Rod Stewart wanted to record some music at Muscle Shoals and when he got there he looked through the glass window in the studio and said it looks like the "Roadies" are setting up and another person said to him that is not the roadies that is the band. Rod did realize that the guys making all of the hits records were white guys and he thought they were trying to pull a fast one on him. True story and there were many of them about this legendary band. Jimbo
Hello, That is a different way to look at directions. But sometimes no so practical in many ways. My wife has a sharp memory of things we both laugh at when it is brought up. Being a So Cal local for the exploration road trip years as a teenager and 20 something, I have learned So Cal roads to just about anywhere, traffic at any time and the best places to travel. As the years rolled on, both my wife and I were seasoned travelers. It all started for both of us during our last two years of college and our love for being together. The 65 El Camino provided the means and we went everywhere together. So, after we got married, we liked living in our tiny apartment. No one to bother us and we were finally alone. We liked doing things to spruce up the surroundings and still making time to travel somewhere together. At first, I thought she was just enjoying the ride along. But, she remembered where we were going and the surroundings. Surprise, surprise, she knew the routes as we meandered through the dense L.A. city scenes and coastal road trips. When I mentioned the Malibu Coast, she instantly knew the road and favorite stop overs we have taken or enjoyed over the years. Jnaki One time we were taking our mom to San Pedro, then Los Angeles to a restaurant for a memory laden dinner to celebrate her birthday. As we were in San Pedro, the sights brought back many memories for our mom. Then as we got on the road to drive to Los Angeles, she started telling me which way to go. My wife and I have ventured out over most of the So Cal roads from 1966 to the present time. In 1989, she turned around and said to my mom, “Your son is the most knowledgeable driver in this whole area. He knows how to get where we are going without any help from anyone. If he gets lost, we are all doomed!!!” Then we all laughed at how silly it was. My mom acknowledged that fact as true and it was something learned from all of the days, sitting in the back seat looking our at the routes my dad had taken to places he took the family. From the Southern California beaches, to the inland cities, and up to the local mountains for their exploration drives. Later on, my wife told me it was unheard of to point out directions to someone who has been driving the exact roads since learning to drive and getting a license at 16. But, she could not let my mom dictate what was the incorrect way to get where we wanted to go in downtown Los Angeles. YES! All without any digital help of any kind. Note: When the first flip phones came out, the GPS mapping/directional instructions were all crazy. The guy programming it did not know the quickest way to point B from point A. They looked at a map and probably typed in some code to make it work on a small phone. We wanted to go to a specific place South of West Palm Beach on the waterfront shoreline, a nice dinner spot. So I had planned out our route and we were good. But, since we had our new phones, we tried the mapping service on the Android flip phone. First of all, the flip phone screen we were looking at was the normal as we held phones, with the lid up. But, the GPS mapping screen kept showing the direction of travel as going down the screen. It was awful. When we got to a turn off point, it said to go right up ahead. The ocean was left up ahead. So, we turned left and continued on the road I knew would take us to the restaurant. The phone? Still kept going right and then finally turned left and left to get back on the road we took to go to the destination. Technology was in its infancy, but today, it is the programmer who must know what is the shortest way to get somewhere, but it usually is not the case. They have their set route, even with alternates that pop up when you overshoot the turn off. Knowing the So Cal roads and backroads to go in any direction is mandatory and we do not use the technology on the screen in front of us. A time with the mapping GPS is so one can make sure the direct route and alternates if traffic is awful.
If I'm not mistaken the movie Gimme Shelter has scenes of The Stones in that studio at that recording session of Wild Horses.
One of the things I remember is one the regulars owns the hardware store. So if he's making music you gotta wait for your plumbing supplies until he's done.
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