Highway 51, by the bye, runs from Northern Wisconsin all the way to New Orleans. It, Route 66 and Route 1 on the East Coast are (I think) the three longest highways in the United States.

It just ain't Highway 61. I still thought there was a blues called Highway 51 Blues, but maybe that was Highway 61, too. Don't ask me.

Now I have to check to see if Highway 51 runs through Dixon, Illinois. It's been a long times since I've been to Dixon, but I wrote a song about the town. Had the lines:

"Used to be was all I knew was Dixon
But Dixon never meant that much to me
When you're working five to nine
And you hear that highway whine
It makes you think the road can set you free"

Gee, and here I said I never wrote any songs that had whining in them.... :-)

Jerry