I have two hours to kill in Burbank while Evelyn is at her guitar class, so here’s a musical history tour for you, preserved on video because I’m pretty sure this will all be gone by next year. Here is Pickwick Bowl and the Pickwick ice-skating rink. Behind the skating rink (thanks for the clarification from the video narration, Matt Devine!) used to be the Pickwick outdoor swimming pool in the 1940s. If a bit of long-ago Merle Travis trivia is up your alley, watch the whole five-minute video. Merle Travis “16 Tons” book coming out May 2022 from BMG books!
