What is your most fond musical memory.


One that makes you yearn for the ‘good old days.’

Mine took place in 1970. My grandparents were going on a world tour and I had their whole house to myself for 2 months. Alone at last!. I was 16. First thing I did was set up my audio system. Then I turned down the lights and put on the just released Grand Funk “Closer to Home’ album. I thought I was in heaven when ‘I’m your Captain’ came on. 10 minutes of Pure Bliss. To this day I get the tingles whenever I play that song.

 

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I have several.

-Meeting Ringo. I thanked him for all the marvelous music and he thanked ME for being a lifelong fan.  On bad days, I remind myself that I met a Beatle.

-I had an opportunity to golf with Dicky Betts and Les Dudek about 20 years ago.  Shortly after, I was a guest of Dicky in a SW Florida recording studio with the Allman's as they were fleshing through the songs that became "Where it all Began".  I got to meet Tom Dowd, also a treat.  Funny white dust all over the bathroom, though.

During my fellowship, I took care of the current singer in Fleetwood mac.  I was expecting to meet a real bitch.  She was the sweetest most genuine person and hung around the office chatting with me for about 30 mins talking about Lindsey and their prior band.  I was so star struck, I apologetically asked for her autograph, which I still have on a Rx pad

-Sitting in the auditorium of a local community college on the bleachers watching a warm up band Skyhook on Kiss first tour. Crappy little auditorium and stage.  Lots of facial paint in the audience.  A guy sat right behind me and a little to my right with vampire facial paint and a top hat.  After the warm up band finished, I saw him take the stage-it was Gene Simmons. He had switched to his vampire attire at that point.