Studio USA

Studio USA / Arroyo Hondo Mesa

Near Taos / New Mexico / USA / Elevation: 7.000 ft above sea level / Close to the Rio Grande Gorge

From Johnny Cash’s journal dated June, 1970 Taos, NM / We drove from Santa Fe to Taos / The black, table top mountains / Climbed up like stair steps / Towards Taos / The Rio Grande ran beside the road / Then we topped a last hill, / And on the plateau / The great beautiful plateau / Stretched to our left a hundred mile / The Rio Grande, a million years ago / Cut a deep wide awesome gorge / Across the plateau / Proud, peaceful mountains / Look down on Taos, / Proud, peaceful happy people / Breathe the clean Taos air / The only thing disturbing the countryside / Were giant dust-devils / And they’re a thing of beauty / Upon our return from Taos / Someone had the nerve to remark, / „Taos is overrun with hippies, isn’t it?“ / If that’s all you saw at Taos, You’ve got no business going there.