Do Unto Others

Series: Editorial Viewpoint | Story 13

Do to others as you would have them do to you. -Luke 6:31

It was 2:30 in the morning; our band was scheduled pretty tight, and we were pulling an all-nighter through Montana to make the 500-mile haul to that next gig.

We had a 1965 MC5A (ex-Greyhound) MCI coach (with about four million miles on it!). That oil-dripping 8V-71 Detroit got up to 61 mph when you had the throttle wide open and the pedal right to the floorboard!

My brother Randy was driving the graveyard shift and I was sitting up with him as the Firestone retreads ate up that Interstate.

There was no time to hit the brakes for that...