former mayor of Los Angeles and an expect on the Californio's Mexican era history. He told her about how the Mexican government, removing from the Catholic Church some of its vast Alta California claims had displaced or mismanaged many areas acknowledged as Native settlements since the days of the Spaniards.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Americans</span></b> were no better, Colonel told her. After taking control of California following the Bear Flag Rebellion and the subsequent gold rush, there was precious little in the way of previous land claims either given by Mexico or Spain that the Americans were willing to acknowledge.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Once again</span></b>, Helen Hunt Jackson's case of what we might call in modern times "liberal guilt" inspired her to resume her defense of Native Americans. This time more specifically to the plights of the dispossessed Natives of California. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hiram Price</span></b>, the U.S Commissioner of Indian Affairs, recommended her to be appointed an Interior Department. She was to be given the task of visiting the remaining mission Indians, The groups had dwindled greatly in numbers since the days of the Missions. from an estimated 15,000 their numbers had declined to around 4,000.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jackson</span></b> was to determine what bands were still intact, where they were located, and what land, if any should be purchased by the government to establish reservations.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Traveling</span></b> with another Interior Agent, Abbot Kinney, Jackson absorbed many stories of the treatment of the Indians by Mexican Californios and the Americans that followed them. By 1883, she had completed her 56 page that report that, not surprising, painted desperate conditions and recommended extensive land purchase for reservation and development of Indian schools.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Governmental</span></b> change is usually glacially slow and Jackson wanted results, It was time to change her tactics. Drawing upon her experiences with abolitionism, she noted that many people were drawn into the movement after reading Uncle Tom's Cabin or watching one of its many stage adaptations. Helen realized that the strength of a good story could reach into a person heart and perhaps cause a change in their life.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">From</span></b> the website <a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/helen-hunt-jackson/biography/">Poemhunter.com</a>:<br />
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"I am going to write a novel, in which will be set forth some Indian experiences in a way to move people's hearts. People will read a novel when they will not read serious books." She was inspired by her friend Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852). "If I could write a story that would do for the Indian one-hundredth part what Uncle Tom's Cabin did for the Negro, I would be thankful the rest of my life," she wrote. </blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Determined</span></b> to write as impactful a story as Uncle Toms Cabin was. Jackson set out to tell a story about the struggles of Native Americans and their treatment at the hands of White America.The result was <i>Ramona. </i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">In Southern California, shortly after the Mexican-American War, a Scots-Native American orphan girl, Ramona, is raised by Señora Gonzaga Moreno, the sister of Ramona's deceased foster mother... Señora Moreno has raised Ramona as part of the family, giving her every luxury, but only because Ramona's foster mother had requested it as her dying wish. Because of Ramona's mixed Native American heritage, Moreno does not love her. That love is reserved for her only child, Felipe Moreno, whom she adores. Señora Moreno considers herself a Mexican, although California has recently been taken over by the United States. She hates the Americans, who have cut up her huge rancho after disputing her claim to it. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Señora Moreno delays the sheep shearing, a major event on the rancho, awaiting the arrival of a group of Indians from Temecula whom she always hires for that work. She is also awaiting a priest, Father Salvierderra, from Santa Barbara. She arranges for the priest so that the Indian workers can worship and make confession in her chapel, rather than leaving the rancho. Ramona falls in love with Alessandro, a young Indian sheepherder and the son of Pablo Assis, the chief of the tribe. Señora Moreno is outraged, because although Ramona is half-Indian, the Señora does not want her to marry an Indian. Ramona realizes that Señora Moreno has never loved her and she and Alessandro elope. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Alessandro and Ramona have a daughter, and travel around Southern California trying to find a place to settle. In the aftermath of the war, Alessandro's tribe was driven off their land, marking the beginning of European-American settlement in California. They endure misery and hardship, for the Americans who buy their land also demand their houses and their farm tools. Greedy Americans drive them off from several homesteads, and they cannot find a permanent community that is not threatened by encroachment of United States settlers. They finally move up into the San Bernardino Mountains. Alessandro slowly loses his mind, due to the constant humiliation. He loves Ramona fiercely, and regrets having taken her away from relative comfort in return for "bootless" wandering. Their daughter "Eyes of the Sky" dies because a white doctor would not go to their homestead to treat her. They have another daughter, named Ramona, but Alessandro still suffers. One day he rides off with the horse of an American, who follows him and shoots him, although he knew that Alessandro was mentally unbalanced. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Ramona was missing from the rancho for two years. Felipe Moreno finds the widowed Ramona and they go back to Senora Moreno's estate with Ramona's child. Felipe has always loved her and finds her more beautiful than ever. Although Ramona still loves Alessandro, she marries Felipe and they have several more children together, although Ramona and Alessandro's daughter always remains their favorite.</span></blockquote>
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<i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ramona</span></b></i> was a smash hit novel, but it was also a failure. It was published in 1884 and during its first ten months over 15,000 copies were sold. At the one year anniversary of Jackson's death, North American Review called the book "unquestionably the best novel yet produced by an American woman". It was also cited as being one of the two most ethical novels of the 19th century.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The book's failure</span></b>, however was that the tragic tale did little to change public perception on Indian treatment, at least initially. Readers were instead drawn to the love story and the romantic descriptions of early California life. And the book does paint a romantic image of those early days, in spite of of the treatment of the Indians in the book. Jackson had failed because by giving her story such a vivid and by then exotic locale, readers did not make the connection that Jackson was trying to highlight an ongoing problem. Instead, it seemed to describe the problems from a time gone by.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Readers</span></b> wanted to see the places so vividly described in the novel. With the opening of new Santa Fe rail lines into Southern California travelers began to include in their visits to California seeing the sights described in the book.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A challenge</span></b> soon arose for those early <i>Ramona</i> pilgrims. The book was a work of fiction. Many sights mentioned in the story were real and specific, such as the missions and the Old Town in San Diego. Many other sites were disputed, if indeed there was ever as specific location in the authors mind.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jackson</span></b> died in early 1885 shortly after the book was printed.The <a href="http://www.socalhistoryland.mysite.com/article_10.html">speculation</a> about how much of the story was based on <a href="http://rogerdanderson.com/html/journalism/journalism.html">true events</a> and how much the creation of Jackson's imagination was unable to be answered by her.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Gabriel_Arc%C3%A1ngel">Mission San Gabriel Arcángel</a> </span></b>could not be disputed as a place mentioned in the book, Ramona's home was widely supposed to have been the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancho_Camulos">Rancho Camulos</a>, located to the North between Los Angeles and Ventura.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The trail</span></b> of Ramona featured many spots along the El Camino Real. It was the old Kings Highway that eventually would become Highway 101. The Southernmost point of the story of Ramona was for many love struck readers a focal destination and it is there we return to the Casa De Estudillo in Old Town San Diego.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ramona's Marriage Place</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The old</span></b> Casa De Estudillo had housed surviving the Estudillo family members after Juan Antonio's death in 1852 until 1887 when the family relocated to Los Angeles. As they left, early Ramona pilgrims began to show up occasionally. The vacant home was tended by a caretaker who would show visitors the home claiming that it was where Ramona and Alessandro were married in the book.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The house</span></b> does not exactly match the chapel described in the novel, but it was close enough to pass muster with excited tourists. The caretaker would sell the tourists souvenirs he had basically stripped from the property such as bits of the adobe that were crumbling away with age. Naturally, it did not take long until the building was sliding into ruin, but even as that happened it's reputation as Ramona's Marriage Place grew.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Home Circa 1890-Slowly Being Stripped Away</span> <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Across the United States</span></b> in the late 1800's interest in Southern California history was quite popular, with Mission Style architecture and furniture experiencing a surge in popularity, especially in the Southwestern United States.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">1910</span></b> would be a big year in the Ramona story. D.W Griffith filmed a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramona_(1910_film)">16 minute adaptation</a> of the film using real locations mentioned in the story.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In San Diego</span></b>, plans were under way for a World's Fair celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal. A large fairgrounds was to be built in the Mission Style at Balboa Park. President of the board of directors was former President U.S Grant. Local sugar company heir and streetcar owner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Spreckels">John Spreckles</a> was Vice President. We have talked about Spreckles before in other posts where we looked at the giant outdoor pipe organ he had built.. As a streetcar owner, Spreckles needed to get people off of the fairgrounds and into his steetcars if he was going to cash in.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Spreckles</span></b> had already been making plans for several streetcar line destination attractions built such as the Boardwalk and Roller Coaster that are still popular today at Mission Beach. He also purchased the old Casa De Estudillo with plans to restore the buildings to their former glory and to provide Ramona pilgrims a site worth visiting. He hired a friend and former showman Tommy Getz to manage the property, which he did with a showman's flair, building up the story and selling souvenirs to the California vacationers who would visit.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The fair </span></b>was a success and many people rode Spreckles streetcars to Old Town to see Ramona's Marriage Place. It became one of the must see attractions in San Diego and was a frequent spot for weddings over the next 50 plus years all the while churning through souvenirs in its gift shop.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Film</span></b> helped keep the story alive. In 1916, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramona_(1916_film)">another silent film</a> was released directed by Donald Crisp. Sadly no copies are known to remain.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The City of Hemet</span></b> began a tradition in 1923 that still continues to this day every spring. With the spring flowers in bloom a canyon is converted to an <a href="http://ramonabowl.com/">amphitheater</a> with seating on one side and the other of the canyon featuring a hacienda and hillside upon which is performed the longest running and largest outdoor theatrical pageant in America.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Alessandro and Ramona, 1955 Ramona Pageant</span><br />
(<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/caveman_92223/3529755962">Flickr</a> User <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/caveman_92223/">Chuck Coker</a>/<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/">CC</a>)</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A cast</span></b> of local volunteers tell the epic story of Ramona featuring ranchero music, native drumming, traditional dancers in both Mexican and Indian styles as well as horsemen and gun play.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Colorful Ramona Pageant in Hemet, CA </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A </span></b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramona_(1928_film)"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">1928 </span></b>adaptation</a> starring <a href="http://www.silentfilm.org/archive/ramona">Delores Del Rio</a> and Warner Baxter was a well respected film that was almost lost to history. A lone copy was found in the Národní Filmový Archiv in Prague that was just remastered and re released in 2014. The film's theme <i>Ramona</i> was a hit song that we will look into a little bit more in our Playlist Additions.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A </span></b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramona_(1936_film)"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">1936</span></b> version</a> of the story, and the first talking version, starring Loretta Young and Don Ameche was celebrated for its technicolor photography, but the performances were uninspired and the story was told in a heavy handed manner described by the New York Times as "pure hokum".<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In San Diego</span></b>, the tourists kept visited the Old Casa de Estudillo, most of them knowing of it only as Ramona's Marriage Place. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A California</span></b> story like <i>Ramona</i> could not escape the attention of the radio drama. In 1946, Screen Guild Theater performed an adaptation of the story on it's program. You can listen to it here:<br />
