Saturday 9: Freeway of Love

Crazy Sam’s Saturday 9: Freeway of Love (1985)

Every Saturday I take time off from written on serious topics to have some fun…

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) In this song, Aretha's ideal car is a pink Caddy. What's your dream vehicle?
A Tesla.

2) Have you ever owned a convertible?
Well not owned it, it was a MGB that my brother owned and he let me drive it when he was away at college.

3) Aretha longs to "drop the pedal and go." Are you a careful, conservative driver? Or do you enjoy going fast? 
I think I am an average driver. I don’t go fast, fast but I keep up with traffic.

4) Aretha's grandmother Rachel helped raise her. Tell us about one of your grandparents.
I didn’t really know my grandparents except for my mother’s mother who lived with us. My father’s grandmother lived in another part of the state I only saw her on holidays and both my grandfathers died young. My grandmother that lived with us used to bake stuff from the old country; I remember her making beer cruller, poppy seed roll, and nut roll. Unfortunately my grandmother never wrote down the recipes. I found a recipe that is close her poppy seed and nuts roll, but not for the beer cruller (Does anyone have a recipe for beer cruller that willing to share?) although a doughnut recipe using beer might be close.

5) Aretha played a waitress in the 1980 movie, The Blues Brothers. Have you ever worked in food service?
Nope.

6) Aretha was a chain smoker for decades and had a terrible time giving up cigarettes. What habit do you wish you could break?
Eating too much.

7) A sculpture of Aretha is at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in New York City. What's the last museum you visited?
The New Britain Museum of American Art.

8) Since Aretha has many honorary degrees, it would be appropriate to refer to her as Dr. Franklin. Who is the last person you addressed by his or her title (Officer, Father, Pastor, Dr., etc.)?
A therapist friend and he is a PhD. When I called his office the other day I only remembered his nick name and I couldn’t very well tell his secretary I wanted to speak to using his nickname.

9) The daughter of a minister, Aretha enjoys singing "church music" and her 1972 CD Amazing Grace is one of the best sellers in gospel music history. Do you have any gospel music on your phone, iPod or MP3 player?
No, definitely not.