Where Were You June 2, 1973?-- Part 2

Note that really pretty Ford Pinto at the top of the page.  My first new car and was I ever proud of it.  Biggest problem was that it essentially fell apart after a four years and we got a 1977 Malibu.  I think, anyway, as I didn't start my journal until August 1978.

This was the vehicle that was decorated by friends when we got married and I drove it back and forth to Round Lake the first two years (we lived in Des Plaines and then Vernon Hills).

We DID NOT have that gas tank problem, fortunately.

Continuing with Stroud's Summer of 1973 Time Warp.

WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES--  BILLY PRESTON--  Fresh off his stint with the Beatles and had a solo career going on.
NO MORE MR. NICE GUY--  ALICE COOPER--  From Billion Dollar Babies.  (The "first" Marilyn Manson and a lot prettier?)

THINKING OF YOU--  LOGGINS AND MESSINA--  From their second, self-titled album.
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU--  STEALER'S WHEEL--  (Was that Gerry Rafferty singing on the song?)

BAD, BAD LEROY BROWN--  JIM CROCE--  His first time at #1, eventually.   (One of the most fun songs ever to sing along with, well, that and "Sweet Caroline, "Da, Da, Da.")
REELING IN THE YEARS--  STEELY DAN--  From their debut album, Can't Buy a Thrill.  (This song and the "Stuck in the Middle With You" sure bring back memories of driving back and forth to Maine West High School in the ol' Ramblin' Wreck (my 1963 Rambler station wagon) during my student teaching in the spring.)

What Was His Name and What Would He Do? You Know, Leroy, Your Mama's Calling!!   --RoadDog


IF CATS PERFORMED THE MUSICAL "CATS"--  From the June Orange Peel Gazette:  Audience members would enter the auditorium only to find their seats had been clawed and covered with fur.