Music/Song

[Fatfatboy]

BTO, a band placed in my memory bank around 13 y.o.
My eldest brother put them there. Cranking “Roll On Down The Highway” to 10 (couldn’t afford 11), blasting through the 6 x 9’s behind me in the rear deck of a late 60’s Mopar of some sort with his foot giving the old V8 everything it would drink in.
Those were the good ol’ days.

This came back to memory this morning from an article I read that BTO, after 25 years of silence, has a new song out called 60 Years Ago.

https://youtu.be/L3Cw-fpSWPo?si=JAp4CQeEr1uAw_Uw

“I went back home – things were not the same
You can't cross the street at portage and main
Those crossroads where the winds would blow
Was Canada's home of rock and roll
Me and Burton, turner and Neil
The guess who, overdrive and buffalo Springfield
In our teenage dreams of rock and roll
We never thought we'd get this old

60 years ago
So dammed cold and so much snow
60 years ago
We stayed inside and rocked and rolled

Livin on the road and never gettin back home
Breaks you down - kills your heart and soul
When 1970 was over and done, American woman was #1
Back to the prairie town fightin to survive
Got me and turner into overdrive
Only one thing left was on my mind
There's always one more mountain to climb

60 years ago

60 years ago
So good, it is newer get old
So dammed cold and so much snow
We stayed inside and rocked and rolled
60 years ago


So many stories that seem unreal
So many heartaches that just won't heal
So many lessons of what went wrong
And the road of life goes on
I'm still rockin after all these years
Healed my soul and cried away my tears
And looking back at that prairie town
It sure look different now, than...

60 years ago

60 years ago
So dammed cold and so much snow
We stayed inside and rocked and rolled
60 years ago

We stayed inside and rocked and rolled

60 years ago”

[Fatfatboy]

https://youtu.be/gkqfpkTTy2w?si=lyR6TI0Z7THg3Z5w


https://youtu.be/2oUBxyXxyFo?si=i7N1-Erw7Pet5ino

[Fatfatboy]

 Just morning ramblins.

 This morning I was sittin on the Fatboy at a rail road crossing waiting for a long but very slow a train rolling by. It was so slow I could take in the graffiti of names and sceneries sprayed on by unknown street artist. What these guys can do with a paint can amazes me.
After about 15-20 minutes the last car went by and off to the left out of nothing walked a hobo.

This song, that I've not heard in years, came to my day dreamin morning fogged gray matter.



As a youngin I always thought the hobo ride would be a great adventure. Hop a train, ride it until it stops then hop another. i should of done it before responsibilities took over.

 My home town, Pacific (named after the tracks that run through), is a small train town. Lot's of trains rolling through out of the St. Louis union station. The Union Pacific tracks and the BNSF tracks pretty much run next to each other until they hit P-town where they split off with Union Pacific heading west to Kansas City and BNSF heading south to Tulsa so I can see why hobo's would campout in the silica sand caves in town and next to my property waiting to catch a train going in the direction they were aiming for.
The caves have been since been fenced off because they are a health hazard due to the silica sand that covers the walls and ceilings, or to stop the riff raff. Take your pick.

I didn't live here as a kid but I could see the hobo ride would be very tempting for a young lad with nothing to do but watch hundreds of freight trains rolling by every summer.



 

[hacksaw]

Sly Stone RIP

[hacksaw]

lol
You would go against Ernie?
Emperor of the North Pole  

[hacksaw]

Brian Wilson RIP

[Fatfatboy]

hacksaw wrote

lol
You would go against Ernie?
Emperor of the North Pole

 Sorry, I don’t quite understand that.

[Fatfatboy]

This is probably one of the best videos I’ve seen come off YouTube.

https://youtu.be/g_QtO0Rhp0w?si=TKUIoMoN_oYIT_Gk

[hacksaw]

movie where earnest borgnine is a tuff ass conductor trying to get lee marvin hobo off the train. watch it b4 you decide on a career change

[Fatfatboy]

I tried to find the movie on all the streaming channels with no luck.
Was able to catch some trailers and scenes on YouTube. Yeah, takes the romance out of hobo train hoping.
Looks like it is a good movie.
May have to try the library. There isn’t any movie rental places around here anymore.

[motogrady]

hacksaw wrote

movie where earnest borgnine is a tuff ass conductor trying to get lee marvin hobo off the train. watch it b4 you decide on a career change

“Nobody rides this train for free.”

[motogrady]

https://youtu.be/2DW83QNRCrw

[Fatfatboy]

Hey Grady, are you staying high & dry?

[motogrady]

Fatfatboy wrote

Hey Grady, are you staying high & dry?

Ya.  I live on a ridge.  
Maybe 1000 feet above the closest river.  
I hear it’s getting sketchy in the bigger
rivers tho.  

Tomorrow I have jobs down below, gonna be interesting🌊

[motogrady]

Fatfatboy wrote

Hey Grady, are you staying high & dry?

How about you?
Been a lot of rain for most of us I believe.

[Fatfatboy]

Yes, I’m high up as well.
 Tornadoes are the issues around here lately. Tornado Alley has been moved further east and we are in that alley, now.

We’ve had 15 in the surrounding areas this season. One was just a few miles up the road in a somewhat rural area that did a lot of damage to a few businesses and houses. The trees got the worst of it.
No damage here just lost one shingle and power for 24-30 hours.
The worst was a couple of them that hit St. Louis a month ago.
Lots of lost lives and very old buildings. Worst since the 50’s.

I’m fortunate to live next to a cliff that protects our house pretty good.

https://youtu.be/BBAj8e6osf0?si=NL5wg7qrBW_tPKfF

[hacksaw]

motogrady wrote

“Nobody rides this train for free.”

LMFAO!!!!!

[Fatfatboy]

https://youtu.be/WQgu0MpnKq8?si=VsoVo9d75w6Z3ftz

[Fatfatboy]

Rock In Peace Ozzy. Thanks for the memories.

[hacksaw]

Has this been confirmed?
A couple of news channels are currently saying it with ?