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Sex:
Male
Birthday:
October 17, 1947
Hometown:
Born: St. Louis, MO - Raised: Covina, CA
Country:
United States Of America!
About Me:
I am an author, producer and musician. I have about 20 childrens books published, about 100 audiobook production credits, three of those titles are about historic Route 66. My band The Road Crew plays hits from the 50's and 60's and original Route 66 songs. My wife Lori and I have an audiobook company, Readio Theatre, LLC here in Nashville, www.readiotheatre.com.
Favorite Music:
Asleep At The Wheel, Riders In The Sky, Earth Wind and Fire and Fatburger.
Why are you here
Cars
List Of My Favorite Route 66 Places
Henry's Rabbit Ranch. Chain Of Rocks Bridge. The Carthage, MO Route 66 Drive-In. The Cadillac Ranch. The MidPoint Cafe. Seligman. The museums in Clinton, Victorville and Barstow. These are just a very few of my favorite places along Route 66.

Celebrate Route 66 each and every Summer

The National Route 66 Festival is an annual event celebrating the historic road that runs from Chicago, IL to Santa Monica, CA. The National Festival is held in a different location along Route 66 each year. During the Festival you will find a true piece of small town Americana, steeped in the golden age of Route 66. A variety of events are scheduled to ensure something for everyone. Visitors will be able to talk with famous Route 66 authors and artists who strive to preserve the Road through their work. At the Car and Motorcycle Show, owners will showcase their well preserved and restored vehicles from the past 100 years. Don't miss The Will Rogers Awards Banquet usually on the last Saturday night before ending the celebration on Sunday.

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The Road Crew gears up for another Route 66 adventure

This past weekend my wife, Lori and I added a day to a business trip to Chicago so we could drive to Joliet on 66. Lori has done parts of 66 with me but not this stretch. After brunch at Lou Mitchell's, we headed out for Joliet. Lot's of interesting sights along the way, but I think the big thrill for me was to see my band's CD on sale at the Joliet gift shop. Elaine greeted us and spoke of the sights to see nearby. There was another couple visiting the gift shop, Paul and Sandy from Mt. Pleasan… Continue

Posted on May 2, 2010 at 6:36pm — 2 Comments

Joe Loesch

Route 66 TV Show Season One, Volumes 1 & 2 - Member Discount


We struck a deal with Infinty Media to distribute the new release of the Route 66 TV Show! are distributing to museums and gift shops along the Mother Road. If you would like your own copy, please contact me and I'll see that your route66people.com discount. $19.95 (plus $2. Media Shipping) in the United States Only - joe@readiotheatre.com
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Posted on October 10, 2007 at 3:00pm —

Joe Loesch

Art's Motel Restored!

Art's Motel in Farmersville, Illinois experienced a bit of a renaissance as Route 66 Association of Illinois preservation volunteers brought back to life the Art's Motel advertising sign. Several volunteers found themselves gathering to complete a great project in the works for sometime. With the on site leadership of Dr. Joe Coscino, the project really blossomed. Thanks go to Lou Vargo and Larry Scinto who logged many hours traveling, visiting and phoning the motel. Many thanks also go out to a… Continue

Posted on September 22, 2007 at 8:53am — 1 Comment

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Route 66 - You Just Have To Love It

I love The Mother Road! My family traveled Route 66 in 1955 when we drove from our home in St. Louis to attened the grand opening of Disneyland in California. I explored the Buffalo Ranch in Oklahoma, sat on a spring loaded rabbit in Arizona and ate in roadside parks with my family. As I grow older, these memories become more important to me and even more clear. Oh, to relive the the glory days of Route 66! Over the past couple of years I did just that with my best friend (since vietnam) Woody B… Continue

Posted on September 3, 2007 at 12:30pm — 4 Comments

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At 1:40pm on August 25, 2010, Bob crocodile " Lile said…
Joe, as per usual I cannot change my profile pic ( it doesn't show it all ) and cannot invite friends?? I thought I had a Hotmail account but my main email addresses are " live.com " & " suddenlink.com." ??
At 5:36pm on July 22, 2010, Willem Bor said…
Hi Joe, we have seen you in Litchfield. We were the couple of the Netherlands, Willem and Monique. I have made the scale model of the Nelson Tavern for the Route 66 museum in Lebanon…
At 12:07pm on July 17, 2010, Dan Rice said…
Great news Joe, and it'll be good to see you...if you can manage to come out later, that'll work great...I'm actually not on the pier this morning, although Jessica is there. I'll be down later this evening around 7...office work today for me instead! See you soon.
At 11:34pm on July 14, 2010, steve said…
i'm hoping to spend 2months in the USA i plan to buy a car, my original plan is to buy a car in LA as i have a mate there that is helping me find some wheel's.driving route 66 is a dream but its not the only thing i would like to do, i would like to visit many other place's but route 66 is the big reasion for my trip. ive just started reserching route 66 is there any part's of mother road that undriveable?
At 10:15pm on July 14, 2010, steve said…
hi joe, im shore i will fall in love with route 66. any tip's or advise would be a great help.
thanks for the welcome joe
At 8:45pm on July 13, 2010, Jeff Breinling said…
It was good seeing you guys again. We were glad to meet Josh. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Posted a few photos of the concert at Litchfield. See ya on the 'Road'.
At 1:15pm on July 9, 2010, Jerry Beardsley said…
Hello Joe,

Thanks very much for the warm welcome. Finding "Route 66 People" was very exciting. Nice to have a place to go to celebrate the mother road. See you there.

Regards,
Jerry Beardsley
At 7:19am on July 1, 2010, Ed Klein said…
Hey Joe, Thanks for having me...
I actually was there. I was standing off to your right of the stage throughout the evening show. Nice to see the cars, and meet many folks there.
It was good to see Mr. Henry even though he bailed early all the while you guys were looking for him to come on stage!!

Thanks again!
At 6:51pm on June 27, 2010, Josh Friedrich said…
Yes we made it to the Litchfield Festival around 1:50, just minutes to spare to acquire the Sky View postmark. I did a photo bulk file upload from our trip to the Tri State Festival in OK/KS/MO and will be going back thru them to remove the dupes, fuzzy, blurry, and non-worthy photos. Plus I'll be adding descriptions and tags for viewership ease.
At 6:54pm on May 18, 2010, Steve Bellamy said…
That's right - and it's twins! I've deleted some pics so as not to consume too much space.

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