{"64809":{"#nid":"64809","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The History Behind \u2018Ramblin\u2019 Wreck\u2019","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn honor of Tech\u2019s 125th birthday year, we\u2019re partnering with Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine to highlight a piece of Tech history. This issue\u2019s topic: a little tune known as \u201cRamblin\u2019 Wreck from Georgia Tech.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe following excerpt is number 53 on the list \u201c125 Pieces of Tech History,\u201d featured in the September\/October 2010 issue of Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine: \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFrank Roman\u2019s original orchestration of \u201cRamblin\u2019 Wreck from Georgia Tech\u201d is kept under protective covering in the archives. The song is believed to have been based on \u201cSon of a Gambolier,\u201d with the chorus: \u201cLike every jolly fellow, I takes my whiskey clear, for I\u2019m a ramblin\u2019 rake of poverty, and the son of a gambolier.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EH.D. Cutter, an 1892 Tech graduate, told the Georgia Tech Alumnus in 1948 that his classmate, W.P. \u201cBilly\u201d Walthall, wrote the song. Regardless, Roman, who ran the barbershop in the YMCA, is credited with the orchestration of the song we sing today.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2011-03-07 15:53:28","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:22","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-03-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-03-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"64810":{"id":"64810","type":"image","title":"Ramblin\u0027 Wreck from Georgia Tech music","body":null,"created":"1449176765","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:06:05","changed":"1475894571","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:51","alt":"Ramblin\u0027 Wreck from Georgia Tech music","file":{"fid":"192104","name":"Ramblin_Wreck_music.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Ramblin_Wreck_music_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Ramblin_Wreck_music_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3435158,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Ramblin_Wreck_music_0.jpg?itok=rO1bNWMf"}}},"media_ids":["64810"],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8271","name":"alumni magazine"},{"id":"12277","name":"Ramblin Wreck from Georgia Tech"},{"id":"12148","name":"Ramblin\u0027 Through Time"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amelia.pavlik@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Pavlik\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-4142\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}