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Ramona- <a href="https://archive.org/details/ScreenGuildTheater">The Screen Guild Theater</a> <a href="https://archive.org/download/ScreenGuildTheater/Sgt_45-04-30_ep243_Ramona.mp3">DOWNLOAD</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Ramona</i> </span></b>was still being used to market California vacations as late as 1949.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">By the early 1960's</span></b> Tommy Getz's wife, who had manged the property since Tommy Getz died in 1934 was ready to retire. She sold the property to the Title Insurance and Trust Company, who sold the property to local businessman Legler Benbough who donated it to the State of California in 1968.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The State Park</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Casa De Estudillo</span></b> was restored and became a cornerstone building in the development of the Old Town San Diego State Park. The park service downplayed the house connection to the Ramona story, instead focusing on its importance in the development of the early City of San Diego. A cupola, that had been removed during the Marriage Place years was rebuilt and today visitors explore the old house and its restored rooms everyday.<br />
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(<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/piedmont_fossil/434272782">Flickr</a> User <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/piedmont_fossil/">Mike Fitzpatrick</a>/<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Chapel- Ramona's Marriage Place?</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">These days</span></b>, many of the visitors to the Casa De Estudillo have never heard of Ramona. The Ramona legend is not dead however. In 2000 a telenovela was produced for Latin Television, telling the tale in all of its melodramatic glory. It only seems a matter of time before this love story is told again in a new form.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">This week</span></b> we begin with a video playlist that I discovered on YouTube. Posted by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/RamonaEpic">The Ramona Locater</a> the playlist is a trip to various places in Southern California both real and and conjectured. It mixes that in with scenes from the famous Ramona Pageant in Hemet. The thorough and still homespun series has a certain style that I think meshes with what I am trying to do here with this blog. I enjoyed and hope you do to.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Musically</span></b>, this week's focus is on one song. The 1928 film was not a talking motion picture, but sound was starting to appear in films. The movie did have a synchronized musical soundtrack when it appeared in theaters. One of the features of the soundtrack was a title song. It was actually the first time a title song had been used for a motion picture. It turned out to be a big hit and was reused in the 1936 version of the film as well<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The song</span></b> was called <b>Ramona</b> and is actually a fairly mushy love song (perfect for Valentines Day, eh?) It was a hit for the singer and films star, Delores Del Rio. I had to do a little searching, but found a variety of versions on Archive.Org. They will be this weeks playlist additions. To download, the little temple icon in the upper right corner of the player will lead you to an Archive.Org download page.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">When the song</span></b> <b>Ramona </b>originally came out it was common for many popular singers for the various record labels to do their own versions of hit songs. Since <b>Ramona</b> was a hits song a number of alternate versions were released in 1928.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Whispering Jack Smith</span></b> had a distinctive style that made use of the newly emerging electric microphone to sort of whisper/croon his lyrics. I occasional hear him played on the Ragged Antique Phonograph Program on WFMU and his records are usually entertaining.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Paul Whiteman </span></b>whose band featured the legendary Bix Beiderbecke on cornet follow with a cinematic jazzy interpretation that spent three weeks at number one on the charts.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The biggest hit</span></b> version was by Gene Austin, whose crooning interpretation rode to number one and stayed there for 8 weeks.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Another fun version</span></b> comes to us from Ruth Etting. Her take on the song made it to number 10 on the charts, but it is my favorite. Like many of this weeks artists, I was unfamiliar with her before researching this post. I think she is the discovery of the week. Her voice has a certain whimsy to it that I quite enjoy. Luckily there is a vast Archive collection of her work I can dig into.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">To round out </span></b>the early versions we have The Merton Orchestra and Deep River Orchestra both offering their big band interpretations.of <b>Ramona</b>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The song</span></b> had faded back to the back pages of the American Song Book when for some reason it came out of retirement in the 1950's,<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1952 </span></b>a pop band called the Gaylords out of Detroit reworked the classic song with an early fifties doowop harmony approach. It was one the best selling records for Mercury that year and spent two months on the charts.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Another reworking </span></b>of the song by 1960;s Dutch Duo the Blue Diamonds gave the song a rock and roll feel. Germany and Denmark made it a number one record. It made it all the way to number 17 on the US charts.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Crazy Otto </span></b>recorded a ragtime version of the song in 1963. It did not have any particular success, but as fan of the Grateful Dead, I have to love Crazy Otto for his mention in the song <b>Ramble On Rose</b>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Finally, </span></b>I have a fast electric guitar version by someone named Bill Dora. It isn't a hit version, but it is is yet another interpretation of the song.<br />
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<li><b>Ramona</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Dolores Del Rio<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:29</li>
<li><b>Ramona</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Whispering Jack Smith<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:34</li>
<li><b>Ramona</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Paul Whiteman<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:29</li>
<li><b>Ramona</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Gene Austin<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:02</li>
<li><b>Ramona</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ruth Etting<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:11</li>
<li><b>Ramona</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Merton orch<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:55</li>
<li><b>Ramona</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Deep River Orch<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:43</li>
<li><b>Ramona</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Crazy Otto<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:27</li>
<li><b>Ramona</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Gaylords<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:32</li>
<li><b>Ramona</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Blue Diamonds<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:33</li>
<li><b>Ramona</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bill Dora<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:13</li>
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Rob from Portlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06918445927731749831noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668855559110053618.post-34619458499090011362015-01-24T06:00:00.000-08:002020-05-09T19:52:21.081-07:00The Blues Brothers Movie/The Blues Brothers Part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mrs. Tarantino: </b>Are you the police?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Elwood: </b>No, ma'am. We're musicians.</span><br />
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<b>Part 1 Of A Series Of 4<br />The Blues Brothers: </b><br />
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<li><a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/01/origins-and-new-years-eve-with-grateful.html" target="_blank">Origins and New Years Eve With The Grateful Dead</a></li>
<li><a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-blues-brothers-moviethe-blues.html" target="_blank">The Blues Brothers Movie</a></li>
<li><a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-house-of-bluesthe-blues-brothers.html" target="_blank">The House Of Blues</a></li>
<li><a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/05/blues-brothers-2000the-blues-brothers.html" target="_blank">Blues Brothers 2000</a></li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The story </span></b>of <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Blues%20Brothers">Blues Brothers</a> early days entertained us on our last stop on <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Route%2066">Route 66</a> in <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Illinois">Illinois</a>. Today we move forward in the story of the group and look at the famous 1980 film and take a look at that car chase I mentioned in our last post.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In early</span></b> 1979, a second John Landis film with John Belushi, <i>1941</i>, was closing production. Belushi was ready for a new project, as he was also in his last season with <i>Saturday Night Live</i>. Big stars can get pet projects made and Belushi was given a green light to begin producing a movie based on the characters.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>John Belushi</b> </span>wanted to work with John Landis again. Aykroyd had written a screenplay and gave it to Landis. Akroyd had never written a screenplay before and it was excessive by Hollywood's standards. It was over 300 pages long, when most scripts are closer to 120 pages. It was typical of the excess involved with the production.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">John Landis</span></b> said that <a href="http://www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/about/">the script was too long</a>. He began chopping away, bringing it down to a reasonable length. Several scenes of back story were removed. Finally Landis had a <a href="http://www.natokh.de/kino/screenplays/bluesBrothers.htm">script</a> of manageable size to work with.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blues_Brothers_(film)">Wikipedia</a> summarizes the plot:<br />
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The story is a tale of redemption for paroled convict Jake and his brother Elwood, who take on "a mission from God" to save from foreclosure the Catholic orphanage in which they grew up. To do so, they must reunite their R&B band and organize a performance to earn $5,000 needed to pay the orphanage's property tax bill. Along the way, they are targeted by a destructive "mystery woman", Neo-Nazis, and a country and western band—all while being relentlessly pursued by the police.</blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The concept</span></b> of the film was unusual and many involved weren't sure if they were making a musical, a comedy, or a car chase movie. It was all of those things. In the course of rounding up the band members, audiences are treated to several Blues Brothers songs as well as cameo performances by James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and John Lee Hooker.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">As much</span></b> as this movie was about music at seemed to be about the car chase. As parody artists, Landis, Akroyd and Belushi carried the parody of the chase to scene over the top. Again, excess.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The chase begins</span></b> when Elwood is pulled over after running a yellow light, the police finds he has a suspended license and he tries to drive away and lose them, the follow and chaos ensues. For most of the movie the Brothers were being chased. The car chase scenes were remarkably impressive in scale with a lot of vehicles involved in imaginative crashes.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluesmobile">Bluesmobile</a></span></b> was the non-human co-star of the movie. It was a 1973 Dodge Monaco, Actually it was 13 of them, purchased from the LAPD at auction. They were repainted to look like the same beat up Mount Prospect police car and they were each individually customized for performance. Some were modified for speed and others for cornering or jumping. One was even rigged to fall apart on command.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A closed mall </span></b>was rented and raced through with much destruction in at the beginning of their ever expanding epic chase.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Illinois Nazis</span></b> begin chasing the Blues Brothers later in the movie. In a memorable scene the Nazi leader's Pinto station wagon went of the edge of a very high overpass that was under construction. To shoot the scene a Pinto station wagon was filmed as fell after being dropped from a helicopter from over 100 feet in the air. This required special clearance from the FAA.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Chicago</span></b> and places in the greater area were mentioned and prominently featured in the movie. Akroyd commented in an interview that the city was one of the main characters of the film. It was the largest production in the cities history with 3.5 million being spent for the city to cordon of large chunks of downtown on Sundays during the summer of 1979. The result were car chase scenes filmed.in the downtown Chicago with two 100+mph runs under the El train and an impressive number of destroyed police cars.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Production</span></b> began to run over budget and behind schedule almost from the beginning. The budget was 17.5 million dollars, but when it was done 27.5 million had been spent. Obviously the cost of all of those cars and permits for road closures and FAA clearance were going to add up. Not to mention the amount of crew involved. The star blues musicians that made cameos also had expenses and record label clearances that required entertainment lawyers and contracts.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/01/making-of-blues-brothers-budget-for-cocaine">biggest expense</a></span></b>, not so much directly, but indirectly came from 1970's Hollywood culture and its obsession with cocaine. During the filming of <i>The Blues Brothers</i> it was everywhere, They had set up a bar for the cast to use during filming and reportedly the bartenders could get anything needed in the way of intoxicants and cocaine was the drug of choice. The white powder was even included in concealed lines in the films budget.