•August 17, 2022•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer

From the opening explosion by the horn section and Berwyn’s own Jim Peterik growling behind the microphone, you knew The Ides of March’s “Vehicle” was going to be a hit.
I did, and I was just shy of my eighth birthday when it started getting radio play in March 1970.
That song, like the friendly stranger in the black sedan who sings it, takes you anywhere you want to go. At my tender age, I read it as a cautionary tale. This was probably about the time my parents were warning me to stay away from creepy dudes in cars offering me candy.
I didn’t know a metaphor from a hole in the ground back then.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.