..... but it was right in the Dean Martin wheelhouse.

Hey pallies, likes it always brings the hugest of huge Dino-buddha-grins to our faces when we find that a blog that we have shared Dino-devotion from in the past likes once 'gain returns to offer more awesome accent on our most beloved Dino.  Today we once 'gain takes you to the automobile focused pad "AUTOLINE with John  McElroy".....the online presence for a PBS Series of the same tag.

Likes 'bout a month and a half 'go on June 26 to be precise, we shared  Autoline's  Executive Producer, Mr. Chip Drake's first Dino-centric automobile croon tune "Bumming Around"  HERE.  Today we are deeply delighted to share Drake's second incredible installment of Auto Tune dedicated to our main man, "Auto Tune: “Thirty More Miles to San Diego” by Dean Martin."

You can read all the details below of who wrote the song and how the tune probably got our Dino's attentionado...right in line with his other “SoCal Country” recordin's.  It's a delightful country croon and likes one that we ain't ever heard before, so we 'specially sez our thanks to Mr. Chip Drake and all the folks at "Auto Tune" for bringin' it to us for our Dino listin' pleasure.

Likes if you clicks on the tag of this here Dino-gram you will be transported directly to the Autoline pad  where you will be able to listen to it, or if you clicks  HERE you will be able to listen to a youtube vid clip of it.  Ain't it fabulous folks that there is simply no no end to the variety of wondrous ways that our most beloved Dino keeps poppin' up on the 'ol net!  Dino-only, DMP

Auto Tune: “Thirty More Miles to San Diego” by Dean Martin

August 5th, 2015 at 3:00pm



Driving, riding, roads and of course cars themselves have all been immortalized by writers, composers and musicians around the world. Auto Tune is our way to spotlight a unique transportation song to celebrate these “ridden” gems along with the artists or composers who crafted them. Some you may know, many we’re sure you don’t.

In the 1960s, San Diego, California went from being a sleepy vacation destination in Los Angeles’ shadow to a burgeoning big time city. That decade saw the opening of both SeaWorld and the University of California’s local outlet as well as the beginning of its major league baseball team to name a few local highlights.

During that time we’ll assume the Andersons made a trek there; that’s the Country Music Andersons I’m talking about. Liz was a prolific songwriter, and at times teamed up with her husband Casey. Of course they were the parents to one of the first country music superstars, Lynn Anderson, whose hit “I Never Promised You A Rose Garden” remains one of the most successful country crossover records of all time.

So in 1967, Casey (the husband & father) took what he knew of San Diego and the loneliness of driving big rigs and penned “Thirty More Miles to San Diego.” It was a song full of lament – from the truck driver’s point of view – predicting his divorce due to time in his truck taking him away from his home and wife.

The song might not have grabbed a lot of singers at that time, but it was right in the Dean Martin wheelhouse. Dino had made a couple of best-selling albums with what we’ll call “SoCal Country.” Probably thanks to his appearances in some westerns like “Rio Bravo” and “The Sons of Katie Elder,” as well as his love of the genre itself, Dean added the song to the first of his two releases in 1967,Happiness is Dean Martin. And of course it never received its due, that is, until it was chosen as this week’s Auto Tune.

- Chip Drake, Executive Producer, Autoline