[T2] humble roadies, bus

[Richard Palmer]

Those are 78-79 colors, so that's my guess...reminds me of my college band
days, hauling everything to the shows in my old '78 bus. You could fit a
small drum kit and all the amps and everything in there if you packed it
just right...'course we didn't look nearly as exciting as those ladies...
:)


On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 5:46 PM, Robert Mann <robtmann7 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wayul thaynk y'all; glad to learn they have a tougher 'bottom end', esp if
> they don't have a rev-limiting distrib rotor.
> It is possible that these hussies are merely actresses staging a pretence
> at being a low-brow touring band.  The bus they're using looks more
> neglected than mine!  The sound track suggests they have a backing band,
> who would conventionally act as *roadies*, not abusing instruments.  The
> image is not coherent.
> And Al is right to query their glorifying of unwise decadent behaviour.  I
> know nothing of pink pills.  What little I know of the 'pills' dimension is
> Dave Dudley's primordial Trucking Song *Six Days on the Road*  -  "I'm
> takin' little white pills and my eyes are open wide".  In 1967, as a person
> always getting little or no wakefulness from coffee, I was surprised that
> NoDoz® white pills kept my eyes open wide as pre-dawn start driver from
> Guadalajara for my '57 bus with half a dozen Berkeley cobbers.  I got north
> of the borderline before another driver took over.  Yes, that 36hp 1200
> could go 'wide' open for many h in a row, but I'm grateful for my present
> massive 50hp (perhaps 55 when properly tuned  -  water injection, you
> know).
>
> Robt Mann
> '73 1600dp Devon camper
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:29 AM Bradley Spear <my13jetta at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I would say that judging by what I can see of the engine compartment
> hinges
> > that it is at least a 1977.
> >
> > Brad Spear
> > '72 Weary
> > '71 Ghia
> > Richfield, MN
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018, 16:17 Al Brase <alribee at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > WRT the year: At least a 1974 judging from the gas filler with no door
> > over
> > > it. I think Westies lost the old style Jalosie windows some time before
> > > 1978, So I'm saying 1976-77.
> > > Drug and alcohol addiction is not all as glamorous as it seems as a
> > > teenager. Might sell records for these ladies, tho.
> > > Al
> > >
> > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 8:17 AM Bob Perring <perring at zitomedia.net>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > The really nice looking chrome microphone that almost gets swallowed
> by
> > > > one of those singin’ humble roadies is an Electrovoice 664, often
> > > referred
> > > > to as a “ Buchanan Hammer”.
> > > >
> > > > Bob Perring - via- Ipad
> > > > ~ >')))><
> > > >
> > > > > On Sep 19, 2018, at 08:02, Ned Savoie <ned at besavvy.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Looks like that's a 77 or 78. At least they have a little more
> power,
> > > > > unless someone ripped out the FI.
> > > > >
> > > > >> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018, 6:56 AM Robert Mann <robtmann7 at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3nM1-m19bE>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>       Willie Nelson has so much more  ...  but do these gals at
> > least
> > > > have
> > > > >> a Typ 4 motor?  I'm not so hot at picking from the position of the
> > > turn
> > > > >> lights, but I suspect they're back with me with the old Typ 1
> > > 'upright'
> > > > >> motor.  I hope they treat it with more respect than their
> > instruments
> > > > ...
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Robt Mann
> > > > >> '73 1600dp Devon camper
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