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Belushi </span></b>in particular was quite strung out through the filming, His binges would often cause delays , further driving up the expenses on the production. He was becoming so unreliable that Landis would beg visitors to the set not to share any drugs with Belushi. The trouble was Belushi was in many ways one of the biggest stars in the late 1970's drug culture and everyone wanted to be able to brag that they had "turned on" Belushi. Near the end of the filming an intervention by Aykroyd and Belushi's wife was held and Belushi cleaned up enough to finish production.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Troubles</span></b> kept coming though, Just before they were to film their big concert scene at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, John fell off a skateboard seriously injuring his knee. That was a big problem since his character danced intensely and even did cartwheels as part of his act. One of Los Angeles top orthopedic surgeons was called in and his leg was numbed up enough to film the scene as intended,<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Filming</span></b> was finally over. but still the film had challenges. it was long. It clocked in at 2 and a half hours with an intermission. After viewing an initial screening, the Universal executive Lew Wasserman who had approved the project demanded the film be shortened. With Wasserman already furious at the production delays and extensive budget over runs, there was no argument.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Racism</span></b> reared it's ugly head when Ted Mann, owner of Mann Theaters, the largest theater chain in the Western United States decided that he would only show the film in theaters in black dominated areas, Mann had concerns that Belushi might be dropping in popularity as Belushi's last film <i>1941</i> was not tremendously successful. His also had the racist reasoning that whites would not be drawn to a film featuring aging black musicians and he was concerned that blacks would drive in to white neighborhoods to see the film if it was shown there.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">History</span></b> shows that Mann was acting like a moron. <i>The Blues Brothers</i> was released in 594 theaters on June 20, 1980. It took second in box office gross that week, being beat only by the Star Wars sequel, <i>The Empire Strikes Back</i>. At the end of the year it was the 10th most successful film of 1980. Grossing over 150 millions dollars in domestic and international releases it is the 9th highest grossing musical and the 10th highest grossing comedy of all time. Mann was quite wrong about the films demand.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080455/trivia">Other facts</a></span></b> about the film include that it was the first American film do better overseas than in the United States. Maybe that had something to do with Mann's obstructive distribution? There have been a lot films based on Saturday Night Live sketches over the years. <i>The Blues Brothers</i> is the second most successful one, only <i>Wayne's World</i> did better,<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>A record</b></span> at the time, 103 cars were destroyed making thew movie. The current record is 300 cars used up in <i>The Matrix Reloaded</i>. Ray Ban glasses experienced a huge surge in sales that they attribute to the the success of the film.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">To this day</span></b> the film is still popular. Frequently shown on syndicated TV, it is also a popular midnight movie cult film. In one theater in Australia fans act out scenes from the film at its showings a la Rocky Horror Picture Show. At Halloween, Blues Brothers costumes are a perennial favorite.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The chase</span></b> scenes in the movie have become a cliche for excess in movie destruction. YouTube reveals fan recreations in Lego and and video gaming formats.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">After </span></b>the success of film and it's soundtrack, the group hit the road in a promotional tour. This led to another Universal Amphitheater concert that would be released under the title <i>Made In America</i>. The track <b>Who's Making Love</b> from that album would peak at number 39 in the charts.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Belushi </span></b>took some down time while his wife collaborated with family friend Tino Insana to write the book Blues Brothers Private, which expanded upon the story of the the Blues brothers as depicted in the movie. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A greatest hits</span> </b>record was released in 1981 with hits from their first three albums. It should have been a time to regroup and begin a second (or third) stage to the bands career. It was a time when some great changes were about to occur.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sadly,</span></b> those changes were not to come from creative achievement. On .March 5, 1982 John Belushi finally partied too hard. He was found dead from an overdosing on speedballs, a lethal combination of heroin and cocaine.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jake Blues</span></b> was no more. The story of the Blues Brothers did not end there, however. It continued on and that will be the subject of the next post in this series.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The obvious</span></b> addition here is the Soundtrack to the film. It was the first album the duo recorded in the studio and for some reason it did not do as well their live albums, The cameos are included and that alone makes it worth the price of admission. As I considered video playlist additions I realized that many songs in the film were not included in the soundtrack album. Also, the soundtrack album does not match the order in which the songs appeared in the movie. In the video playlist I used the musical numbers from the film in order.<br />
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Album: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/blues-brothers-original-soundtrack/id452584443?uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a><i>The Blues Brothers Soundtrack</i> Various Artists<br />
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<li><b>She Caught The Katy</b> The Blues Brothers<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:10</li>
<li><b>Peter Gunn Theme</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Blues Brothers<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:4</li>
<li><b>Gimme Some Lovin'</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Blues Brothers<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:08</li>
<li><b>Shake A Tail Feather</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ray Charles<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:51</li>
<li><b>Everybody Needs Somebody To Love</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Blues Brothers<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:22</li>
<li><b>The Old Landmark</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>James Brown<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:59</li>
<li><b>Think</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Aretha Franklin<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:17</li>
<li><b>Theme From Rawhide</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Blues Brothers<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:39</li>
<li><b>Minnie The Moocher</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cab Calloway<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:24</li>
<li><b>Sweet Home Chicago</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Blues Brothers<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>7:51</li>
<li><b>Jailhouse Rock</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Blues Brothers<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:20</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/tradition-field-s1526/">Tradition Field</a> </span></b>was built in 1998. It was originally named Thomas J Wright stadium for one of its builders, who was also a key backer in bringing Major League Baseball to Port St Lucie. In 2004 Care Communities,LLC bid on the <a href="http://www.littleballparks.com/Stadium/2003/St_Lucie/St_Lucie.htm">naming rights</a> to change the name to Tradition Field capitalizing on the Tradition name that they were using for their new planned community. These days stadiums names are to be bought and sold and in 2010 the stadium was renamed Digital Domain Park. The name held for two years until 2012 when the agreement expired and the Mets decided to revert the name of the field back to Tradition Field where it remains today.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A 2012 renovation</span></b> upgraded the park. It seats 7,160 and it continues to draw Mets fans every spring. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">From Tradition Field </span></b>we pull back to look at what else Port St. Lucie has to offer.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Nature</span></b> can be a bit cruel to Port St Lucie. The city is on the hurricane battered Atlantic Coast of Florida and has been hit by in 2004 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Jeanne#Florida">Hurricane Jeanne</a>, the 12th largest Atlantic hurricane in history touched down here. Winds of up to 120mph battered the community. YouTube gives us an eyewitness view.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">If being battered</span></b> by hurricanes isn't enough of a problem, the maybe toxic algae is more your style of disaster, Sadly the St. Lucie River has been the site of toxic algae blooms. Releases of carp have helped to reduce the problem.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Still the city is loved</span></b> by many of its residents, and it DOES look like a nice place overall. Here are a couple of clips proclaiming its virtues such as the scenery of its river and the cleanliness of its air.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Port St Lucie MudJam</span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Looking into</span></b> its annual events, its seemed the biggest thing I could find in Port St. Lucie is the <a href="http://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/500-acres-of-muddin-monster-trucks-party-yall">Saint Lucie MudJam</a>. Its a weekend of mud, monster trucks, bikini's and beer. Over a 500 acre mud bog, four wheelers run and race all weekend long with concerts into the night. Looks like a pretty wild time of classic redneck fun if you are into that kind of thing.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;">Baseball </span>at Tradition Field is how the New York Mets and many other vacationing New Yorkers spend the Spring in Port St. Lucie. Our playlist additions begin with a themed medley of Spring songs.<br />
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<li><b>Spring Song</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>T<i>abby 'n Things: The World's Greatest Mediocrity</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Tabby Andriello<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:22 <a href="http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/02/365_days_49_tab.html">LINK</a></li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/spring-is-here/id880785838?i=880785841&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Spring Is Here</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Standard Coltrane</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>John Coltrane<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6:57</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/spring-is-here/id321598311?i=321598327&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Spring Is Here</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Indian Summer</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Dave Brubeck<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:58</li>
<li><b>Spring</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Welcome to the Club: The Essential Chess Recordings <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i>Little Milton<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:56</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Out of respect</span></b> for the havoc Mother Nature has delivered to Port St. Lucie, we have several Hurricane songs in another themed medley.</div>
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<li><b>Hurricane</b> Levon Helm<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> 4:04</li>
<li><b>Hurricane</b> Bacon Fat<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5:00</li>
<li><b>Hurricane Dub</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Ska Town</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> The Mad Lighters <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:22</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/trying-to-reason-hurricane/id95887?i=95881&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>A1A</i> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Jimmy Buffett<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:23</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">We continue</span></b> with themed medleys dedicated to trucks, and beer in celebration of the MudJam.</div>
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<li><b>I Am A Truck</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Musical Adventure In Make-Believe</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Casper The Friendly Ghost<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:19</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/laugh-truck/id294582617?i=294582643&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Laugh Truck</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>The Misled Children Meet Odean Pope<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i>The Misled Children<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:05</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/monster-truck/id723460360?i=723460681&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Monster Truck<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></b><i>Free Rock: Music From Capitol Records</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Plastilina Mosh<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:19</li>
<li><b>Work Or Beer</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Satyricon... The Album<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i>Crazy 8s<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:12</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/beer/id303194625?i=303194637&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Beer </b>Reel Big Fish<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:32</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/t*****s-and-beer-live/id551810795?i=551810808&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Titties And Beer</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Baby Snakes<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> </i>Frank Zappa<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6:14</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/beer/id254921366?i=254921440&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Beer<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <i> </i></b><i>Spanker Madness</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Asylum Street Spankers<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:25</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The MudJam</span></b> seems to be as much about bikinis as it is about truck so our playlist additions close this week with a set of varied interpretations of the novelty classic <b>Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini.</b></div>
