Airliner

Airliner:



As the song says, "It's a two lane stretch of blacktop, it ain't nothin' 'bout a plane".  "The Airline" is the stretch of US Route 9 that runs between Bangor and Calais (pronounced "kal-lis", of course), which lies at the far southeastern border of Maine and looks across the St. Croix River to St. Stephen, NB, Canadia.  There are a few ideas as to why the road's called the Airline, the most likely being that the alternate route along the Downeast coast would have been the "shoreline" route.  The inland route crosses some of the tallest hills in the area, and at times it does feel like you're up in the clouds.  The road's been nicely resurfaced and generally improved in recent years but it still bears some of its old mojo as a trucker's ribbon winding through the hills, lakes and endless forests of Hancock County.  When you're crossing a hilltop in the dim grey middle of a cold winter day, maybe with some snow falling and not a soul in sight, you really feel you could just get swallowed up and not be found again.

I believe this particular song would've been mighty in the hands of the old Dillo or Pourbillies bands, but here's a solo version. Later on this week, we'll get some more of the collaborative stuff posted, and hopefully some photos.

jk