Take It Easy
- Lucian@going2paris.net
- Feb 22, 2023
- 1 min read
Tucson
February 22, 2023
I'm not going to make it to Winslow this trip -- five hours north of me and I'm headed east.
But I replaced "Winslow" with "Tucson" and it sounds just as good when I am singing it (in my head!).
Now a bit of history...
As legend has it, singer and songwriter Jackson Browne was on his way to Sedona via Route 66 when his car broke down in Winslow. So, at some point or another during that unfortunate ordeal, he probably stood on some corner in the town of Winslow, presumably waiting for a tow or a jump.
But the girl in the Ford? That, according to Mr. Browne, “was an image that came from east Flag.” He says that particular experience occurred outside what used to be a Der Wienerschnitzel in east Flagstaff, on what’s now the corner of US 180/Business 40/Historic Route 66 and Switzer Canyon Drive.
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