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“Well, I’m standin’ on the corner in Winslow, Arizona, and such a fine sight to see. It’s a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford, slowin’ down to take a look at me.” That’s the line in written by Jackson Brown and Glen Frey in the song “Take it Easy” and recorded by the Eagles. Winslow, Arizona intends to take it for everything its worth, in an effort to draw tourists to their sleepy little desert town 100 miles from the Grand Canyon on Route 66.  Because Winslow sits on historic Route 66, it once reaped the benefits of countless tourists traveling that highway made famous by the popular television series of the same name, which ran from 1960 to 1964. But when Interstate 40 opened to the north in the late 1970s, it took the cars, tourists, and much of the area's revenue with it.
Before long, Winslow was on the verge of becoming a ghost town. So in 1997, the city decided to capitalize on the hit song "Take It Easy," written by Jackson Brown and Glen Frey and recorded by the Eagles.
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