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 March 2026 - Toronto ON

 Hosted by Tom The Backroads Traveller

November 2000 - Winslow AZ

The first time we went to Arizona, Sedona specifically, we kept seeing signs on the highway heading towards Winslow that read "Standing on the Corner". We racked our brains and couldn't think what it meant other than the old song "Standing on the corner, watching all the girls go by".

Duh.

Take It Easy - The Eagles

Well I'm a-running down the road trying to loosen my load
I've got seven women on my mind
Four that want to own me, two that want to stone me
One says she's a friend of mine

Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy
Lighten up while you still can
Don't even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand and take it easy

Well I'm a-standin' on the corner in Winslow, Arizona
With such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my lord, in a flatbed ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me
Come on baby, don't say maybe
I've got to know if your sweet love is gonna save me
We may lose and we may win
But we will never be here again
Open up I'm climbin' in to take it easy

Well I'm a-running down the road trying to loosen my load
Got a world of trouble on my mind
Lookin' for a lover who won't blow my cover
She's just a little hard to find
Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy
Come on baby, don't say maybe
I've got to know if your sweet love is gonna save me

You know we got it easy
We oughta take it easy
Come on, take, take it easy

Needless to say we belt that song out whenever we hear it now.

FAST FORWARD TO 2012 and we are retired and spending our first winter in warmer climes. It is December and we have embarked on our first cross country drive that will see us end in Los Angeles (and then fly to Mexico).  We will cover 15 fifteen XV states.

We HAVE to stop in Winslow.

Well I'm a-standin' on the corner in Winslow, Arizona
With such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my lord, in a flatbed ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me

 Singer/songwriter Neil Sedaka who rose to fame in the ‘60s with hits like “Calendar Girl” and “Breaking Up is Hard to Do,” has died at the age of 86.