Very humble beginnings............and yours?


My parents bought me an Airline radio for my 13th Christmas on which I listened to  rock and rolll from WLS. KAAY, KIOA, KOMA and others....top 40.  Somehow, someway in my early 20s I became a fan of much of classic Jazz  and female Jazz singers.  The rock and roll I did visit a few times..mainly in live performances, Hall and Oats, Gene Pitney and several others.  Then while in Madison, Wi. I started visiting Jazz bars and lakefront fests in Milwaukee and Jazz has been my main interest since.  I do listen to some Classical and some Pop/Rock but most of my music library is Jazz and Jazz/Standards vocals. 

If you would like to share,  I would have interest in learning the route your music interests took on your way to where they are now.  Thanks, 
whatjd

Showing 1 response by oldhvymec

My what a small world. I was a little younger, lived with my older brother.
I was almost 14, I had a 36 hour a week job. School, 4 and half hours a day. That until, I was 17, got married, to a gal I thought was gonna' have MY baby. Turned out not to be. Divorced her, met my wife at 19, and been with the same person all this time.. 1000 years or so.

LONG line of Baptist, preachers, teachers, and "the other side", of the family, in Ireland, go figure, "Fader McMC", and St McStereo, oh there are a few, O'Tools, Bartons, Chief "something or other", from the northern tribes, 10% American Jew, 15% American African, 25% American native, and 40% American Irish.  100% American, Blue eyed DEMON. Get thee behind me, ye masters of SIN, and corruption..
That, THAT BEAT, will corrupt you...Make you do things, you wouldn't do,
OH YEA, I've heard it.  :-)

All those years, worked as a mechanic, and the last 25 or so hydraulics, electrical, and just big stuff.. Always a music guy, though, Gospel to Bali, Willie Nelson, to Pavarotti. Classical, to Caribbean. I like it all.

I like retirement best of all, best job I ever had, on the worst day is still better than the last day at the last job, I had. IT SUCKED.

I can deal with Tiny Tim, yup Tiny Tim, BUT

No Yoko Ono, sorry gotta draw the line somewhere!!

Regards