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gateway dru . . . er . . . . albums
When I was in junior high, I went to Target and bought two cassettes: Bon
jovi, "Bon Jovi," on which Jon actually sings in falsetto; and Van Halen
"OU812." Those were the first. At the time, I was also listening to
Petra, "Beat the System." Before that, my parents had somehow tricked me
into listening to quite a bit more Statler Brothers than was probably
healthy for my soul. I mean, my parents listened to Burl Ives and Chet
Atkins, so it's a wonder I escaped with my life. But maybe I should be
going back farther. Remember Bullfrogs and Butterflys? Remember The
Music Machine? Those got quite a few spins on the ol' turntable when I
was lad. Annd I didstinctly remember a collection of story cassettes
that included star wars and several disney stories. What else? After my
Grandfather died, we ended up with all these reel-to-reel tapes he'd
recorded. That was the first place I heard the Beatles, the Stones, Deep
Purple, Led Zepp. Which is to say, somehow grandpa was a lot more hip
than mom and dad. And somehow all of this leads to Over the Rhine.
That is all.
Fred
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