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<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie-yellow/id308842?i=308840&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>\</i>Brian Hyland<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:22</li>
<li><b>Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bobby Vinton<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:24</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie-yellow/id440526552?i=440526584&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Sing American Hits In Italian</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> The Gaylords<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:20</li>
<li><b>Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Devo<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:11</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I hope</span></b> you have been enjoying these visits to the Spring Training ballparks of Florida. I will admit, it has been a bit of a challenging subject as I am really only the most casual of baseball fans. As we head North we will start to come upon some music stories, rest assured. In the meantime, have YOU ever gone to a Spring Training game? If so, where was it and was it a good experience? Let us know about it in the comments. Its makes the world a better place when people leave comments.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Three Weeks:</b></span> Back to <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Florida">Florida</a> and <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Interstate%2095">Interstate 95 </a>we move North from <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Port%20St.%20Lucie">Port St. Lucie</a> and head to a historical site on the <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Spring%20Training">Spring Training</a> trail.<br />
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In our earlier posts in this series we have taken a look at some of the historic homes in <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wells-fargo-wagon-original/id715738678?i=715740539&uo=4%22%20target=%22itunes_store%22%20style=%22display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;background:url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png)%20no-repeat;width:110px;height:40px;@media%20only%20screen{background-image:url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg);}%22%3E%3C/a%3E">Old Town</a> <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/San%20Diego">San Diego</a>, <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/California">California</a>. It is the businesses and civic institutions that make a community into a town or a city., There are several museums around <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Town_San_Diego_State_Historic_Park">Old Town</a> dedicated to civic life and business. Let's explore.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The San Diego Union Building</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Next door</span></b> to the <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/11/four-old-town-homesold-town-san-diego.html">Casa de Pedrorena</a> is the home of San Diego's first newspaper, The <a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/">San Diego Union</a>. It was built in 1851 and made out of pre-assembled pieces that were shipped into San Diego from the East Coast. It is now a museum dedicated to the early days of the press in San Diego. Typesetting and printing equipment show how much work it took to put out the news in the early city.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">(</span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jstephenconn/5553428555" style="font-size: medium;">Flickr </a><span style="font-size: small;">User</span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jstephenconn/" style="font-size: medium;"> J. Stephen Conn</a><span style="font-size: small;">/</span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/" style="font-size: medium;">CC</a><span style="font-size: small;">)</span></td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mason Street School</span></b></div>
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Most towns</span></b> of any size have a schoolhouse. Old Town San Diego was no exception. The <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/the-mason-street-school-san-diego-s-one-room-schoolhouse">Mason Street School</a> was a small one room schoolhouse built in 1865 that served as the towns schoolhouse until 1872<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">This building</span></b> has been around a bit though. When the school moved to a bigger 4 room building the schoolhouse was moved about a half a mile away and used as a private home until somewhere around 1918.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The little schoolhouse</span></b> then was converted to a restaurant called the Old Town Tamale Factory which served up presumably tasty meals until the late 1940's.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>After the restaurant</b> </span>shut down, the building sat idle until being acquired by the State of California, who Moved it again, this time into the developing Old Town area where it was opened as a museum on July 1, 1955.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Seeley Stables and The Black Hawk Livery</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Before cars</span></b> and highways and Old Highway Notes, and before the railroads were built into San Diego in the 1890's, travel would be challenging. To go to Washington D.C. you could sail South all the way around the tip of South America then head North up the Atlantic Coast. Or you could go half way, to Panama cross the isthmus to the Atlantic Ocean and the continue North on different ship. Or you could go overland.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Overland travel</span></b> in mid 19th century San Diego often meant travel by stagecoach. <a href="http://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/seeley/seeley.htm">Albert L. Seeley</a> was a man who helped address that need in Southern California. It 1868, he was granted a charter for a weekly mail route between San Diego and Los Angeles. Within a year Seeley and partened with another San Diego merchant, Charles Wright. The Seeley and Wright Stage Line had increased the run to at three days a week. It was a two day trip with an overnight stay in San Juan Capistrano. Their service meant you cold leave San Diego at 5am in the morning and arrive in Los Angeles at 4pm the next afternoon.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The <a href="http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/663/files/Seeley_CS6_5.7.2013.pdf">Seeley Stables</a> </span></b>were constructed in 1869 to house his horses and equipment. his business was successful for 8 years, until the Southern Pacific began service from <a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/san-272030-stage-diego.html">Los Angeles to Anaheim</a> in 1876. He was not the only <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/1992-07-30/news/nc-4529_1_san-diego">stagecoach operator in San Diego</a> and the competition combined with railroads impact squeezed him out of business in 1877. By 1920 the stables were demolished. But in 1977 the State of California realized the importance of depicting early transportation in the area and rebuilt the stable to serve a s museum of ,id 19th century overland travel. Today the Museum housed inside features stage coaches, horse tack, farm wagons and other displays.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Behind the stables</span></b> is the <a href="http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/663/files/Blackhawk_5.7.2013.pdf">Black Hawk Livery</a>, a reproduction of the Blacksmith Shop that would have naturally worked with such a horse based operation as a stagecoach line. The reproduced livery offer live demonstrations of the type of smithing that would have been performed here when the stable were active.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Colorado House and Wells Fargo San Diego History Museum</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The <a href="https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/history/museums/san_diego">Colorado House</a> </span></b>was built as hotel in 1850 by <a href="http://www.sandiegohistory.org/online_resources/couts.html">Cave Johnson Coots</a>. Coots was Tennessee native and west Point graduate who came West to serve in the frontier. During the Mexican American War he was in California stationed at Los Angeles, San Luis Rey, and San Diego from 1848 to 1851 </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">While stationed</span></b> in San Diego, Coot began building his hotel. a two story building it had a first floor veranda and a typical Western false box front. Coots became involved in civic affairs serving on the first Grand Jury in 1850. he would later serve as county judge in 1854.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">During </span></b>the <a href="http://www.sandiegocoastlife.com/attractions/san-diego-bay/museums-colorado-house.html">Colorado House</a>'s construction Coots must have fallen in love. In 1951 he was married to Ysidora Bandini, daughter of his friend Juan Bandini, One of the generous wedding gifts the couple received was land. A tract of 2219 acres was deeded to the newlyweds. The couple would move to their new rancho in 1853. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Throwing himself </span></b>into his work developing the Rancho, Coots' interest in the Colorado house waned, From 1854 to 1866 he leased out the subdivided building to provide office space for the San Diego Herald, a surgeon, jeweler, hairdresser and other businesses. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1866,</span></b> Coots faced legal troubles and was charged with but ultimately found not guilty of the murder of an Indian worker on his Rancho. He would go on to gain land from three other ranchos, becoming on of the richest men in early Southern California.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">That same year</span></b> he sold the Colorado House to Joseph Mannasse and Marcus Schiller. In 1872 it was destroyed by fire. Adding to Old Town San Diego, the building was reconstructed in 1992 where it now houses the <a href="http://famouswonders.com/wells-fargo-museum-in-old-town-san-diego/">Wells Fargo San Diego History Museum</a>. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">TheWells Fargo Wagon Connected The West </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Wells Fargo</span></b> played a crucial role in early California being a leader in banking, shipping, and travel. There famous stagecoaches crisscrossed the young state of California. Its banks provided assaying services to miners in the gold fields. Secure transport of money and passendgers connected the far flung state to the Eastern United States and it commerce.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The museum</span></b> touches on those early days with t he recreation of an early bank and assay office, with displays of gold rush era mining and banking equipment as well as a large gold nugget n display and one of its iconic stagecoaches.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Any city</span></b> draws crime. It is the job of law enforcement to protect the peace. For over 150 years the San Diego Sheriffs Department has served that function. In celebration of that history, they too have a historical museum in Old Town San Diego.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">From their</span></b> <a href="http://www.sheriffsmuseum.org/museum/">website</a>:<br />
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The Sheriff's Museum consists of 6800 square feet of exhibit space, covering the entire history of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department from its inception in 1850 through today.<br />
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The Museum contains cars, motorcycles, real life jail cells from various eras, and replica Sheriff's offices from the 1850's, 1940's and present.<br />
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Children will love the Museum - they can sit on a real life motorcycle and use the siren, pick up a bullet proof vest, play with handcuffs, and sit in a real Sheriff's Car!<br />
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Adults will appreciate the rich history of the department reflected throughout the Museum. Ask the docent to take a picture of your entire family - locked in a jail cell!</blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">This week</span></b> we have two songs from each of the following themes:<br />
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<li>Newspaper</li>
<li>School</li>
<li>Stables</li>
<li>Horse</li>
<li>Wagons</li>
<li>Blacksmith</li>
<li>Bank</li>
<li>Bank Robbers </li>
<li>Law Enforcement</li>
<li>Jail</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Newspaper</span></b> starts us off with <b>The News</b> from jam band supergroup called Comotion. The group contains members from String Cheese Incident, Leftover Salmon, David Grisman Quartet, Aquarium, Rescue Unit, and the Anger-Marshall Band. Sadly, I could not find it available for download. The CD is available in my Amazon store. All the fancy finger picking in <b>The News</b> leads to a old time country hit from Arthus Smith playing <b>Jimmy Brown, The Newsboy.</b></div>
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<li><b>The News</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Head West</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Comotion<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:27</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Stables</span></b> are the next theme in the civic life of Old Town San Diego. I was a little surprised to find a few stable songs in my collection.Livery Stable Blues perfectly fits the Seeley Stables. I have several versions of this dixieland classic, I went with a version from the house band in Disneyland's New Orleans Square, the Side Street Strutters. If you want a copy for yourself, you have to go to Disneyland, sorry. Keeping in the jazz vein, we follow with <b>Stablemates</b> by Stan Getz and Kenny Barron. Unfortunately, I could not find videos for either song to share.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Horses</span></b> are what a stable exists for. So we have a couple of horse songs. Flatt & Scruggs break it down bluegrass style with <b>Six White Horses</b>. Then we have Oregon's own Misty River with a story of little girl longing in <b>Black Pony</b>.</div>
