![]() ![]() While many people believe that this highway segment is named because of its many winding turns and switchbacks (resembling a giant grapevine), it was actually named Grapevine Grade because the early wagoners had to cut their way through thick patches of Cimarron grape vines. "Grapevine Grade" was a 6 1/2 mile section of Ridge Route Highway that was popular among young American motorists with a need for speed. The hot rod race between coupe Fords and Lincolns mentioned at the beginning of the song is a section of southern California's "Ridge Route Highway", which winds over the San Gabriel and Tehachapi Mountains between Castaic Junction on the south. However, the most popular version, which is the closest to the Charlie Ryan recording, was released in 1972 by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (and how all of that name fit onto a 45 rpm record label, we'll never know). The song was written and first performed in 1955 by Charlie Ryan, and later Johnny Bond recorded the song with some minor changes to the vehicle's specifications. We're long overdue for a good car song - not the kind of song that just happens to mention a car while singing about something else but an song that pays homage to actual, physical, honest-to-goodness American heavy metal. They arrested me and they put me in jail.Īnd he said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin' I looked in my mirror a red light was blinkin' Now all of a sudden she started to knockin',Īnd down in the dips she started to rockin'. I said, "Look out, boys, I've got a license to fly!"Īnd that Caddy pulled over and let us by. We had flames comin' from out of the side. Knew I could catch him, I thought I could pass.ĭon't you know by then we'd be low on gas? ![]() My fenders was clickin' the guardrail posts. The lines on the road just look like dots." Now the boys all thought I'd lost my senseĪnd telephone poles looked like a picket fence. That's all there is and there ain't no more. My foot was blue, like lead to the floor. So I thought I'd make the Lincoln unwind. Now the fellas was ribbin' me for bein' behind, Passing cars like they was standing still.īy then the taillight was all you could see. The moon and the stars was shinin' bright. It's got safety tubes, but I ain't scared. That Model A Vitimix makes it look like a pup. It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really souped up. When Fords and Lincolns was settin' the pace. Have you heard this story of the Hot Rod Race If you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln." My pappy said, "Son, you're gonna' drive me to drinkin' ![]()
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