Sunday, September 13, 2015

Rapid Roy (the stock car boy) from Jim Croce (I've never heard this song in my whole life!)

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  1. Oh man, I'm getting old! Could sing that whole song for you. Lots of good old stock car pics there though. Like the one of Tim Flock in his Mercury. Check out his Wikipedia entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Flock
    for the story of Jocko Flocko, his ride-along monkey.

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  2. That song's about Roy Hall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Hall_(racing_driver)

    http://www.chevyhardcore.com/news/video-tuning-thursdays-jim-croces-ode-to-roy-hall-rapid-roy/

    Blind Willie McTell sung about him, too:

    https://books.google.com/books?id=gnFhBAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA11&ots=rzjwNHtVve&dq=blind%20willie%20mctell%20roy%20hall&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q=blind%20willie%20mctell%20roy%20hall&f=false

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  3. I helped paint Roy Halls house back in the day..not even realizing who he was...After the job was done..he gave me a ride up to n.atlanta in a elcamino...

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