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<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/black-pony/id6189722?i=6189688&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Black Pony</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Misty River - Live At The Backgate Stage</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Misty River<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:37</li>
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<span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;">Wagons</span> and Stagecoaches are why Seeley needed horses and a stable, Our first wagon song is Brett Ratliff's cover of a Grandpa Jones novelty song called <b>Wish I'd Stayed In the Wagonyard</b> about a farmer who comes into town, leaves his wagon at the wagonyard and proceeds to get drunk and in trouble, Another classic wagon song also is a tribute to Wells Fargo, so it just had to make the list.<b>Wells Fargo Wagon</b> from Merediths Wilson's <i>The Music Man</i> is our next addition. My version is from the Original Broadway Cast.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Blacksmith</span></b> songs were in short supply, so I went with his tools to represent the blacksmith shop. <b>Anvil Chorus</b> by Glen Miller and his Orchestra really bangs it out, while a <b>Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy</b> for the Monroe Brothers.<br />
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<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/nine-pound-hammer-is-too-heavy/id793594347?i=793594455&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 4</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Monroe Brothers<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:14</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Bank</span></b> songs are more common than blacksmith songs, and frequently they are not pro bank, as you might imagine. Our first song was featured in the Route 66 playlist on this blog. It is by Early Chicago bluesman Big Bill Broonzy and it's the <b>Bankers Blues</b>. A more modern spin on the same idea comes to us from Beck with <b>Canceled Check</b>.</div>
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<li><b><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/canceled-check/id281364653?i=281364667&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a></b>Canceled Check</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Mutations</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Beck<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:14</li>
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<b style="font-size: xx-large;">Bank Robbers </b>show up when there is a bank. Our playlist gets an unlikely cover by Hot Tuna as they play the Clash's <b>Bank Robber</b>. Bringing it back to my hometown, Portland's Freak Mountain Ramblers bring their country fried hippy rock sound to a fairly faithful cover of a Jeffery Fredericks and The Clamtones song from 1970's hippy Portland, <b>Robbin' Banks</b>.</div>
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<li><b>Robbin Banks</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>III</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Freak Mountain Ramblers<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:17</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Law Enforcement</span> </b>becomes a requirement when you have a crime. Our first law enforcement song is an old time country song from Big Dave McLean, <b>Police and High Sheriff</b>. <b>Cops</b> from the well played <i>The Beau Hunks Play The Original Little Rascals Music</i> pairs nicely as an old time jazz number.<br />
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<li><b>Cops</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>The Beau Hunks Play The Original Little Rascals Music</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Beau Hunks<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>0:37</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jail</span></b>. They have one at the Sheriff Museum and you can take pictures there. Nice place to visit, but you would not want to stay there. To close out this weeks playlist additions, we have a bluegrass jailhouse lament, <b>Jailer Jailer</b>, by Peter Rowan. You might remember Peter Rowan as one of the legendary hippy bluegrass band Old And In The Way or as one of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys. Our last song this week is by a fictitious group, the Soggy Bottom Boys. From the film <i>O Brother Where Art Thou</i> comes the Soggy Bottom Boys big hit, an old country classic, <b>Man Of Constant Sorrow</b>.<br />
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<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/in-jailhouse-now-feat.-tim/id524827132?i=524828424&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>In The Jailhouse Now</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>O Brother, Where Art Thou?</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Soggy Bottom Boys 3:35</li>
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I hope you have been enjoying our tour of Old Town. We have just one more thing to see then we will hit the road again. I'd like to hear your opinions about the playlist. Do you prefer individual videos or video playlists? Let me know in the comments please,</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Next Week:</span></b> Our drive North on <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Interstate%2095">Interstate 95</a> in <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Florida">Florida</a> continues. There are more <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Spring%20Training">Spring Training</a> baseball fields to see along this stretch of the highway. We will hit one, and see what else Port St Lucie has to offer.<br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Two Weeks:</span></b> The story of the <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Blues%20Brothers">Blues Brothers</a> continues to dominate our look at the city of <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Illinois">Illinois</a> at the start of <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Route%2066">Route 66</a>.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Three Weeks:</span></b> Before we continue North on <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Highway%20101">Highway 101</a> through <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/San%20Diego">San Diego</a>, <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/California">California</a> we will conclude our visit to <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Old%20Town">Old Town</a>. Their is one more house to see and it has quite a story tied to it. </div>
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Rob from Portlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06918445927731749831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668855559110053618.post-68683561889987953372015-01-03T16:27:00.002-08:002020-05-09T19:50:39.744-07:00Origins and New Years Eve With The Grateful Dead/The Blues Brothers Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Elwood: </b>It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jake: </b>Hit it.</span><br />
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<b>Part 1 Of A Series Of 4<br />The Blues Brothers: </b><br />
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<li><a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/01/origins-and-new-years-eve-with-grateful.html" target="_blank">Origins and New Years Eve With The Grateful Dead</a></li>
<li><a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-blues-brothers-moviethe-blues.html" target="_blank">The Blues Brothers Movie</a></li>
<li><a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-house-of-bluesthe-blues-brothers.html" target="_blank">The House Of Blues</a></li>
<li><a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2015/05/blues-brothers-2000the-blues-brothers.html" target="_blank">Blues Brothers 2000</a></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">he history</span></b> of movies has quite a few contenders for "best car chase". Since we are in <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Illinois">Illinois</a> at the start of <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Route%2066">Route 66</a>,, I'm reminded of my favorite car chase. That would be the over the top destructive chase through the streets of Chicago and its neighboring communities in the 1980 film <i>The Blues Brothers</i>. We'll talk about that film later, but the story of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blues_Brothers">Blues Brothers</a> began long before the movie was filmed.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1971</span></b> a 22 year old <a href="http://bluesbrothersofficialsite.com/p-9905-the-brothers.html#John%20Belushi%20(JAKE)">John Belushi</a> had made the leap from his college improv group to join Chicago's famed Second City comedy troupe. This <a href="http://mediaburn.org/video/second-city-relics-2/">rare footage</a> from 1972 shows a very young John Belushi in action. The tape begins very roughly but by about the three minute mark the sound improves.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Belushi</span></b> was a success with the Second City. In 1973 he began to work with National Lampoon Searching for talent for the new <i>National Lampoon Radio Hour</i> and a Lampoon road show, he visited Toronto, who also had a Second City sketch comedy club.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>One of the Canadian</b></span> comics he had come to see was 20 year old <a href="http://bluesbrothersofficialsite.com/p-9905-the-brothers.html/#Dan%20Aykroyd">Dan Aykroyd</a> who had been making a name for his impersonations. Aykroyd had also heard about Belushi's success in Chicago and following a performance at the Toronto club they were introduced to one another backstage.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A <a href="http://www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/about/">deep friendship</a></span></b> began to take hold quickly. Going out for drinks, Aykroyd invited Belushi to the unlicensed speakeasy he had been managing after hours called the 505 Club. As they talked, blues music was playing in the background. John was intrigued but did not know very much about blues music, having been more of a fan of heavy metal rock like Cream and Deep Purple.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Dan Aykroyd</b></span> was a blues fan, as well as an outlaw spirit in general. He had a encyclopedic knowledge of the blues and running an illegal speakeasy certainly gave him outlaw cred.He took Belushi's interest and began <a href="http://www.oocities.org/hollywood/lot/2976/brothers1.html">sharing with him his favorites blues music</a>. At one point, they were listening to an album by John Lee Hooker. He was decked out in sunglasses and a hat. Belushi joked that if they ever started a blues band that would have to be their look.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">When <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_(season_1)"><i>Saturday Night Live</i></a> </span></b>was being cast Belushi encouraged Aykroyd to audition. The pair would be key parts of the original Not Ready For Prime Time Players. The show debuted in late 1977 and was an immediate smash and required viewing for 1970's hipsters. It was original only to intended to be a six episode series featuring young comics. Due to its popularity, its run was extended and is still going strong today, 47 years later.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">At the same</span></b> time that <i>Saturday Night Live</i> was being created, Belushi was dipping his toes into the world of feature films.First he had a part in a Jack Nicholson film <i>Goin' South</i>. He used that role to gain experience for another film he would make in early 1978. It was National Lampoon's first feature film so naturally Belushi, a key early Lampoon member, was included in the cast.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The movie,</span></b> which turned out to be a massive hit comedy. was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_House"><i>Animal House</i></a>. Directed by John Landis, the film was a spirited tale of college fraternity life in the 1960's, Belushi playing the degenerate slob fraternity member Bluto Blutarski. While the movie being was filmed with Eugene and the University of Oregon playing the role of the films Ivy League Faber College, Portland blues star Curtis Salgado worked on the production and met Belushi. When Belushi expressed an interest in blues music, Salgado took it as an opportunity to teach the comedian how to sing blues music, teaching him a ton of classic blues music.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Belushi and Aykroyd </span></b>assembled a look derived from that John Lee Hooker album cover. They appeared as the Blues Brothers in front of Willie Nelsons Band and Roomful Of Blues at the Lone Star Cafe in Texas, The duo had a dress code that would become a trademark. Wearing black hats and Wayfarer sunglasses in tribute to John Lee Hooker. They wore Men In Black suits because, Aykroyd reasoned, blues players were still considered outlaw in the 1940's and 1950's and a suit would help to blend in with straight society,<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A back story </span></b>was created that these were not actual brothers but were both orphans who were raised in an orphanage. Taught to love the the blues by the orphanage janitor, at one point they cut their fingers with guitar strings. Rubbing the cuts together they became blood brothers and living the lives of drifting blues men from Chicago, the Blues Brothers.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In addition</span></b> to their matching CIA man suits the Blues Brothers had worked up a classic stage revue. With stage voice over introductions reminiscent of James Brown, they would erupt in quick burst of high stepping or choreographed dance moves including Belushi's well known cartwheel. Musically they had an upbeat jump blues sound. Belushi generally sand lead which Aykroyd complimented with his bass background singing or his wailing on the harmonica.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">They were </span></b>as much a visual show as a musical one. Belushi as Jake Blues would be the emotional side of the duo sweating and dancing and contorting his face as he belted out his vocals. Aykroyd as Elwood Blues was a perfect counterpoint, When not in a choreographed dance step he would be a deadpan emotionless performer that could wring a lot of sound out of a harmonica. They were fun to watch, but they really could play the blues.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Near the end</span></b> of the first season of Saturday Night Live, in 1978, Belushi suggested to the shows producer, Lorne Michaels, that the Blues Brothers should perform a number on the show, Michaels was skeptical, but Belushi stardom, as well as his key role in recruiting much of the shows cast, gave him some privileges. Michaels allowed the to play song as the credits scrolled by. But he wanted them to dress as bees and <a href="http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75jkingbee.phtml">perform the song <b>King Bee</b></a> as Howard Shore and his All-Bee Band, which they did with the Saturday Night Live band,<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Belushi and Aykroyd </span></b>realized that if they wanted the show to take their music seriously, that they would have to create a band, and come on the show as a musical guest. At the suggestion of Paul Schaffer they pulled together an all star band of blues session men, SNL band members, saxophonist "Blue" Lou Marini and trombonist-saxophonist Tom Malone, who had previously played in Blood, Sweat & Tears. Guitarist Steve Cropper and bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn, the powerhouse combo from Booker T and the M.G.'s were also recruited. On trumpet they brought in Alan Rubin as well as guitarist Matt Murphy. It was a stacked combo.