Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Denver Mods 4/2/84) 6/24/83; site drutx.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!drutx!mcq From: mcq@drutx.UUCP (McQueerRL) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Tucumcari - Author of "I'm Willin" Message-ID: <847@drutx.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 00:35:36 EDT Article-I.D.: drutx.847 Posted: Wed Aug 15 00:35:36 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Aug-84 05:08:31 EDT Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 26 []---- I was just going to send a letter to the first article author, but since so many people seem curious ... The song is "I'm Willin'" written by Lowell George. A late 60's, early 70's band called Seatrain (Peter Rowan, Richard Greene, good band) played the first version I ever heard of it. Linda Ronstadt did a version of it, as well as the Byrds, I think (it may have been on "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" - I'm not sure). Definitely a classic. Lowell George wrote a lot of truck songs as well as some other stuff - "Truck Stop Girl" is another classic. I'd place him in about the same class as Hoyt Axton - been around for ages and his songs turn up in the darndest places but never really well known. I have seen one album around performed by him, I haven't heard it. "I've been kicked by the wind, Driven by the sea, Had my head stoved in but I'm still on my feet Yes I'm still... I smuggled smoke from Mexico, Get baked by the sun every time I go to Mexico.." Bob McQueer ihnp4!druxt!mcq