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NUMBER
3 CAR
EVEN HELLS ANGLES CAN MAKE IT TO HEAVEN
2 SONG CD
Tells the
true story of Dale Earnhardt
Sr.'s last race.
No doubt his passing marked one of
the darkest days in the history
of
NASCAR. The song is written for
those fans interested in the rest of
the story not told by the, "Media."
Listen
closely. What you hear is fact.
ROCKY introduces this song as:
"The first country and
western, red neck, gospel, NASCAR song
ever written and probably the last one too. |
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BUDWEISER STATE OF MIND
1 SONG CD
A salute to the
number 8 car driven by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Without fail every time Booty plays this song -- someone
in the crowd says, "What about the
Number 3 car?"
So, he was forced to write: "Number
3,"
After many futile attempts
to get it down on paper Rocky says he put it on the
shelf and forgot about it; that is until he saw
an article in the
Brunswick Times
by
Rhonda Rich
-- a published NASCAR writer. So says Rocky, "If
it weren't for
Rhonda Rich
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Do you remember
where you were the day he died?
"I Remember;
I remember
it well."
from
Rocky's song:
"I Remember"
It was a
typical bright Sunday afternoon at the airport in
Daytona, Florida. I was putting
the finishing touches on my first manuscript titled,
"Golden Moon," while waiting to fly Kyle Petty and
"The King" back to Randleman NC after the Daytona 500. I couldn't believe it when it happened, or
where, or how it happened. All I knew was he was
gone. Even after
all this time it's still hard to believe..
I guess our "heroes" die hard.
After Dale's
death several years passed as I tried to put the song
"Number Three Car" down on paper. It just would
not come out. Then finally it did. All it took was
a song writing lesson with one of Nashville's superstars
--Archie Jordan.
www. Archie Jordan.com
The lesson came
to pass in an unusual way. My song writing mentor
-- George Henry -- knew Archie. They went to high
school together. The lesson was a birthday present
from George. It lasted about five very short
hours. One of the songs I was working on at the
time was "Budweiser State Of Mind." Parts of it
Archie liked and parts of the song needed more work.
So I headed back home inspired by greatness and humbled
by my apparent lack of knowledge for writing songs.
I guess a
year or so passed. I finished "Budweiser
State Of Mind" and every time I played it out the crowd
would shout, "What about the 3 car." Feeling the
pressure I tried again and got nowhere. I put the
song on the shelf and forgot about it. At least
for a while that is ---until one Sunday morning during
breakfast at the Sand Dollar cafe' located on the coast
of southeastern Georgia.
As I ate
breakfast I read the local news paper, The Brunswick
Times. And, lo-and -behold there on the front page
was a story penned by an "old hand" at covering NASCAR.
Her name was Rhonda Rich. Rhonda knew all the
wives of the NASCAR drivers and her story detailed a
lunch meeting with Darrell Waltrip's wife.
She
described how Waltrip was standing next to Dale before
the start of a Sunday race. Waltrip's wife handed
Darrell a scripture from the bible. It was a race
day family tradition. Earnhardt looked at
Waltrip's scripture
and said: "Where's mine?" From that race forward,
even after Darrell retired from racing, Mrs. Waltrip
continued giving Earnhardt a scripture before the Sunday
race.
On
the day Earnhardt passed she gave him Proverbs 18 - 10:
"The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the
righteous run to it and are safe." When the rescue
team, "Pulled our hero from that crumpled pile they found a
note on the steering wheel." It was Proverbs
18-10.
As I finished
the article I suddenly realized --- "There's the song,"-- and
the rest of this story is history.
Do you remember
where you were the day he died ?
"I Remember."
MCB
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