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The group </span></b>began touring around the country mostly playing colleges with a fair amount of success. A recording of their set, opening for Steve Martin at the Universal Amphitheater, was released as <i>Briefcase Full of Blues</i>. It was the same time that <i>Animal House</i> was filling up theaters, Belushi was red hot and Aykroyd was along for the ride. The album shot to the top the Billboard Hot 200 with the songs <b>Soul Man</b> and <b>Rubber Biscuit</b> rising onto the top 40 singles charts. The duo finally got to make that appearance on Saturday Night Live as a band late in 1998.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Riding the wave</span></b> of success, the Blues Brothers were notably asked to open for the Grateful Dead at an emotional performance in the Dead's career. The Winterland Ballroom had been a home turf concert hall for the Grateful Dead for many years and it was closing. On the last show, New Years Eve 1978, Jake and Elwood Blues would get the crowd moving before the Grateful Dead took the stage for a farewell concert still prized by Deadheads.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">This week </span></b>I have to begin by saying Briefcase Full Of Blues is sorely lacking from my collection. Getting a copy is on my to do list as budget allows (tip: to help the cause visit my amazon store). Look for it in my year end wrap up for 2015.Until then, I was happy to find that Blues Brothers Central.com has a bootleg of the New Years Eve show available for mp3 download, You can get it <a href="http://www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/multimedia/bootlegs/live-on-new-years-eve/">HERE</a><br />
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Album: <i>Live On New Year's Eve</i> The Blues Brothers<br />
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<li><b>Intro</b> 1:34 </li>
<li><b>Hey Bartender</b> 3:18 </li>
<li><b>Messin' With the Kid</b> 3:33 </li>
<li><b>Almost (I Got Everything I Need)</b> 2:47 </li>
<li><b>Band Introduction</b> 1:07 </li>
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Rob from Portlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06918445927731749831noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668855559110053618.post-2220517780562433542014-12-27T06:00:00.001-08:002020-05-09T19:49:52.388-07:002014 The Year In Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">It is a cliche</span></b>, but as the year winds to a close it is customary to take a look back and review the events that got us where we are today. Old Highway Notes covered some miles.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">January</span> </b>on <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Route%2066">Route 66</a>.saw us starting to zero in on the city of <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Chicago">Chicago</a>. First we <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/01/route-66-chicago-musical.html">watched the Broadway musical</a> Chicago. Then we looked into at the <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/01/route-66-chicago-band.html">fusion rock band Chicago</a> and featured their box set as a playlist addition.,<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">On <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Highway%20101">Highway 101</a>,</span></b> we had not really gotten underway heading North up the highway. We had concluded our <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Tijuana%20Day%20Trip">Tijuana Day Trip</a> in December that we had made before starting up the highway in earnest. Leaving Tijuana, we began our fictional <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Crossing%20The%20Border">border crossing</a> which featured a wide swath of America related music and a fictitiously paranoid exchange with the Border Patrol that took up a few months postings.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Back in Chicago</span></b>, we began to look int the musical history of the city that would lead to its signature sound of Chicago blues. A <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/01/route-66-chicago-before-blues-there-was.html">hot early jazz scene</a> inspired a young <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/01/route-66-chicago-jazz-star-arises-from.html">Benny Goodman</a> who would go on to be the king of swing. And while one jazz legend left the city, another jazz legend <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/02/route-66-chicago-jazz-star-comes-down.html">Sun Ra</a> made the city of Chicago his home.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In February</span></b>, a whole new chapter began on Old Highway Notes. A third route was added to the weekly rotation exploring that East Cost thoroughfare, <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/02/interstate-95starting-third-route-of.html">Interstate 95</a>. We looked at some <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/03/interstate-95-miami-some-background-and.html">Miami history</a> and drove up Interstate 95<a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/03/interstate-95-miami-i-95-through.html"> taking in the view </a>by way of a number of dash cams,<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In Chicago again</span></b>, the drive down Route 66 keeps getting delayed as the city has such a proud musical history to cover. Finally making it to Blues music, we listed to and learned about at the <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Pre%20Electric%20Chicago%20Blues">blues roots</a> that lead up up to the development of the electric Chicago blues sound. We took the time to focus on <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/05/route-66-chicago-blues-willie-dixon.html">Willie Dixon</a> as a particularly key player in this era who also figured largely later when Electric Blues took off,<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Meanwhile</span></b> on Highway 101 we had finally completed our border crossing. It was time to move North on the Old Highway 101. We passed through <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/05/route-66-chicago-blues-willie-dixon.html">San Ysidro</a>, remembering a mass shooting that occurred there. Next we passed through <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/05/route-66-chicago-blues-willie-dixon.html">Chula Vista</a>, and looked at a modern amphitheater while remembering a notable Grateful Dead concert from before it was built. Next came <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/04/highway-101-cruising-into-national-city.html">National City</a> and its Mile of Cars, as well as its Napoleones Pizza, a place that figured heavily in <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/05/highway-101-national-city-napoleones.html">Tom Waits</a> life.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Still lingering</span></b> in Miami on Interstate 95, by April we were looking at a few key <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Hippies%20in%20Miami">musical events from the 1960's</a>. First the story of the 2 <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/04/interstate-95-miami-hippies-in-miami-pt.html">International Pop Festivals in 1968</a> and Jimi Hendrix's breakout performance at the first of these. <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/05/interstate-95-miami-hippies-in-miami-pt.html">Jim Morrison's well known indecency arrest</a> also occurred from Miami and we looked into that as well. The it was time to leave Miami and we started <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/05/interstate-95-hollywood-to-west-palm.html">driving North</a> to <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/West%20Palm%20Beach">West Palm Beach</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;">Muddy Waters (<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muddywaters.jpg" sl-processed="1" style="color: #bb5421; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a>)</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">By late May</span></b> we had worked our way through Jazz and Acoustic Blues in Chicago and we were ready to begin an in depth look into the life and career of <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Muddy%20Waters">Muddy Waters</a> which would continue over the next few months.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Highway 101</span></b> was also about to hit a bit of slowdown as we entered <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/San%20Diego">San Diego</a> in early June. being a large city it will have much to offer before we pass through. First we looked the cities history and strong tradition as a <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/06/highway-101-into-san-diego-this-is-navy.html">US naval base</a>. Then we looked at the cities impact on the Chicano movement by looking at Barrio Logan and the history of <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/06/highway-101-san-diego-chicano-park.html">Chicano Park</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The middle of June</span></b> saw us begin an ongoing series of visiting <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Spring%20Training">Spring Training</a> ballparks that are found up the Interstate 95 corridor in Florida.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Finally</span></b>, we entered August exploring a part of San Diego that many visitors never really get outside of. the <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/08/highway-101-san-diego-chicano-park-to.html">San Diego Convention Center, Seaport Village, and Petco Field</a> all line the route that was the old Highway 101.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">By August</span></b> we celebrated one year of Old Highway Notes. Several blog maintenance issues and newbie errors I had made in setting up the blog caused me to take the month off to work on improving the user experience. I hope you find it easier to navigate the site now,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: small;">Jungle Cruise at Trapper Nelsons camp circa 1950's </span>(Flickr User <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bethscupham/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #bb5421; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Beth Scupham</a>/<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #bb5421; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">CC</a>)</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">With Labor Day, </span></b>vacation ended and we came back to continue looking Spring Training baseball fields with a stop at <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/09/roger-dean-stadiumwest-palm-beach-to.html">Roger Dean Stadium</a> in <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Jupiter">Jupiter</a>, Florida.Jupiter would prove to be an interesting stop. There we found <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/09/exploring-jupiter-without-spaceship.html">a battlefield from the Seminole wars, a lighthouse</a>, canoeing and the story of a recluse who lived like a <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-wild-man-of-loxahatchee.html">wild man</a> and started a zoo.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In Chicago,</span></b> the story of Muddy waters was not over and so it continued into October, before we the story of Muddy Water's rival Howlin' Wolf ended the month.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In San Diego,</span></b> Old Highway 101 took us past the train station, the airport and rental car lots. <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/09/planes-trains-and-automobiles-seaport.html">Planes Trains and Automobiles</a> inspired a playlist theme that included a look at the John Denver song Leaving on a Jet Plane as covered by San Diego band Slightly Stoopid. Ultimately the old Highway led us to the site of <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Old%20Town">Old Town San Diego</a> in mid October.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">It was in Old Town</span></b> San Diego that we looked at the Ghost story of the <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/10/an-old-town-san-diego-ghost-story.html">Whaley House</a>, celebrated the Mexican holiday <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/11/dia-de-los-muertosold-town-san-diego-pt2.html">Dia De Las Muertas</a>, and visited some <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/11/four-old-town-homesold-town-san-diego.html">old homes</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">On Route 66</span></b>, in November, a guest poster contributed an infographic and article covering the history of the <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-great-chicago-fire-infographic.html">Great Chicago Fire</a> that was accompanied by a fire themed playlist.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;">After Thanksgiving,</span> on Interstate 95, it was time to leave Jupiter, Florida. Hitting the Interstate <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/11/interstate-95-jupiter-to-port-st-lucie.html">we drove North</a> to <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Port%20St.%20Lucie">Port St. Lucie</a>, Florida. Arriving during the Christmas season we took in what the city had to offer online in the way of <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/11/christmas-in-florida.html">Christmas cheer</a>. We also took a listen to Jimmy Buffett's Christmas Island, getting us in the mood for the holidays.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">On Route 66</span></b> we went back into Chicago history where were surprised to find that <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Rudolph%20The%20Red%20Nosed%20Reindeer">Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer</a> born in that city. We looked into his story from <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/12/born-in-chicagorudolph-red-nosed.html">book to song</a>, from <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/12/television-fame-and-commercial.html">song to TV</a>, from TV to movies, worldwide fame and a special place in Portland's heart.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A tour</span></b> of <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/12/old-town-and-san-diego-at-christmasold.html">San Diego at Christmas</a> ended the holiday season on the old Highway 101. After visiting several Old Town and attending Las Posadas. We enjoyed several other holiday displays in San Diego area before we watched the Christmas Parade of Boats go sailing by.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Writing</span></b> this blog, I a have enjoyed revisiting old favorites and finding new music along the way. Much of the early Chicago Jazz I shared with you was new to me as well. Along the way I found some holes in my personal music collection. Slowly I have been filling those holes.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Route 66.</span></b> In January, when I blogged about the band Chicago, there were a few albums I did not yet have. Filling that hole a bit I acquired their first album, Chicago Transit Authority. I also picked up a greatest hits package that is a bit easier than the six disc set I featured last January.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;">Album:</span> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/chicago-transit-authority/id29586836?uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a><i>Chicago Transit Authority</i> Chicago<br />
