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Fastball frontman Tony Scalzo came up with the idea for the song after reading articles that described the June 1997 disappearance of an elderly married couple, Lela and Raymond Howard from Salado, Texas, [5] who left home to attend the Pioneer Day festival at nearby Temple, Texas, despite Lela's Alzheimer's disease and Raymond recently recovering from brain surgery.
Scalzo was inspired to write the song in 1997 after reading a news article about Lela and Raymond Howard, an elderly couple who had disappeared in Texas. Though Lela had Alzheimer's and Raymond was recovering from brain surgery, the couple had been driving to a local festival.
Though Lela had Alzheimer's and Raymond was recovering from brain surgery, the couple had been driving to a local festival. They were discovered two weeks later, dead, at the bottom of a ravine near Hot Springs, Arkansas , hundreds of miles off their intended route. [ 7 ]
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Raymond Howard may refer to: Raymond Howard (Wiccan) (fl. 1959–1967), English Wiccan; Raymond Howard (New Hampshire politician), member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 2014; Raymond Howard (politician), American politician active in Missouri; Raymond Howard, American who disappeared with his wife, see "The Way" (Fastball song)