Old 97’s have been pioneering the alternative country genre since 1993. Their music contains undeniable country sounds and themes, but sounds nothing like the crooning pop country on the radio…
Wherever you travel and however you get there, there’s always something interesting to see and do when you arrive. We’ll share some of our favorite experiences with you here. If you have any favorite places to go or things to do when you get there, let us know on Twitter or Facebook.
This post is sponsored by The Lincoln Motor Company Kumar Galhotra is president of The Lincoln Motor Company and as you may imagine, he’s a seasoned traveler. Kumar is on…
The Band In 1994, Andre 3000 and Big Boi released Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, their first album together as Outkast. The two teenagers from Atlanta made huge waves in the southern rap community…
This is another case like Tesla where a band with a car name wasn’t actually named after the car. The Fabulous Thunderbirds were inspired by a mythical bird in Native…
The Song It seems that many of our posts are homages to bygone cars and automotive brands. That’s the case with today’s Car-Tune, Mercury Blues. Written in 1948 by K.C.…
Don’t you just love that new car-theme-park smell? Move over Disneyland, Ferrari Land is now the real Fantasyland. It’s the third theme park at PortAventura World Parks & Resort, in…
Ween’s El Camino is one of those times where a song perfectly captures the spirit of it’s subject. Not really a story, just an exposition on a long drive in…
Diversions
An excerpt from ‘The Devil’s Mercedes: The Bizarre and Disturbing Adventures of Hitler’s Limousine in America”
Excerpted from THE DEVIL’S MERCEDES: The Bizarre and Disturbing Adventures of Hitler’s Limousine in America by Robert Klara. Copyright ©2017 by the author and reprinted by permission of Thomas Dunne…
The SongVery few songwriters can spin a tale like Richard Thompson. Fewer still can do it while playing the guitar as he does. His song, Vincent Black Lightning, epitomizes that.…
The SongIt has been argued that Rocket 88 is the song that ushered in Rock and Roll. Recorded by a band named Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats (actually Ike…