Come along on My Big O Journey to experience Owensboro, Kentucky in the 1970s. A small river town on the banks of the Ohio, the Big O could ass for anyone's hometown. The town's mystical draw and charm pulls you in, almost as if the hills are alive with the sound of Bluegrass music. To the tune of "These are a few of my favorite things," this little ditty about Owensboro is best sung with a tinge of attitude and a phantom banjo. And I'll sing once more: Big Dipper burgers and mutton with burgooShiny Red Goose shoes and Farrah's new hair-doThe Charley's Chip truck, Windy Hollow soul foodThese were the things that we liked to do Wax Works recordings with eight tracks and albumsMovies at Malco and Lincoln Mall's fountainLunch box with thermos, the OTS busThese were the things that were special to us. Rash Stadium football, a fat Cabbage Patch dollDizzy Dave's straight jeans, Camaros and mood ringsRegattas on river, and Dipper Dan's creamAdd Miller's Lake to my favorite things Izod sweaters Stick pin letters Disco dancing fadI simply remember what Owensboro hasAnd then I just feel...so glad
