"China Grove" isn't just a song title

[fragger]

The Doobie Brothers wrote a song about it, and yes, there is such a place. The story goes that founding band member Tom Johnston wrote the song about what he thought was a fictitious town, but some years before when the band had been touring in nearby San Antonio, on their way out of town, Johnston saw a sign for the place which must have registered in his subconscious and inspired the song some time later. He was quite surprised when he was told by a cab driver in Houston that the place actually exists.

Of course, everything he wrote about it was made-up. "The Sheriff and his buddies with their Samurai swords" don't exist, nor do the (presumably Asian) residents who "just keep on looking to the East".

Still a cool song, nonetheless.

Here's a photo from Google Earth:

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If you want to check it out on GE, copy/paste these coordinates into GE's search window:

29 23 19.76N 98 20 55.64 W

Not that there's much there to see. It would be interesting to know what the locals do think about being immortalized in a song, however fanciful.

[Art Blade]

interesting.. nice find, fragger

[PZ]

Very cool!