Where Were You August 31, 1974?-- Part 1

Yesterday, Bob Stroud at Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, had his last of four parts of music from the summer of 1974, 40 years ago.  This is something I eagerly look forward to hearing every summer since 2007, when he went back to the Summer of Love, 1967.  To say the least, the shows take me back.

August 31, 1974, I was beginning my second year of teaching at John T. Magee Middle School in Round Lake, Illinois.  I was driving a '73 Pinto back and forth between our new apartment (two bedrooms) in Vernon Hills.

Liz was still working at General Finance Corporation home office in Evanston, bit still looking for a teaching job.

These were tunes we listened to on our daily weekday commutes.

RIKKI, DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER--  Steely Dan
PICK UP THE PIECES--  Average White Band
KEEP ON SMILING--  Wet Willie

SCARLET BEGONIAS--  Grateful Dead
RADAR LOVE--  Golden Earing
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS--  Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Cruising Down the Road.  --RoadDog


SIGNS OF OLD AGE:    You Keep repeating Yourself, Repeating yourself, repeating yourself...
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