Route 66 NewsA clearinghouse of news and events pertaining to historic Route 66, the Mother Road.Indorock kicks- August 9, 2008 The is an Indorock group called Black Dynasty, a &8220;supergroup&8221; consisting of members of the Black Dynamites, the Javalins, and Rene &38; His Alligators. It is performing Bobby Troup&8217;s &8220;Route 66.&8221; Indorock is a mix of Indonesian and Western music. It came blasting out of the 1950s when a bunch of Indonesia natives resettled in the ...http://rwarn17588.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/indorock-kicks/ Cyrus Avery Plaza dedicated- August 8, 2008 I went on a hot Thursday morning to the dedication ceremony for the Cyrus Avery Route 66 Centennial Plaza and Memorial Bridge in Tulsa. Except for the &8220;East Meets West&8221; statue that will be coming later this year, the plaza complex has been finished for several weeks. You can read more about the actual ceremony here in ...http://rwarn17588.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/cyrus-avery-plaza-dedicated/ Feat of clay- August 8, 2008 Here&8217;s a video about Bradley&8217;s Pottery on old Route 66 in Chandler, Okla. The clip was produced by the state&8217;s tourism department.http://rwarn17588.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/feat-of-clay/ Olde Keg retools in an effort to survive- August 8, 2008 The Olde Keg in Joliet, Ill., has been a fixture on old Route 66 even before the highway existed &8212; since 1897, in fact. So it alarmed longtime customers when a &8220;closed&8221; sign appeared on the restaurantbar on Tuesday. But it&8217;s just temporary, reports the Joliet Herald-News. On Tuesday, the Keg temporarily closed for dinner service as ...http://rwarn17588.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/olde-keg-retools-in-an-effort-to-survive/ Sad farewell- August 8, 2008 We just got word this evening that Fran Eickhoff, former owner of the late, great Route 66 Lounge in Cuba, Mo. &8212; sometimes referred to as &8220;the Cheers of the Mother Road&8221; &8212; passed away this afternoon. Fran was a charter member of Friends of the Mother Road and a longtime supporter of the Missouri Route ...http://rwarn17588.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/sad-farewell/ Old trucks inspire art- August 7, 2008 Artist Neil Hannum isn&8217;t inspired by waterfalls or sunsets. Instead, he likes old pickup trucks, especially ones with a bit of rust or a busted headlight. He shoots a photograph of the vehicle, paints a watercolor of it, and mounts it on a road sign or scraps of metal he picks up along the roadside. He ...http://rwarn17588.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/old-trucks-inspire-art/ Devils Elbow Bridge wins cost-share grant- August 7, 2008 This is probably letting the cat out of the bag, but this excerpt in the Wayneville (Mo.) Daily Guide reports that Pulaski County has earned an $8,000 cost-share grant from the National Park Service&8217;s Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program to repair the Devil&8217;s Elbow Bridge: County Clerk Diana Linnenbringer presented copies of documents required for an ...http://rwarn17588.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/devils-elbow-bridge-wins-cost-share-grant/ Blue view- August 7, 2008 Here&8217;s one in the &8220;Views from the Road&8221; video series. This one focuses on the Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari, N.M.http://rwarn17588.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/blue-view/ UPDATED: McCartney takes the long and winding road- August 6, 2008 NOTE: More updates to this story have been started on another thread here. A few days ago, presidential candidate Barack Obama stopped at the Bell Restaurant in the Route 66 town of Lebanon, Mo., during a campaign swing through the Ozarks. Now, according to the Lebanon Daily Record, a cashier says that former Beatle and pop superstar ...http://rwarn17588.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/another-celebrity-sighting-in-lebanon/ POPS one year later- August 6, 2008 One year ago today, POPS on Route 66 in Arcadia, Okla., opened its doors for the first time. The convenience storerestaurant was the brainchild of Cheseapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon and architect Rand Elliott, complete with a 66-foot-tall soda bottle festooned with multicolored LED lights and hundreds of brands of cold soda on sale. POPS had big ...http://rwarn17588.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/pops-one-year-later/ |