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oil4kids
member Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Long Island
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409 song really 348 sounds
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most people dont know that the Brian Wilson -Beach Boys song 409 was really Gary Ushers 348 engine sounds. He cowrote the song. Gary never did own a 409 he did buy a hemi though.
this is from Gary Ushers website
Throughout the years, I have been asked countless times how I became involved with hot rod music and I usually respond by explaining how I wrote the song 409 with Brian Wilson. This song, as I'm sure most of you know, went on to become the first of many car hits during the early and mid-sixties. However, the beginning really goes back to 1960-61 when, as a Titan Records recording artist, I performed with Carol Conners and Ginger Blake (later of the Honeys) at the Orange Show Fairgrounds in San Bernardino. The host disc jokey was none other that Roger (hot rod) Christian from KFWB radio.
After the show, Roger and I struck up a friendship that centered around his car, a customized 1955 Corvette. Ginger drove my car home and I "flew" home with Roger at an average speed of 90 miles per hour! Roger was equally fascinated with my 348 cubic inch Chevy. When he discovered I spent my weekends drag racing with Paul Peterson at the San Fernando Airport Dragstrip, we became inseparable. I should add that this occurred before I had the good fortune of meeting and working with the Beach Boys.
The height of the hot rod fad climaxed during a one month period when Roger and I actually wrote, and I recorded, over 50 car songs. By that time, I had purchased a new 426 Plymouth Hemi Superstock. It's interesting that I never did own a 409 Chevy; by the time I had "saved my dimes," the 426 was considerably faster. I should add that I won many events at the San Fernando dragstrip with my 426 and a young, exuberant Dennis Wilson by my side.
Many listeners begin their knowledge of Usher through his association with Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys. The recording of Gary's 348 Chevy car engine begins this collection with a roar on "409". Usher said of "409": "it was prominent in the sense that it brought me the most notoriety because of the early success of the Beach Boys". The irony of this is that after the song was recorded, Gary purchased a Plymouth 426 Hemi Superstock, not a 409!
http://www.garyusher.com/bestv1.html
in-case you forgot those Beach Boys 409 engine sounds..hmm....I mean 348
http://lubedealer.com/oil4kids/409startup.mp3
The Beach Boys - 409
(written by: Brian Wilson, Gary Usher)
She's real fine, my 4-0-9
She's real fine, my 4-0-9
My 4--0--9
Well, I saved my pennies and I saved my dimes (Giddyup, giddyup, 4-0-9)
For I knew there would be a time (Giddyup, giddyup, 4-0-9)
When I would buy a brand new 4-0-9 (4-0-9, 4-0-9)
Giddyup, giddyup, giddyup, 4-0-9
Giddyup, 4-0-9
Giddyup, 4-0-9
Giddyup, 4-0
Nothing can catch her, nothing can touch my 4-0-9, 4-0-9
(Oooo, giddyup, giddyup)
(Oooo, giddyup, giddyup)
(Oooo, giddyup, giddyup)
(Oooo, giddyup, giddyup)
When I take her to the track she really shines (Giddyup, giddyup, 4-0-9)
She always turns in the fastest time (Giddyup, giddyup, 4-0-9)
My four-speed, dual-quad, posi-traction 4-0-9 (4-0-9, 4-0-9)
Giddyup, giddyup, giddyup, 4-0-9
Giddyup, 4-0-9
Giddyup, 4-0-9
Giddyup, 4-0
Nothing can catch her, nothing can touch my 4-0-9, 4-0-9
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#3 09-21-2003, 10:45