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Calling Chicago people

SharkE — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 22:28:34 GMT

What do you all call 'the katy' ? Is that a bus, train ?

Blues Brothers song "she caught the Katy left me a mule to ride"

What is 'Katy' ?

Re: Calling Chicago people

MezzieStarr — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 22:35:33 GMT

Nothing to do with Chicago.

It's the K-T train line, which connected Kansas to Houston.

Re: Calling Chicago people

just bee — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 22:37:04 GMT

@SharkE wrote:
What do you all call 'the katy' ? Is that a bus, train ?

Blues Brothers song "she caught the Katy left me a mule to ride"

What is 'Katy' ?

@SharkE

Quick online search reveals...

"The Katy, or the MKT, is the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway."

Re: Calling Chicago people

qbetzforreal — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 22:38:34 GMT

"She Caught the Katy (And Left Me a Mule to Ride)" is a blues standard written by Taj Mahal and James Rachell.[1] The song was first recorded for Taj Mahal's 1968 album The Natch'l Blues,[2] and is one of Mahal's most famous tunes.[3] It has since been covered many times, and is included on the soundtrack for the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers (the song plays over the opening credits, as Jake Blues leaves prison)

source: wikipedia

Re: Calling Chicago people

SharkE — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 22:38:49 GMT

Oh man I was way off. Blues Bros. was filmed in Chicago and I bought the soundtrack to that movie. I just figured it was that train that roared past the boys windows all the time.

ROFL That's how you learn U asked questions !

Thanks you all !

Re: Calling Chicago people

scatcat — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 22:41:34 GMT

@SharkE wrote:
Oh man I was way off. Blues Bros. was filmed in Chicago and I bought the soundtrack to that movie. I just figured it was that train that roared past the boys windows all the time.

ROFL That's how you learn U asked questions !

Thanks you all !

That train is called the "El" (L) short for elevated