Re: [Amc-list] OT- Hot Rod Race

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

The rocket race song is "X-15".

Ken 

Quoting Jamie Smith <oconner51@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> The car shown on that site is not the original Hot Rod Lincoln. Check out
> this site http://www.hot-rod-lincoln.com/<http://www.hot-rod-lincoln.com/>. I
> had the honor of meeting Charlie Ryan several years ago. He was a customer
> where I work and also performed (for free) at a fund raiser that my boss'
> wife organized to raise money for a crisis nursery that works to prevent
> child abuse. He displayed his car at the fund raiser and donated all of the
> money that he made selling his cd's. He was a fun guy to talk to. In his
> younger days he played at a local bar and the bar burned down, destroying all
> of his equipment. When the bar was rebuilt they named it after him, Hard Luck
> Charlies. He also recorded several other versions of Hot Rod Lincoln,
> including one about a rocket race. Sadly, Charlie passed away back in
> February, a couple months after his birthday and shortly after he and his
> wife, Ruthie, celebrated their anniversary (70th?). 
> 
> Anyway, thanks for sharing this info about a great and fun man.
> 
> Jamie Smith
> Spokane, WA
> 
> >From: Brien Tourville <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> 
>
>http://www.rockabillyhall.com/HotRodLncln1.html<http://www.rockabillyhall.com/HotRodLncln1.html>
> 
> 
> >HOT ROD LINCOLN by Charlie Ryan & The Timberline Riders
> >written by Charlie Ryan & W.S. Stevenson
> >4 Star 1733, 1959
> >Billboard review date: 26-Oct-59
> >Chart position: #14 Country, #33 Pop
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