In June 1997, the quiet community of Salado, Texas, was gripped by a perplexing mystery: the disappearance of Lela and Raymond Howard. This elderly couple, known for their independence, embarked on what should have been a routine, short drive to a local festival. Instead, they vanished without a trace, only to be found deceased 13 days later, hundreds of miles away in a ravine in Arkansas. Their story, initially a regional news item, quickly garnered national attention due to its unsettling and inexplicable nature. Just a year later, in 1998, and alternative rock band would find musical inspiration from this tragedy, and release a song that would become a chart-topping hit. Sources:

https://poprockradio.com.au/news/flashback/fastball_the_way/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Pain_Money_Can_Buy https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48399133/lela-joan-copeland_howard https://www.reddit.com/r/90smusic/comments/183b3hq/what_is_the_song_the_way_by_fastball_about/ https://www.wgcu.org/arts-and-culture/2024-06-27/a-missing-texas-couple-led-to-our-song-of-the-day-for-june-28 https://news.wgcu.org/arts-and-culture/2024-06-27/a-missing-texas-couple-led-to-our-song-of-the-day-for-june-28

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