Singer Sammy Hagar touched a chord with Americans 30 years ago when he sang, “I can’t drive 55!” It was one of the first counter-counter culture rock songs — an attack on something imposed in a misguided attempt to make the world better.
To me, the song always conjures memories of family vacations in the ‘70s, droning across a vast, empty Western wilderness with eyes fixed firmly on distant mountains that seemed days away.
To me, the song always conjures memories of family vacations in the ‘70s, droning across a vast, empty Western wilderness with eyes fixed firmly on distant mountains that seemed days away.
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