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<li><b>Introduction 6:35 </b></li>
<li><b>Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? 4:36 </b></li>
<li><b>Beginnings 7:54 </b></li>
<li><b>Questions 67 And 68 5:02 </b></li>
<li><b>Listen 3:21 </b></li>
<li><b>Poem 58 8:37 </b></li>
<li><b>Free Form Guitar 6:47 </b></li>
<li><b>South California Purples 6:11 </b></li>
<li><b>I'm A Man 7:39 </b></li>
<li><b>Prologue, August 29, 1968 0:57 </b></li>
<li><b>Someday (August 29, 1968) 4:13 </b></li>
<li><b>Liberation 14:38 </b></li>
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<li><b>Make Me Smile (New Edit) 4:25 </b></li>
<li><b>25 Or 6 To 4 4:49 </b></li>
<li><b>Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? 3:19 </b></li>
<li><b>Beginnings 6:27 </b></li>
<li><b>Questions 67 And 68 4:52 </b></li>
<li><b>I'm A Man (New Edit) 5:43 </b></li>
<li><b>Colour My World 3:01 </b></li>
<li><b>Free 2:16 </b></li>
<li><b>Lowdown 3:34 </b></li>
<li><b>Saturday In The Park 3:55 </b></li>
<li><b>Dialogue (Part I & II) (Single Version) 5:01 </b></li>
<li><b>Just You 'N' Me 3:42 </b></li>
<li><b>Feelin' Stronger Every Day 4:14 </b></li>
<li><b>(I've Been) Searchin' So Long 4:28 </b></li>
<li><b>Wishing You Were Here 4:35 </b></li>
<li><b>Call On Me 4:03 </b></li>
<li><b>Happy Man (Edit from 1981's Greatest Hits, Volume II) 3:16 </b></li>
<li><b>Another Rainy Day In New York City 3:01 </b></li>
<li><b>If You Leave Me Now 3:56 </b></li>
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<b>Volume 2</b><br />
<ul>
<li><b>Old Days 3:30 </b></li>
<li><b>Baby What A Big Surprise 3:05 </b></li>
<li><b>Take Me Back To Chicago (Single Version) 2:58 </b></li>
<li><b>Alive Again 4:05 </b></li>
<li><b>No Tell Lover 4:14 </b></li>
<li><b>Love Me Tomorrow (Single Version) 3:59 </b></li>
<li><b>Hard To Say I'm Sorry/Get Away 5:06 </b></li>
<li><b>Stay The Night 3:49 </b></li>
<li><b>Hard Habit To Break 4:44 </b></li>
<li><b>You're The Inspiration 3:50 </b></li>
<li><b>Along Comes A Woman (Single Version) 3:48 </b></li>
<li><b>Will You Still Love Me? (Single Version) 4:13 </b></li>
<li><b>If She Would Have Been Faithful... 3:52 </b></li>
<li><b>Look Away (Single Version) 4:01 </b></li>
<li><b>What Kind Of Man Would I Be? (Single Version) 4:14 </b></li>
<li><b>I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love 3:57 </b></li>
<li><b>We Can Last Forever (Single Version) 3:45 </b></li>
<li><b>You're Not Alone (Single Version) 4:00 </b></li>
<li><b>Chasin' The Wind 4:18 </b></li>
<li><b>Sing, Sing, Sing (w/ The Gypsy Kings) 3:20 </b> </li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A bigger</span></b> embarrassment to me than a lack of Chicago albums is the lack of Louis Armstrong music I had from early in his career. To remedy that I got my hands on <i>The Okeh, Columbia & Victor Recordings 1925-1933.</i> It's a pretty complete collection spanning ten discs. I think that does a pretty good job of filling in the gap. Not surprisingly,I could not find the complete set as a video playlist, but I did find a recording of his Hot Fives and Sevens from that era for you to enjoy.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Album: </span></b><i>The Okeh, Columbia & Victor Recordings 1925-1933</i> (Box Set) Louis Armstrong<br />
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<b>The Hot Fives, Volume I</b><br />
<ul>
<li><b>My Heart 2:31</b></li>
<li><b>(YES!) I'm in the Barrel 2:46</b></li>
<li><b>Gut Bucket Blues 2:51</b></li>
<li><b>Come Back, Sweet Papa 2:34</b></li>
<li><b>Georgia Grind 2:40</b></li>
<li><b>Heebie Jeebies 3:04</b></li>
<li><b>Cornet Chop Suey 3:07</b></li>
<li><b>Oriental Strut 3:11</b></li>
<li><b>You're Next 3:26</b></li>
<li><b>Muskrat Ramble 2:40</b></li>
<li><b>Don't Forget to Mess Around 3:16</b></li>
<li><b>I'm Gonna Gitcha 2:56</b></li>
<li><b>Droppin' Shucks 3:06</b></li>
<li><b>Who' Sit 2:58</b></li>
<li><b>King of the Zulus 3:16</b></li>
<li><b>Big Fat Ma and Skinny Pa 3:06</b></li>
</ul>
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<b>The Hot Five and Hot Sevens, Volume II</b><br />
<ul>
<li><b>Lonesome Blues 3:15</b></li>
<li><b>Sweet Little Papa 2:53</b></li>
<li><b>Jazz Lips 3:12</b></li>
<li><b>Skid-Dat-De-Dat 3:16</b></li>
<li><b>Big Butter and Egg Man 3:11</b></li>
<li><b>Sunset Cafe Stomp 2:56</b></li>
<li><b>You Made Me Love You 3:02</b></li>
<li><b>Irish Black Bottom 2:50</b></li>
<li><b>Willie the Weeper 3:13</b></li>
<li><b>Wild Man Blues 3:17</b></li>
<li><b>Alligator Crawl 3:08</b></li>
<li><b>Potato Head Blues 3:01</b></li>
<li><b>Melancholy 3:08</b></li>
<li><b>Weary Blues 3:06</b></li>
<li><b>Twelfth Street Rag 3:10</b></li>
<li><b>Keyhole Blues 3:31</b></li>
</ul>
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<b>The Hot Fives & Hot Sevens Volume III</b><br />
<ul>
<li><b>S.O.L. Blues 3:00</b></li>
<li><b>Gully Low Blues 3:24</b></li>
<li><b>That's When I'll Come Back To You 3:04</b></li>
<li><b>Put 'Em Down Blues 3:13</b></li>
<li><b>Ory's Creole Trombone 3:11</b></li>
<li><b>The Last Time 3:27</b></li>
<li><b>Struttin' With Some Barbecue 3:02</b></li>
<li><b>Got No Blues 3:22</b></li>
<li><b>Once In A While 3:16</b></li>
<li><b>I'm Not Rough 3:01</b></li>
<li><b>Hotter Than That 3:03</b></li>
<li><b>Savoy Blues 3:30</b></li>
<li><b>Fireworks 3:05</b></li>
<li><b>Skip The Gutter 3:09</b></li>
<li><b>A Monday Date 3:14</b></li>
<li><b>Don't Jive Me 2:47</b></li>
</ul>
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<b>Louis Armstrong And Earl Hines Volume IV</b><br />
<ul>
<li><b>Chicago Breakdown 3:26</b></li>
<li><b>Symphonic Raps 3:12</b></li>
<li><b>Savoyager's Stomp 3:11</b></li>
<li><b>West End Blues 3:17</b></li>
<li><b>Sugar Foot Strut 3:20</b></li>
<li><b>Two Deuces 2:55</b></li>
<li><b>Squeeze Me 3:23</b></li>
<li><b>Knee Drops 3:24</b></li>
<li><b>No (Papa,No) 2:55</b></li>
<li><b>Basin Street Blues 3:16</b></li>
<li><b>No One Else But You 3:25</b></li>
<li><b>Beau Koo Jack 3:04</b></li>
<li><b>Save It, Pretty Mama 3:21</b></li>
<li><b>Weather Bird (Rag) 2:44</b></li>
<li><b>Muggles 2:51</b></li>
<li><b>Here Me Talkin' To Ya 3:24</b></li>
<li><b>St. James' Infirmary 3:20</b></li>
<li><b>Tight Like This 3:16</b></li>
</ul>
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<b>Louis In New York Volume V</b><br />
<ul>
<li><b>Knockin' A Jug 3:26</b></li>
<li><b>I Can't Give You Anything But Love 3:34</b></li>
<li><b>Mahogany Hall Stomp 3:26</b></li>
<li><b>S'posin' 3:17</b></li>
<li><b>To Be In Love 3:08</b></li>
<li><b>Funny Feathers 3:17</b></li>
<li><b>How Do You Do It That Way? 3:20</b></li>
<li><b>Ain't Misbehavin' 3:24</b></li>
<li><b>Black And Blue 3:09</b></li>
<li><b>That Rhythm Man 3:11</b></li>
<li><b>Sweet Savannah Sue 3:14</b></li>
<li><b>Ain't Misbehavin' (2) 3:08</b></li>
<li><b>Some Of These Days 3:14</b></li>
<li><b>Some Of These Days (2) 3:00</b></li>
<li><b>When You're Smiling 3:31</b></li>
<li><b>When You're Smiling (2) 2:59</b></li>
<li><b>After You've Gone 3:23</b></li>
<li><b>After You've Gone (2) 3:19</b></li>
<li><b>After You've Gone (2) (2) 3:18</b></li>
</ul>
<b> </b><br />
<b>St. Louis Blues Volume VI</b><br />
<ul>
<li><b>I Ain't Got Nobody 2:47</b></li>
<li><b>I Ain't Got Nobody 3:00</b></li>
<li><b>Dallas Blues 3:17</b></li>
<li><b>Dallas Blues 3:17</b></li>
<li><b>St. Louis Blues 3:03</b></li>
<li><b>St. Louis Blues 3:01</b></li>
<li><b>St. Louis Blues 2:59</b></li>
<li><b>Rockin' Chair 3:23</b></li>
<li><b>Song of the Islands 3:31</b></li>
<li><b>Bessie Couldn't Help It 3:24</b></li>
<li><b>Blue, Turning Grey Over You 3:31</b></li>
<li><b>Dear Old Southland 3:19</b></li>
<li><b>My Sweet 3:23</b></li>
<li><b>I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me 3:11</b></li>
<li><b>Indian Cradle Song 3:02</b></li>
<li><b>Exactly Like You Did 3:32</b></li>
<li><b>Dinah 3:20</b></li>
<li><b>Tiger Rag 3:12</b></li>
<li><b>I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas) 3:09</b></li>
<li><b>I'm in the Market for You 3:16</b></li>
<li><b>I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) 3:23</b></li>
<li><b>If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight 3:38</b></li>
<li><b>Body and Soul 3:16</b></li>
</ul>
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<b>You're Driving Me Crazy Volume VII</b><br />
<ul>
<li><b>Memories Of You 3:12</b></li>
<li><b>You're Lucky To Me 3:25</b></li>
<li><b>Sweethearts On Parade 3:16</b></li>
<li><b>You're Driving Me Crazy 3:07</b></li>
<li><b>You're Driving Me Crazy (2) 3:11</b></li>
<li><b>The Peanut Vendor 3:29</b></li>
<li><b>Just A Gigolo 3:19</b></li>
<li><b>Shine 3:22</b></li>
<li><b>Walkin' My Baby Back Home 3:05</b></li>
<li><b>I Surrender Dear 3:09</b></li>
<li><b>When It's Sleepytime Down South 3:22</b></li>
<li><b>Blue Again 3:14</b></li>
<li><b>Little Joe 3:13</b></li>
<li><b>I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You 3:15</b></li>
<li><b>Them There Eyes 3:07</b></li>
<li><b>When Your Lover Has Gone 3:10</b></li>
<li><b>Lazy River 3:06</b></li>
<li><b>Chinatown, My Chinatown 3:15</b></li>
</ul>
<b> </b><br />
<b>Stardust Volume VIII</b><br />
<ul>
<li><b>Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams 3:32</b></li>
<li><b>Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams 3:17</b></li>
<li><b>Star Dust 3:37</b></li>
<li><b>Star Dust 3:30</b></li>
<li><b>You Can Depend on Me 3:19</b></li>
<li><b>Georgia on My Mind 3:20</b></li>
<li><b>The Lonesome Road 3:32</b></li>
<li><b>I Got Rhythm 3:06</b></li>
<li><b>Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea 3:02</b></li>
<li><b>Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea 3:21</b></li>
<li><b>Kickin' the Gong Around 3:14</b></li>
<li><b>Home 3:05</b></li>
<li><b>All of Me 2:59</b></li>
<li><b>Love, You Funny Thing 3:42</b></li>
<li><b>The New Tiger Rag 3:24</b></li>
<li><b>Keepin' out of Mischief Now 3:32</b></li>
<li><b>Love, You Funny Thing 3:24</b></li>
</ul>
<b> </b><br />
<b>The Complete RCA Victor Recordings Volume IX</b><br />
<ul>
<li><b>That's My Home 3:13</b></li>
<li><b>Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train 3:04</b></li>
<li><b>I Hate to Leave You Now 3:14</b></li>
<li><b>You'll Wish You'd Never Been Born 3:20</b></li>
<li><b>Medley of Armstrong Hits -- part 1 4:26</b></li>
<li><b>Medley of Armstrong Hits -- part 2 4:37</b></li>
<li><b>I've Got the World on a String 3:16</b></li>
<li><b>I Got a Right to Sing the Blues 3:01</b></li>
<li><b>Hustlin' and Bustlin' for Baby 3:08</b></li>
<li><b>Sittin' in the Dark 3:02</b></li>
<li><b>High Society 3:25</b></li>
<li><b>He's a Son of the South 2:40</b></li>
<li><b>Some Sweet Day 3:01</b></li>
<li><b>Basin Street Blues 3:26</b></li>
<li><b>Honey, Do 2:38</b></li>
<li><b>Snowball 3:13</b></li>
<li><b>Mahogany Hall Stomp 2:36</b></li>
<li><b>Swing, You Cats 2:37</b></li>
</ul>
<b> </b><br />
<b>The Complete RCA Victor Recordings Volume X</b><br />
<ul>
<li><b>Honey, Don't You Love Me Anymore? 3:02</b></li>
<li><b>Mississippi Basin 3:07</b></li>
<li><b>Laughin' Louie 3:29</b></li>
<li><b>Tomorrow Night 3:19</b></li>
<li><b>Dusky Stevedore 2:56</b></li>
<li><b>There's A Cabin In The Pines 3:18</b></li>
<li><b>Mighty River 2:43</b></li>
<li><b>Sweet Sue, Just You 2:46</b></li>
<li><b>I Wonder Who 3:08</b></li>
<li><b>St. Louis Blues 2:43</b></li>
<li><b>Don't Play Me Cheap 3:00</b></li>
<li><b>That's My Home (Alternate Take) 3:14</b></li>
<li><b>Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train (Alternate Take) 3:01</b></li>
<li><b>I Hate To Leave You Now (Alternate Take) 3:12</b></li>
<li><b>You'll Wish You'd Never Been Born (Alternate Take) 3:26</b></li>
<li><b>Medley Of Armstrong Hits - Pt. 2 (Alternate Take) 4:28</b></li>
<li><b>Mississippi Basin (Alternate Take) 3:13</b></li>
<li><b>Laughin' Louie (Alternate Take) 3:25</b></li>
<li><b>Tomorrow Night (Alternate Take) 3:21</b></li>
<li><b>Blue Yodel No. 9 2:38</b></li>
</ul>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Finally, </span></b>we pick up some pieces from Tom Waits early career, where his time working at <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/05/highway-101-national-city-napoleones.html">Napoleones Pizza, in National City</a>, had the biggest influence on his songs.<br />
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Album: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/used-songs-1973-1980/id156067137?uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a><i>Used Songs 1973-1980</i> Tom Waits<br />
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<li><b>Heartattack And Vine 4:46</b></li>
<li><b>Eggs And Sausage (In A Cadillac with Susan Michelson) 4:25</b></li>
<li><b>A Sight For Sore Eyes 4:43</b></li>
<li><b>Whistlin' Past The Graveyard 3:18</b></li>
<li><b>Burma Shave 6:35</b></li>
<li><b>Step Right Up 5:42</b></li>
<li><b>Ol' 55 4:00</b></li>
<li><b>I Never Talk To Strangers (with Bette Midler) 3:40</b></li>
<li><b>Mr. Siegal 5:16</b></li>
<li><b>Jersey Girl 5:12</b></li>
<li><b>Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis 4:34</b></li>
<li><b>Blue Valentines 5:53</b></li>
<li><b>(Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night 3:53</b></li>
<li><b>Muriel 3:36</b></li>
<li><b>Wrong Side Of The Road 5:16</b></li>
