John Bush Wrote:
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> I think what is evident in the C.W. McCall song
> is what's known as "Artistic license". Accurate
> or not it was still a pretty catchy little tune that
> brought some attention to the Area.
>
> "Train to Chama" by Jim Jones and Gene Corbin
> is also not exactly geographically accurate but is
> a catchy piece and brings some attention to the
> C&TS. It's too bad it doesn't get more distribution.
Right, John -
And as long as we're on the subject of songs, don't forget the notoriety focused on the Loop-de-Loop a dozen years ago by Roosso's sarcastic spoof
"They Are Rioting in Silver Plume" (see [
ngdiscussion.net]). He and the late Ed Stabler also brought some good publicity to the C&TS when they performed
"The Ballad of Festus Frothjaw" – aka
"The Foamite Song" – at the 40th Anniversary Celebration in 2010. See [
ngdiscussion.net], scroll to the bottom, and turn your speaker volume WAY down
. . . *
- Sincerely,
Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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* I think you'll understand why they didn't sing it again for nearly 2½ years, when Earl Knoob joined them for a long-postponed encore at Rusk on the Texas State Railroad in March of 2013.
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 01/12/2018 11:52AM by Johnson Barr.