4. STANDIN' ON THE CORNER PARK, Winslow, Arizona
Released in 1972, the Eagles' "Take It Easy" (written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey) includes the line "Well, I'm a-standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, and such a fine sight to see. It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me."
Like many other towns along Route 66, when they were bypassed by the interstates, Winslow began a slow decline in the 1970s.
In the 1990s the Standin' On the Corner Foundation was formed to attract tourists back to Winslow. With the help of donors, a park was opened-- on a corner-- in 1999, featuring a hand-painted mural, a flatbed Ford and, after his death, a bronze statue of Frey in 2016.
In our end-to-end trip on 66 in 2006, Liz and I arrived in Winslow during their annual Standin' on the Corner festival. That was great to hear a band playing "Take It Easy" in the street while standing on that corner.
My favorite Eagles song before we got into Route 66 in 2002 was "Already Gone.' Guess what it is now?
--RoadEasy
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