<li><b>Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets To The Wind In Copenhagen) 6:35</b></li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Next Week:</span></b> <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Illinois">Illinois</a>, the start of <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Route%2066">Route 66</a>, remains our focus. We'll start tom look at a film that has been called a "love letter to the City of Chicago", <i>The Blues Brothers</i>.<br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Two Weeks: </span></b> The old <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Highway%20101">Highway 101</a> passes <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Old%20Town">Old Town</a> in <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/San%20Diego">San Diego</a>, <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/California">California</a>. We'll visit the commercial and civic sites in the historic area.<br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Three Weeks: </span></b><a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Interstate%2095">Interstate 95</a> in <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Florida">Florida</a> will wait as we look a bit more at <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Port%20St.%20Lucie">Port St Lucie</a>. We'll visit a ballpark as part of my <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Spring%20Training">Spring Training series</a>, we'll take a look at how mother nature has battered the city, and then we get down and dirty as we will go four wheeling at the Port St. Lucie MudJam.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Old%20Town">Old Town</a></span></b> San Diego was composed of an upscale class of Mexican landowners mixed with Yankee businessmen as well as Native Americans who worked the Mission's land. At <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/search/label/Christmas">Christmas</a> the city would have a variety of generally private celebrations.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Today</b></span> during Christmas time you can watch an interactive version of Dickens' <i>A Christmas Carol</i> in a house with real ghosts. The show is performed at the <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2014/10/an-old-town-san-diego-ghost-story.html">Whaley House</a> during the season. Old Town also celebrates with a shopping extravaganza called Fiesta Navidad. A video from YouTube user <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmNBoEdS8zNp0Wqdm9GmEPQ">travelsandtransitions</a> show a bit of how Old Town looks during the holiday season.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A more traditional</span></b> event is held in Old Town as well. For 64 years, an annual procession called Las Posadas is held by the merchants of Old Town to remember the <a href="http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/80fall/christmas.htm">Christmas celebrations in the old pueblo</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Traditionally</span></b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Posadas">Las Posadas</a> is Mexican Christmas event that celebrates the biblical story of Mary and Josephs Journey to Bethlehem. For nine nights the events are recreated with people dressing up as Mary and Joseph. Mary rides a donkey visiting various "inns" which are represented by homes from the community The a large candle lit procession follows them. Musicans in the procession play music and carols are sung. At a chosen home the residents sing a song and welcome in the Holy Family. A prayer is said around the Nativity scene, Then more caroling and a Piñata filled with candies is broken open to the delight of the children.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Near Old Town</span></b> the Amtrack Surfliner makes a stop. In the distance we can hear the trains whistle blowing out<b> Jingle Bells </b>in full holiday cheer.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Things are going</span></b> to get a bit scattered now as we leave Old Town and blitz tour <a href="http://gocalifornia.about.com/cs/californiamenu/a/cachristmas.htm">San Diego Christmas</a> <a href="http://gocalifornia.about.com/cs/californiamenu/a/cachristmas.htm">fun</a>, consider it the Christmas Rush. Here is a quick spin on the Holly Jolly Holiday Tour followed by another tour offered by YouTube user <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTXJB814IzFqsQM6GZGKL1A">hernholmgroup</a>.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Like many cities</span></b>, San Diego has a Candy Cane Lane street of houses that are lit up like freaking holiday wonderlands. We take a walk down the street. Sorry for the amateur quality.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">San Diego</span></b> means water to many people. In addition to the Naval Base, San Diego is famous for being the home of Sea World. The park has its own holiday festival, <i>Snow World at Sea World</i>. Here is promo clip,<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Parade of Boats</span></b> really summarizes San Diego's yacht lifestyle. With the relatively warm California evenings, folks line the shore to watch the San Diego fleet of Christmas Ships as they parade by. Here are some images and a video from previous years parades. The pictures are from 2012 and the video is from 2010. We'll take our bleacher seats in the Port of San Diego.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">There is</span></b> plenty more to see around Christmas in San Diego, hopefully this has given you a little taste of the season in Southern California.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Before</span></b> we begin, here is a fun San Diego Christmas song I did not have in my collection.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Since we</span></b> begin today's post in Old Town, which was a Mexican town even before it was an American one, our first addition is an album of Latin Christmas carols. It's a free download from Amazon that you can get by visiting my gift shop page for this post.<br />
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Album: <i>Fiestas Navidenas</i> Various Artists<br />
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<li><b>Melodias Navidenas</b> Tony De La Rosa<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:44</li>
<li><b>Carta Santa Claus</b> Linda Escobar<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:47</li>
<li><b>Jingle Bells Polka </b>Los Hermanos Ayala<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:02</li>
<li><b>Mi Negra Navidad </b>Los Gavilanes<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:17</li>
<li><b>Hoy</b> Conjunto Bernal<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:47</li>
<li><b>Auld Lang Syne</b> Tony De La Rosa<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:18</li>
<li><b>Un Ano Mas De Carino</b> Beatrice Llamas<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:17</li>
<li><b>Navidad Polka</b> Los Hermanos Ayala<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:03</li>
<li><b>Gracias A Dios</b> Eligio Escobar<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:12</li>
<li><b>Pastorcillos</b> Linda Escobar<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1:48</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">From there</span></b> I pulled a few other Mexican carols from my library, Portland's <a href="http://www.trailband.com/">Trail Band</a> break from their usual Americana style to provide us with three Mexican folk songs. Following them, we have a song from <a href="http://scottkritzer.com/">Scott Kritzer</a>. He is another Portland artist, who was a guest of the Trail Band at their annual Christmas concert a few years ago. Unfortunately, I could not find any YouTube videos to share of either the Trail Band or Scott Kritzer. so if you want to hear them you might need to download them. Our last track is a bit of a variation on the Latin theme with Celia Cruz performing a Christmas mambo. It works as a bridge to our next group of additions.<br />
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<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/aleluya-purepecha/id478186075?i=478186195&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Aleluya P'urepecha</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Peace On Earth</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Trail Band<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:25</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/faltan-cinco-pa-las-doce/id478186075?i=478186247&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Faltan Cinco Pa' Las Doce</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Peace On Earth</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Trail Band<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:54</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/el-rorro/id568551322?i=568551440&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>El Rorro</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Making Spirits Bright</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Trail Band<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:01</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/villancio-navidad-christmas/id65095825?i=65095736&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Villancico De Navidad (Christmas Carol)</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>A Classical Guitar Christmas</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Scott Kritzer<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:28</li>
<li><b>El Cha Cha Cha De La Navidad</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Mambo Santa Mambo: Christmas From The Latin Lounge</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Celia Cruz<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:30</li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Next up</span></b>, we send up a very American salute to the city that lives in San Diego's shadow, or vice versa, Tijuana. Last year we talked aboput <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/highway-101-still-in-tijuana-and.html">Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass</a>. We also talked about <a href="http://oldhighwaynotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/highway-101-still-in-tijuana-with.html">imitators to the Herb Alpert sound</a>. Our next addition is an album from one of those knock off imitators. I give you <i>Tijuana Christmas</i> by the Border Brass.<br />
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Album:<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tijuana-christmas/id528918892?uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a><i>Tijuana Christmas</i> Border Brass<br />
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<li><b>We Wish You A Merry Christmas</b></li>
<li><b>God Rest You Merry Gentlemen</b></li>
<li><b>What Child Is This</b></li>
<li><b>Deck The Halls</b></li>
<li><b>Jingle Bells</b></li>
<li><b>Tijuana Christmas</b></li>
<li><b>Jolly Old St Nicholas</b></li>
<li><b>Christmas Bells</b></li>
<li><b>The First Noel</b></li>
<li><b>Silent Night</b></li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">With so</span></b> many Mexican, and Mexican inspired songs added to our playlist this week, I really need to include the most obvious Mexican Christmas song to most Americans: <b>Feliz Navidad</b>. I have a variety of versions and styles from the classic José Feliciano to a <b>La Bamba</b> mash up by Los Straitjackets, to a groovy blues by Los Lonely Boys, Freddy McGregor puts a Jamaican reggae spin on the number before a more modern Dj tOp dOg bringss his own dub style to the song<br />
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<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/feliz-navidad/id255615877?i=255615879&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a><b>Feliz Navidad</b> José Feliciano<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:05</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/feliz-navidad/id4176357?i=4176335&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Feliz Navidad</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> <i>'</i></span><i>Tis The Season For Los Straitjackets</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Los Straitjackets<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:10</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/feliz-navidad/id292752925?i=292752988&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Feliz Navidad</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> <i> </i></span><i>Christmas Spirit</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Los Lonely Boys<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:28</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/feliz-navidad/id296832444?i=296832564&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>Feliz Navidad</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Trojan Christmas Box Set</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Freddie McGregor<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:31</li>
<li><b>Feliz Navidad</b> 2012<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Wild Xmas With Bomarr, Vol. 7</i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Dj tOp dOg<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4:29 <a href="http://bomarrblog.com/wildxmas/">LINK</a></li>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In addition</span></b> to Old Town, this post featured a trip to the Parade Of Boats. To celebrate that we have a collection of versions of the tradional and nautically themed carol, <b>I Saw Three Ships</b>., First, Bing Crosby croons his was through a medley of carols that ends with <b>I Saw Three Ships.</b> Eric Rigler provides a Celtic version before ex-Byrd Roger Mc Guinn shares an acoustic folk rendition . McGuinn's <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden/">Folk Den</a> blog that has a wide variety of Christmas and other folk songs available for free download.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">After Mc Guinn</span></b>, the Barenaked Ladies give a stridently folky take on the carol, The Trail Band, The Pioneer Brass and De Organographia follow with fairly traditional interpretations. None of those last three recordings had relevant video to share.<br />
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<li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/christmas-carols-deck-halls/id561848732?i=561848838&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a><b>Christmas Carols: Deck The Halls/Away In A Manger/I Saw Three Ships</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bing Crosby Sings Christmas Songs<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bing Crosby<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:28</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-saw-three-ships/id394370961?i=394371032&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>I Saw Three Ships</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Traditional Celtic Christmas<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Eric Rigler<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3:55</li>
<li><b>I Saw Three Ships</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Folk Den Roger McGuinn<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:05 <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/?p=6930">LINK</a></li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-saw-three-ships/id941365231?i=941365265&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>I Saw Three Ships</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Barenaked For The Holidays<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Barenaked Ladies<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1:07</li>
<li><b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-saw-three-ships-live/id569693142?i=569693408&uo=4" style="background-image: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.svg); background: url(https://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com/htmlResources/assets/en_us//images/web/linkmaker/badge_itunes-lrg.png) no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 40px; overflow: hidden; width: 110px;" target="itunes_store"></a>I Saw Three Ships</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Christmas with The Trail Band<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Trail Band<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2:10</li>
<li><b>I Saw Three Ships</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A Pioneer Brass Christmas<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Pioneer Brass<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1:56</li>
<li><b>I Saw Three Ships</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The One Horse Open Sleigh<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>De Organographia<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1:29</li>
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