This is the final departure of the Delta Queen from Nashville, TN in 2008. The calliope concert tunes are Camptown Races and Has Anybody Seen My Gal. Currently the DQ is serving as a floating hotel in Chattanooga until new owners are found and Federal Exemptions are updated. Long Live The Delta Queen.
I'd have called for a towboat to assist with that topping around.IF I were one of the Delta Queen pilots or captain,damned if I'd use the bow thruster for anything.
doughesson 1 year ago
Are you trying to refer to Tony Schwartz?
augpeh 2 years ago
Like poetry in motion, you can imagine the music accompagning the 'dance' without hearing it. Almost as bad as turning around in Vicksburg! Nice video, thanks for putting it here, Ted, so we can all watch, forever, and have a good cry. Damn we miss the ol' gal....Double long and two shorts, Findley?, had to be Tony on the calliope, now that made both of us misty...
krazyforrw 2 years ago
I am so glad we have these great videos of the DELTA QUEEN here ALIVE to keep the memory alive for our children and grandchildren....as thanks to legislators, unions and their greed we no longer have her to do it for them.
riverexplorer 2 years ago 2