Well, it’s Monday. Time to go back to work and grind it out until the next weekend. In honor of working, workers, unions, and the good ol’ labor force, I thought it was time to tell you about the song Rouge Plant Blues.

The long time Detroit blues-funk bar band Stix and Stoned recorded their lone single (pictured above) “Rouge Plant Blues”, inspired by a couple factory worker buddies who formed the band. The Ford Rouge Plant, located on 2,000 acres in Dearborn, is quite impressive. In the 1920’s and 30’s, Henry Ford developed it into the largest industrial complex in the world, as well as the most technologically advanced. If you live in Michigan, you either work for an auto company or know about 20 people that do. I heard so many stories about working on the line at one of the Ford Plants - and the Rouge Plant is the big dog of them all.
I wish I owned that 45 on Bumpshop. Instead, I discovered this song while listening to my Michigan Rocks II compilation.

It’ll lift your spirits as you plug away at a new week.

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