The Ballad of Curtis Loew

Judson Crump, that's a pretty good name.

That's like a Clayton Delaney or Curtis Lowe.

That's a good name.

I like it, man.

At the ripe old age of 15, he found a local hot rodder that became like a mentor to him.

Call him the Curtis Lowe of hot rodding from his hometown, if you will.

Here, he was taught how to hold a pin stripping brush, he was shown proportion, design, and what to actually be looking for when customizing and building hot rods.

If you thought our other episodes had deep history of traditional hot rods, think again.

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but 12-year-olds ride BMX, and, uh, one of my influences I found riding BMX, and his name was Terry Duclott.

And Terry was the Curtis Lowe of hot rodding in my town.

Oh, yeah?

Ronnie really loved my old man.

He had taken my old man as an inspiration to write, one of the inspirations to write Curtis Loew about.

Right.

Okay, great.

Rob Lowe.

Related to Curtis Lowe.

Basketball is my favorite sport.

Look at me.

Um, yeah, and it's, uh, you know, the setlist goes on and then, um, I don't remember where in the setlist it was, but I know one that you'd really wanted to hear you said, and I, and my, myself too, but, uh, I mean, you put maybe higher on your list than I did.

The Ballad of Curtis Loewe.

Right, right.

Such a-

May- maybe that's too harsh or low.

But you certainly don't hear it, if you ask people to name their top five Lynyrd Skynyrd songs, if they're a diehard, maybe that's what it is, but most people that would know any of their songs would be like, "Sweet Home Alabama," "Free Bird," maybe, like, you know, "Give Me Three Steps," or something like that.

But, like, you wouldn't have The Ballad of Curtis Loewe very, very high up there, I don't think.

Uh, but I just, I don't know, I always have loved it.

Brian wrote Johnny Pickens.

And Kelly wrote Curtis Lowe.

Correct answer is Curtis Lowe.

Oh, I was hoping he'd get her.

No chance I would have got to that.

The Ballad of Kurt...

What's his name again?

Curtis Lowe.

Ooh

... uh, with The Ballad of Curtis Lo that you mentioned a little bit earlier.

Oh, yeah.

That was awesome.

Searching for soda bottles, get myself some dough.

Run down to the corner, down to the country store.

I cash 'em in and give my money to a man named Curtis Lo.

[upbeat music] Old Curt was a Black man with wide curly hair.