This post is inspired by another song by the band America. The song “Ventura Highway” was from their second album homecoming. Dewey Bunnell who wrote the song stated “I remember vividly having this mental picture of the stretch of the coastline traveling with my family when I was younger. Ventura Highway itself, there is no …
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I Love LA
For our musical inspiration we head back to 1983. “From the West Side to the East Side / Everybody’s very happy / ’Cause the sun is shining all the time / Looks like another perfect day / I love L.A. (we love it)”, so sang Randy Newman. Randy says that the sun is shining all …
“Well if you ever plan to motor west”
“Just take my way that’s the highway that’s the best” Rolling Stones. Planning a driving holiday this year, then there could be no better choice than driving down Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles linking hundreds of rural communities along the way. The original route was declassified many years ago but with careful planning …