Nay, their best was “Ventura Highway”.
They played that at Jesse Ventura's Inauguration as Minnesota Governor.
>>Nay, their best was “Ventura Highway”.<<
Agreed — I was born and raised in So. Cal and when I was driving PCH (which becomes sort of “Ventura Highway” north of Oxnard with the top down on a typical So. Cal. sunny day, that song hit all the emotional notes.
“Horse with No Name” was a singularly bizarre song. Nice to listen to, sing-along for sure. It HAD to have been written under the influence of mind-expanding substances.
Having driven California coastal highways since I was a kid, “Ventura Highway” was my favorite.