(Written for Wide World of Sports international motocross championship races)
Race With Wind c Janis Y Eastwood 1969
Janis Spinks I wish that show was still available... ABCTV
but at least there's THIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5E3tGDoeLo
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pepperell
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In October 1969, at the Inter-Am motocross race in Pepperell, Mass.,…
Immediately after it aired, I remember receiving a phone call from a friend I knew from a decade or more of hanging out wtih my father, the announcer at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, that I hadn't seen in quite a while. He was living in Maryland and watching WWS when he said he recognized my voice and said his eyes teared up... He just KNEW that was me singing and called all choked up to confirm it. That meant as much to me as hearing my song on TV ... The personal touch. Unforgettable. ~ Hi Mike :D
The program was aired around the world and reached 10 million viewers... I remember my parents taking me to the top of the RCA building one beautiful evening when a warm wind was blowing... I had gone there on business and often ate lunch in the restaurant on the lower floor, at the time, waiting for the train home. As I stood there looking out at the sparkling lights of Manhattan, and the other boroughs, and New Jersey, my father reminded me that that's how many people had heard the song. ~ I never really needed to experience more of that. It was awesome enough to last a lifetime
That's the same time I first heard of John Denver... in the office of Robert Riger, of THE NOB HILL MOB , when he played me a record with him singing with The Chad Mitchell Trio. He was going solo then
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Robert Riger - Wikipedia
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