{"id":2466,"date":"2012-10-18T13:54:06","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T17:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=2466"},"modified":"2012-10-18T13:54:06","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T17:54:06","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-304-roach-days-revisited-strong-persuader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/10\/18\/my-musical-evolution-part-304-roach-days-revisited-strong-persuader\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 304 Roach Days Revisited Strong Persuader"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Robert<\/a>I’ll have to ask Aric if he remembers what his first Compact Disc was.\u00a0 I’m not sure if I’ve adequately expressed what a big deal this new CD format was.\u00a0 Think about for a minute. The phonograph record had been around for over 100 years. Magnetic tape had been around\u00a0since the 1930’s. Here, not only in my lifetime but in the middle ofMy Musical Evolution, a brand new way to store music. Digital files on optical media it was so revolutionary. It is kind of like the first time somebody flipped on a light swicht in a dark room or flushed a toilet inside a house.<\/p>\n

Aric began to buy CD’s too. One of his early ones was this, Strong Persuader<\/em> by Robert Cray.<\/em> This is another cool example of how influences work. I never heard of Robert Cray<\/em> at least that I was consciously aware. I have no idea how Aric heard of him.\u00a0 We seemed to have very similar and quite compatible musical tastes. I never would have gone for Strong Persuader. <\/em> Fortunately, I didn’t have to.\u00a0 It does raise the Kevin Baconish aspect of who influences the influencers.<\/p>\n

Still this CD was in the house and soon was very appreciated. Did my previous affinity for The Blues Brothers <\/em> pave the way for Robert\u00a0 Cray?<\/em> There is that hint of Chicago Blues on tracks like Nothin’ But A Woman.\u00a0 <\/em>I can almost imagine Jake Blues singing that song.<\/p>\n

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Smoking Gun<\/em>
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