Mapping Influences Over Time
There was no doubt that Adam and I were enjoying Jake and Elwood. Briefcase Full Of Blues was such a cool album. It left us wanting more. Being fans of the movie, The Blues Brothers Soundtrack was a natural next step. It has some great pieces by The Blues Brothers as well as some other …
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Although I prefer Don’t Look Back, Boston is a great album as well. I love the tonal quality of the guitars in Boston. I also appreciate the precise arrangments. These guys are air tight. Pay close attention to the bass line sometime. They certainly aren’t thumping out repetitive E notes. They melodically pirouette all over …
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The summer of 1982 was a blast. Instead of going back to Fort Wayne, for the summer, I stayed on campus and worked. Vermont Academy would host these big science or language conferences in the summer. About a dozen of us students stayed on and worked as waiters and waitresses or in the kitchen. The …
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My cousin Jamie hadDamn The Torpedoesand I was really into it for a while. There was something really addicting about it. It was one of those records that I played intensely for a few months then put away. When Tom Petty goit even bigger in the mid-late 80’s I listened but to me this was …
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Chuck Mangione’s Feels So Good album is different from most of the albums of the Academy Days era in that it has traveled with me through all the subsequent eras. Feels So Good has always been there on Stand-By even during the Metal Years. Whenever I wanted to slow down and mellow out, Chuck was …
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My introduction to The Policecame courtesy of a gift of The Ghost In The Machine album. Sadly I don’t recall who actually gave it to me. I remember being in Alumni Hall, affectionately dubbed Slum with the approprate floor appended as in Slum 3 or Slum 2. One of the guys had the album and …
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Here it is, the first album by The Doors that I personally owned. This was one the Christmas present albums that my cousin gave me. I’m not certain why she selected The Soft Parade. While it has some great Doors music, it isn’t one of the more iconic albums. Maybe that is why I like …
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By this time my sisters and I had discovered SCTV on Friday nights. When I was home for the summer, we’d watch that show every chance we got. Just about every cast member of SCTV went on to big screen success in some way. I liked it much more than Saturday Night Live. I felt …
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I bought Asia’s first album completely cold. I never heard of them. I never heard any of the music on the album before I owned it. I bought Asia because a girl told me to. Well it was more of a suggestion. If you have been following along, you’ll remember that Vermont Academy is located …
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Musically, Toto seemed to fit right in there with other music that I liked. It had some of the same herbs and spices as Journey, REO Speedwagon, Boston, and Styx. Toto may not have had the impact and subsequent longevity as those others. I consider Toto IV as one of my me albums. It was …
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