Chet Nichols

24 hours ago to Ravensong

Hey Scott! Thanks for the review of the my song,
"The Last Riders On Route 66"!

Much appreciated it.

Back in 1967, during Spring Break, my buddy, Pete Reiter, and I threw caution to the wind and hitch-hiked from Oklahoma City to Laurel Canyon to Huntington Beach to Santa Monica and back to Oklahoma City in April over a 2 week period. WHAT AN ADVENTURE and tale. In fact, I got my first first big break as a solo act, when a club owner discovered me playing on the beach and invited me to come and play at his club across from the beach, where I opened for "Ian and Sylvia" for 2 nights. He paid me $50 for 2 shows per night and I could pass the hat and take home the tips. I paid for the trip from those two nights.

Anyway, the story stayed with me as a couple years later I embarked on a solo-recording and touring career that took me all over the country for 14 and was especially used by access to Route 66. When I moved over to the film business and started writing scripts, I vowed to write the story of our Route 66 adventure....where it depicts my first leg of the journey riding with a friend who took me from Chicago to Oklahoma City where I attended Oklahoma City University my first year.

So, I began writing a novel about my journey and named it, "The Last Riders On Route 66". It is now in in it's 4th pressing. You can get it at Amazon. ( https://www.amazon.com/Last-Riders- Route-66/dp/B0DGXNLN64/ref=tmm_pap_ swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se& dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QK7DeRNmyQenf4owm1 0cZsvOkUTfQuGQ-8lh8Ti1hI8dfChTa7LMc 9iyfQOYpODj0age0F8jvDF4ffw8YcmWeh9f W1MDJkRNlCAbQLYW83peDxi47l4yQ35R8uS JhY1UnCsNimJNvQNa-WRMow2YNg.XN59CFc QkKjElM337CqtyTdoHJ9jC2blO20NYES4sC 8&qid=1748448691&sr=8-1)

Or you can get it directly from me at: https://chetnichols.net/novels

I wrote the song, when a friend told me about an International Theme Song Contest about Route 66, so I modeled the song about the novel......AND...... it won the GRAND PRIZE!... The NEXT YEAR, the follow-up song, "The Mother Road", also won the Grand Prize. https://chetnichols.net/track/40055 85/the-mother-road-ts-band

Anyway, I laughed when I saw you and done the trip too....

Hope you are well....

Chester

PS ODDLY enough I have a 2nd meeting with a film producer who is interested with the story.....TODAY....

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Ravensong

20 hours ago

Wow hey that's a great story my friend. All I got was kicked of the beach at Laguna for sleeping. haha Long story short I ended up hitchhiking for the next two years and went coast to coast and had some amazing adventures. Great news about the film project I hope it goes well and I'll watch the movie when it comes out. Great song btw.
Scott

Chet Nichols

19 hours ago

There is a great line about hitch-hiking in my song, "The Waving Prairie".......Having done it. I picked up my fair share.....Once picked up a hitch-hiking, blonde model and her Congo drum out on the middle of the New Mexican desert. She was stunning and going to New York from LA. I really don't think she was human. Took her to Kansas and she stayed a couple AMAZING days and then....I woke up and she was gone...in the middle of the night.......Pooof. Best. Chet

Ravensong

18 hours ago

Hey another great story Chet, someday I'll have to tell you the story of how I lost my boots in the back of a hookers Cadillac just outside of Reno. haha I had to go bear foot until I got to Yellowstone. So many great memories form the road.
Take care.
Scott

Marc S. Pate

2 days ago to Ravensong

Thank you for the kind reviews of Take Me and Old Man.

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Ravensong

1 day ago

You're welcome Marc. You write good music.
Scott/Ravensong

Warren Hein

2 weeks ago to Ravensong

Hey Scott
Nice job on the devil's on the loose!
I especially LOVE the lyrics. High quality writing sir!
Cheers
Warren

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Ravensong

2 weeks ago

Hey thank you so much Warren, I really didn't want a linier story line so I just let the words flow. haha The lyrics were the fun part. Hope your world travels are going well my friend.
Scott