The French Family – Highway 40 Blues
An evening pause: To quote the YouTube website: “Stuie (Electric), Camille (Acoustic), Sonny (13) and Chet (16) from our living room in Nashville.”
Very nice, but I must admit the best part might be watching the expressions on the face of Mom in the background.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
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This kid is growing up in Nashville? He should be recording in a few years, if not already.
Mom either isn’t getting enough sleep, or needs lighter eye shadow.
That is very good sound from a living room.
BTW, Wikipedia informs that US Hwy 40 ran from Atlantic City, NJ, to San Francisco, CA. except for a dip into Maryland, the road stays north of the Mason-Dixon line.
Blair-
Great factoids.
I’m only vaguely aware of this US highway route, but I’m going to change that!
“Abandoned US 40 in Frederick. MD.”
https://youtu.be/XF8U57BLa5U
10:10
(4 re-alignments in less than a mile, 1808-present)
Totally tangential– anyone done the Route 66 trip?
Haven’t done US 66 (on the list); but maybe US 40 might be more exciting? You can gamble with your money in Atlantic City, and gamble with your life in San Francisco.
Blair–
->I-75…. Miami, Florida to Sault Ste Marie, Michigan
Make A Run For The Border
Crossing the International Bridge
https://youtu.be/Xc9NOw1BN2I
4:05