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CindyH: Which Song Takes You Back?

CindyH: It happened again. I'm driving down the road when “Babe” by Styxx comes on the radio. Instantly, I'm 15 again, and hearing Ricky Donovan's voice on the KJRB dedication line. “I'm dedicating this song to Cindy. 'Cuz, uh. She's my babe.” Sigh. I'm wondering if other Hucksters out there have songs that work like a time-machine for them?

JeanieS: My time-machine song is Rod McKuen's “Jean” from 1969. I got married on December 19, 1969 and my future husband and best man went from piano bar to piano bar the night before in Spokane, constantly requesting that song until the best man got sick and tired of it about the 29th pass.

Question: "House of the Rising Sun" by Eric Burdon & The Animals takes me back to summer 1966 and a first crush that never went anywhere. Which song takes you back to your Glory Days?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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