Where Were You May 3, 1975? Part 1

I was just about to finish up teaching my second year at John T. Magee Middle School in Round Lake, Illinois. I taught geography and history to 7th, 8th, and 9th graders. The next year, the ninth graders moved over to Round Lake High School.

We were still living in Vernon Hills at Villas by the Lake Apartments. Liz had gotten a job teaching first grade at Beach School in Round Lake Beach, and we were getting ready to move into the house we were having built by Fairfield Builders at 1013 Morningside, Round lake Beach.

This is what Bob Stroud played on his May 3rd Rock and Roll Roots Time Warp after he skipped ahead five years from 1970. His comments. Mine are in parentheses ().


AUTOBAHN-- KRAFTWERK-- What they call highways in Germany
CHEVY VAN-- SAMMY JOHNS-- Another fine GM car. "Sammiched" between to road songs (very funny, Bob!)
ROLL ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY-- BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE-- (Three good road songs in a row!! Road songs don't get any better than this, not even PPL's "Two-Lane Highway."

YOU'RE NO GOOD-- LINDA RONSTADT-- remake of a great old 60s R&B classic, an old Betty Everett hit. (I had a crush on Linda, but don't tell Liz.)
JACKIE BLUE-- OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS--

THE NO-NO SONG-- RINGO STARR-- Sounds just like Ringo, written by the late great Hoyt Axton (also wrote "Act Naturally" by the Beatles. (Well, Ringo sand that one also. Love this song.)
DON'T CALL US, WE'LL CALL YOU-- SUGARLOAF-- It had been five years since we last heard from them "Sounds like John, Paul and George." (Earlier, it was "Green-eyed Lady." At least Bob made up for Ringo's omission with the song before it.)

I May Not Be Good, But I Sure Try. --RoadDog