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Hot Rod Lincoln....who was the Dude from Maine that wrote this? (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 OP
Per Wikipedia conscientiouscitizen Oct 2021 #1
Charles Ryan. Died in Spokane, WA in 2008 calguy Oct 2021 #2
The B side? Five Minute Love Affair, I believe. dem4decades Oct 2021 #3
Minnesota Lithos Oct 2021 #4
Did Not Know. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #5
I had the 45 if Charlie Ryan's follow-up, Side-car Cycle- Charlie takes the Lincoln out and meets NBachers Oct 2021 #6

calguy

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2. Charles Ryan. Died in Spokane, WA in 2008
Thu Oct 7, 2021, 07:55 PM
Oct 2021

Co-writer of ‘60s rockabilly hit song ‘Hot Rod Lincoln’
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Charles Ryan, the musician and songwriter who co-wrote the hit song “Hot Rod Lincoln,” died Saturday in Spokane, Wash., after a long battle with heart disease, his family said. He was 92.

Ryan and W.S. Stevenson wrote “Hot Rod Lincoln” and in 1955 Ryan first recorded the song with the rockabilly beat and the vivid lyrics describing a nighttime car chase:

“My fenders was clickin’ the guardrail posts; the guy beside me was white as a ghost.”

It began with the line “My pappy said, ‘Son, you’re gonna drive me to drinkin’ if you don’t stop drivin’ that Hot Rod Lincoln.’ ”

OAITW r.2.0

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5. Did Not Know.
Thu Oct 7, 2021, 08:16 PM
Oct 2021

In Maine the dude that played HoRod Lincoln was also the SIL fur dube that did serious countey music in Mid-Maine. "Pne Tree John" anyone?

NBachers

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6. I had the 45 if Charlie Ryan's follow-up, Side-car Cycle- Charlie takes the Lincoln out and meets
Thu Oct 7, 2021, 09:01 PM
Oct 2021

a girl driving a side-car Harley.

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