Sauget, Illinois (pop. 249) is a toxic sump of chemical plants and strip clubs just across the Mississippi River from downtown St. Louis, an ugly smear of scrubland with the unofficial motto "when you can taste the air, you know you're there." But the Sauget family's misbegotten fiefdom owns a few small pieces of musical notoriety. Uncle Tupelo immortalized it in "Sauget Wind" with lines like "Industrial wind/ It blows from the west/ It'll burn out your eyes/ And suck out your breath," Mötörhead pays an annual visit to the 24-hour metal dive Pop's, and earlier this month a couple of American treasures-- Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson-- passed through town.Posted by Tom at July 20, 2005 09:30 PM
Interesting writeup; the Willie and Bob show played Memphis earlier this summer, IIRC (a quick Web check shows 7/2 at AutoZone park here).
Who plays at "GMC Stadium"? A ballpark which, alas dates from the debauched days when I could actually be found in Sauget...
Posted by: Len Cleavelin at July 21, 2005 11:42 AMAck! That should read "A ballpark which, alas, dates from before the debauched days..."
I hate that the morning coffee doesn't seem to work anymore...
Posted by: Len Cleavelin at July 21, 2005 11:43 AM