RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
Friday, July 19, 2019
Along 66, June 2019: Big Green Guy and "Chuggin' On Down 66" Song
JUNE 8-- The restoration of the Gemini Giant muffler man at the Launching Pad Restaurant in Wilmington, Illinois, has been completed. Way to go BGG (Big Green Guy).
JUNE 9-- "Chuggin' On Down 66" by Smiley Burnette was a song from 1954. Near the end of the song he went through a list of Route 66 name-checks: Chicago, St. Louis, Springfield, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Tucumcari, Albuquerque, Winslow, Flagstaff, Barstow and Los Angeles.
It was the "B" side of "Mucho Gusto." It clocks in at 2:25 and is on a 78 rpm.
he is best known for his role as the the Hooterville Cannonball engineer Charlie Pratt on TV's "Petticoat Junction."
Where Uncle Joe Was Movin' Kind Of Slow, You Know. --RoadDog
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