Last night, I attended a Little Feat concert - a small, intimate affair in Ridgefield, CT featuring two lead guitarists - and while they were blues'ing their way through "Willing," I had an epiphany.
Being a Romancing the Road kind of girl, I'd always loved that song - a trucker's anthem - and knew the lyrics well. But as Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett wailed out Williin' I heard the beginning of the chorus as if for the first time.
In Nevada, Route 6 runs through just two real towns; Ely and Tonopah. When I began my research, I had this strange feeling that I'd been to Tonopah or at least had heard of it enough to get excited about stopping there. And last night I understood why:
I've been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
Tehachapi, to Tonopah
driven every kind of rig that's ever been made
driven the back roads so i wouldn't get weighed
Tehachapi to Tonopah! Tonopah!
Once known as the Queen of the Silver Camps, Tonopah was also, apparently, a favorite of Dallas Alice. I'll be making the reverse ride (Tonopah to just outside of Tehapchapi, CA), in June.
Follow along.....
Being a Romancing the Road kind of girl, I'd always loved that song - a trucker's anthem - and knew the lyrics well. But as Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett wailed out Williin' I heard the beginning of the chorus as if for the first time.
In Nevada, Route 6 runs through just two real towns; Ely and Tonopah. When I began my research, I had this strange feeling that I'd been to Tonopah or at least had heard of it enough to get excited about stopping there. And last night I understood why:
I've been from Tuscon to Tucumcari
Tehachapi, to Tonopah
driven every kind of rig that's ever been made
driven the back roads so i wouldn't get weighed
Tehachapi to Tonopah! Tonopah!
Once known as the Queen of the Silver Camps, Tonopah was also, apparently, a favorite of Dallas Alice. I'll be making the reverse ride (Tonopah to just outside of Tehapchapi, CA), in June.
Follow along.....
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