El Mirage

El Mirage dry lake bed is another Southern California Timing Association site that's been in use seemingly forever.

Ry Cooder is a legendary musician (to some of us - who grew up knowing who John Fahey and Leo Kottke are).

Ry Cooder is featured in a number of New York Times pieces known as "Ry Cooder's American West". Here's the link to his piece on El Mirage. Click the Audio Slide Show (under the Multimedia tag on the left of the page).

For grins here's John Fahey playing 'Red Pony':



And Leo Kottke playing 'Hear the Wind Howl':