Mapping Influences Over Time
Was Penny a rebound girlfriend? If she was, I wasn’t conscious of it at the time. With almost 30 years of hindsight, I can’t see how she couldn’t have been. The timing for one thing. I had to be searching for somebody to fill that gaping hole in my life. To patch that wound. It was …
Continue reading “My Musical Evolution – Part 218 College Intermission Wheels Start Turning Again”
I had seen this album cover for years even before I knew who REO Speedwagon was. It always seemed to be there. I would look at it and it would make me wonder. It was such an odd thing to put on an album cover. OK maybe not as odd as a topless pre-teen girl holding a …
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I added these REO Speedwagon albums like this because they were part of the Academy Days but their impact was not so great. As you may recall, my interest in REO Speedwagon began on a “date” to Cedar Point The Amazement Park. Hi Infidelity was a great album and I followed what would be my …
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After my freshman year at Hogwarts, I went back to Fort Wayne for the summer. That summer I would meet Cedar Point, REO Speedwagon and a girl named Dawn all at the same time. Dawn was a couple years older than me. She drove a sharp looking 1971 Camaro that was red with black racing stripes. …
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