Mapping Influences Over Time
As we discussed in the previous post, while jogging on one of Vermont’s Country Roads just north of Saxton’s River, I found a box that among other things contained some 8-Track Tapes. Of the half a dozen or so tapes, I kept 3. I’m pretty sure that I listen to all of them at first …
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So what can you do when you are a middle school aged boy living in the foothills of the Green Mountains in a town that would make Cicely, Alaska look like a booming metropolis? You ride your bike and run on the miles and miles of hidden trails and old dusty roads. Exploring. One day …
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Was it destiny that brought us to Switched-On Bach on Robert Moog’s birthday? As we discussed in earlier posts, I have had some exposure to Classical music. In the late 1970’s it was my Aunt’s Switched-On Bach album that really connected me to Classical. The artist was called Walter Carlos back then but goes by …
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Where do these often lame titles for my musical eras come from? In my mind, my less than perfect memory and desire to categorize and organize has always had these “groupings” for the music that I have collected over the years. There are maybe half a dozen main categories. You’ve already been through The Scratchy …
Alive II was released and found its way into my collection of albums which still was comprised of mostly KISS albums. Alive II brought a temporary renewed interest in KISS. It was cool to hear the live translations of some of my favorite songs from the previous three studio albums. Side four was a few …
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The KISS age was beginning to wind down. Out in the country, I didn’t have access to all those magazines and record stores that fuelled my KISS addiction. The guys in school didn’t seem all that interested in KISS. More importantly, the girls I was interested in certainly weren’t interested in KISS. If I was going …
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As I started 7th grade, it seemed that music took a temprary back seat. There was so many new things going on. I was in a new school hundreds of miles from home. In 7th grade it was the first time that I changed classrooms for every class. It was the first year without recess. …
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I know we talked about Donny Osmond and Donny & Marie in the context of the Scratchy 45 days but I think it is worth mentioning Dony & Marie again in the context of their variety show. I’m not sure how influential this really is in the scope of My Musical Evolution but Dony & …
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I’m not sure when it was that I decided to abandon the notion of going to Franklin Junior High and instead attend Bellows Falls Middle School. Here are a couple of things that of which i’m certain. My Aunt, Uncle and 2 cousins lived in Vermont. When I was very young, somewhere in the 4 …
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I’ve been spinning my wheels and and trying to keep this transitional period organized. As I probably mentioned before, so much seemed to be going on at this point in my life. In my mind the timeline is written on a piece of paper that is crumpled and wadded up so it seems that things are …
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