From the early days of rock and
roll to today there’s been a strange
connection between music and
cars. You’ve been collecting cars
for a long time, do you notice a
connection between the two?
Absolutely! It even pre-dates rock
’n’ roll: Robert Johnson’s “Terraplane Blues,” Hank Williams had a
“hot rod Ford and a two-dollar bill.”
Then, of course, there was Chuck
Berry who “motorvated” over the
hill only to find his dear Maybelline
in her (Cadillac) Coupe de Ville. Of
course, we always caution not to get
“Arrested For Driving While Blind.”
Cars and girls are the big topics as
far as we’re concerned and we’ve
done our best to pursue both… of
course, with abject loudness at the
core.
Why do you think cars have inspired so many great songs?
Initially, that’s where so many great
songs were heard. On a car radio,
away from one’s parents — the mobility afforded by the automobile
Watch the video for “Legs” by ZZ Top
February 2015
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