What is the story behind The Way by Fastball?

What is the story behind The Way by Fastball?

The song was written by the band’s lead vocalist, Tony Scalzo, and was produced by the band and Julian Raymond. Scalzo was inspired to write the song after reading about the disappearance of an elderly couple who were found dead in their car many miles away from their original destination.

Who was the song The Way written about?

In “The Way”, Fastball’s Tony Scalzo sings about the unsolved mystery surrounding the deaths of elderly Texas couple, Lela and Raymond Howard. At age 83, Lela was beginning to show signs of Alzheimer’s. Her 88-year-old husband, Raymond, was recovering from both a stroke and a head injury.

What’s the story behind it’s a long way to Tipperary?

The song was originally written as a lament from an Irish worker in London, missing his homeland, before it became a popular soldiers’ marching song. One of the most popular hits of the time, the song is atypical in that it is not a warlike song that incites the soldiers to glorious deeds.