As in, 40 YEARS AGO!! This past Sunday, Bob Stroud did his Part 3 of his annual look back to summers 40 years ago, which he started with the Summer of Love, 1967. I really look forward to these Time Warp Rock and Roll Rooys Shows every year and try to make sure I'm at home so I can record them (on cassette tapes for those of you who remember those).
Part 4 will be September 2nd and will be streaming on the Drive. www.wdrv.com.
Back then, I was still living at the trailer outside of Athens, Georgia, where I was going to 4th quarter (Summer School) at UGA so I could get the credits I needed to transfer back to good old NIU so I could graduate in June of '73. I was driving the "Ramblin' Wreck," the puke green '63 Rambler station wagon which used a quart of oil every 50-100 miles.
These were songs playing on the radio and in your collections back then, so, let's take a trip back, "Way back!" as Jimmy Castor and His Bunch would say. Remember "Troglodyte" and Bertha?
OUT OF SPACE-- BILLY PRESTON-- The last time we convened (July 1) it was the #1 song in town (Chicago). We will find out the new #1 in a little less than three hours.
ROCKET MAN-- ELTON JOHN-- From the #1 album in town, Honky Chateau.
GUITAR MAN-- BREAD-- Another man in your radio; David Gates and the band.
SATURDAY IN THE PARK-- CHICAGO-- Those Chicago horns making its debut on local charts from the album Chicago 5.
STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU-- AL GREEN-- Those Memphis horns. I so do love the way producer Willie Mitchell had that snare drum right up front in those great Al Green songs in the 70s.
And. Lots More to Come. --RoadDog
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