The Drifters
Up On The Roof/Under The Boardwalk
The song Up On The Roof has a special story attached to it. When Peter and I had our business we had our studio and workshop on the top floor of a vacant and huge industrial building. There wasn’t much business around that area so the rent was cheap. Don’t even think about what it was like, moving all our heavy equipment from our old, smaller work space. The top floor had one huge advantage; you could walk through a door and stand–yes, up on the roof.
And what a view it had…on sunny days we took our lunches out there. My work table sat near the magic door to the sky. When problems arose–and what small business doesn’t have problems?–it was a nice break to stand out there and realize how small our concerns were.
As for Under The Boardwalk–this particular song made me feel slightly clunky because we lived in Pittsburgh and there was no boardwalk. You had to be from New York or New Jersey or California–someplace where the cool kids had all the time in the world to go under the boardwalk and make love.
Dedicated to the TAHS Class of 1968
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