This week’s “Take This Tune” is songs for behind the wheel. We have discussed my peripatetic lifestyle and the ability to move with one suitcase and a smile. What we have never gone into is the fact that I absolutely love driving. First, if you are on private property a child can drive. That means that I and my cousins were driving trucks and tractors on the grape ranch from roughly the age of 10 on. At the age of 12 due to a family emergency, I was driving a car to transport an hysterical woman from point A to point B because it was necessary. In California, if you had Driver’s Training, you could get a license to drive. By virtue of being one year ahead of my cohorts, I had a license at 15.
All of the above means that I have been driving for about 70 years. In that time, I have never had a moving violation. Now “lead foot Lucy” deserved some speeding tickets, but the uniformed types weren’t where I was when I was doing it. Give me an open road and a song and there she goes with the dust behind her. At 82, I probably will have to stop in the near future, but I still hope there will be at least one more just the open road, me and the Eagles flying low and fast with “Take It Easy” to kick off the following playlist perfect for anyone behind a wheel.
1. Take It Easy
2. Witchy Woman
3. Peaceful Easy Feeling
4. Doolin’ Dalton
5. Desperado
6. Tequila Sunrise
7. Best Of My Love, The
8. James Dean
9. I Can’t Tell You Why
10. Lyin’ Eyes
11. Take It To The Limit
12. One Of These Nights
13. Hotel California
14. New Kid In Town
15. Life In The Fast Lane
16. Heartache Tonight
17. The Long Run
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