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Artist:

Chuck Berry

Song:

Route 66

Album: 

Blues

Year: 

2003

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Many would agree that without Chuck Berry, there would not have been rock 'n' roll. Berry's 1955 debut single, "Maybellene," was an energetic smash...
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madeliaette | MEMORY FROM 2003

At last, we meet

LOCATION: Our Home , Wollongong, NSW

YEAR: 2003

TAGS: gift, visitor, t-shirt

PUBLISHED: March 14, 2008

I have had various pen pals over the years, since the age of eight. I have also met quite a number of these. On one occasion, I had a pen friend come to stay with us. We had never met, but we had corresponded for around twenty years.

We met at Sydney central railway station, and after a visit to the National Australian Museum, took the train down south to our home in Wollongong. When unpacking and settling into the spare room, which is now the study in which I am currently sitting, our friend handed me a few goodies as a gift for having her stay with us. Amongst the goodies were three T-shirts. One of these was printed Route 66.

Being an Australian citizen, formerly of the UK, I had no idea of what Route 66 was. After some time, I discovered that it was a TV show, a road, and also a song! It may have taken me a while to understand the background to my gift, but I still wear the tee today. I often wear it in bed along with a pair of boxers. It inevitably reminds me of both my friend coming to stay with us and this song.

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alynn said: The TV show made me want to hit the road (Route 66) just like the two guys and I haven't lost the travel bug yet. The song reminds me I still got a lot of road to see, as does my tee bearing the 66 logo along with a Harley Davison logo. Now that sounds like Chuck's idea of traveling the road (3/26/2008)

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