Ridin' Along In My Automobile...

Hop in Son, Let's Go For a Ride!

You Ain't Gotta Slam the Door - This Here Car was Built with real Steel before they started makin' 'em with Plastic and Recycled Beer Cans (Who the Hell Ever Heard of Plastic Screws?) - Just Pull it Closed, and We'll be on Our Way!

Where We Goin'?

The Middle of Nowhere...

I'll Tell You an Old Story on the Way...

Once Upon A Time (All Good Stories Start That Way, Now Don't They?) there was a Band called The CARS...

But, Let's Start Right Before That, in 1976:

Still On The Assembly Line...

There was this Band that was One Step Removed from The CARS: Cap'n Swing!

Cap'n Swing Recorded 11 Songs (Demos) in a Studio in Boston in the Summer of '76. Benjamin Orr sang Most of the songs, But Ric Ocasek sang a few, and They sang one together. These were Great Quality Demos! Cap'n Swing was Gettin' Pretty Popular in and Around Boston, and by '77 They would add David Robinson, Drummer and Artist, and Change Their Name to The CARS!

Cap'n Swing - Demos

Firing On All Cylinders...

The CARS released their First album in the Summer of '78, Son, and They Went Big Time!

Yeah, I Know You Never Heard of 'em, They's Before Your Time!

Here, I'll Let You Listen to 'em! 

Just Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Ears:

Here they are from 1978 Live In Concert on somethin' Called the King Biscuit Flower Hour...

Yeah, I Know You, Again, Never Heard of That, Either - I done told You it was an Old Story...

Just Listen! 

I Know it's New to You - Hell, it was New to Everyone Back Then - They even called it New Wave Music...

Ah, Here We Are - 

Nowhere (Pop. 15) 

and This Store's smack dab in the Middle of Nowhere!

Come On, Kid, I'll Buy You a Co-Cola 

(In little Glass Bottles, The Way God Intended!)...

And, Son - Don't Slam the Damn Door!

The Cars - Palladium 1978