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Thread #169891   Message #4108347
Posted By: GUEST,.gargoyle
31-May-21 - 02:35 PM
Thread Name: US Highways (fed and state) and songs about them
Subject: RE: US Highways (fed and state) and Songs About them
BALLAD OF THUNDER ROAD
in the DT
https://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=460

Way Back Machine has a nice article on the galaxy's possible background.

https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115646/http://www.metropulse.com/stories/features/moonshine-myths-so-who-was-mountain-boy-thunder-ro

Sincerely,
Gargoyle
In the article Mitchum states the melody is based on a Norwegian lullaby his mother would sing.