This is Myshkin. I have never met her. Her band, Myshkin's Ruby Warblers recorded a tune titled, "King of Kankakee." She e-mailed me saying that she had never been to Kankakee. She claimed, "It was a love song from a very crazy time, I was on tour, we were driving by, it sounded nice....and somehow worked in my brain to codify the midwestern element of the person I was writing about...kind of accidental but sometime lyrics just work that way." The song is a rocking little tune. Myyshkin's number is not as well known as "The City of New Orleans," a song Steve Goodman wrote and Arlo Guthrie made famous.
Both songs can be purchased on iTunes for a total of $1.98 in a matter of a few clicks.
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