{"id":615,"date":"2012-05-06T10:51:40","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T14:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=615"},"modified":"2012-05-06T10:51:40","modified_gmt":"2012-05-06T14:51:40","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-69-the-kiss-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/05\/06\/my-musical-evolution-part-69-the-kiss-age\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 69 The KISS Age"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KISS<\/a>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.\u00a0 Side four was a few studio tracks. At the time I wondered why they didn’t do all four sides live. I recently\u00a0noticed that they didn’t include any songs that were on the first live album. All three lives sides only <\/em>included songs from Destroyer, Rock And Roll Over, <\/em>and Love Gun.<\/em>\u00a0 Side four would have been where those favorites from the first three albums would have lived.<\/p>\n

The photo on the inside cover showed what looked like an amazing stage set up with stairs and fire and rising platforms. I enjoyed the record but it didn’t carry quite the impact it would have year later only because of the competing demands for my attention. I was in a new environment with new activities, new friends and hearing a lot of new music. Priorities were changing. It isn’t that I liked KISS any less, they just occupied less real estate in my mind.<\/p>\n

All through the KISS Age, Ace was my favorite. Was it the spaceman character or the lead guitar that captured my imagination? I can honestly say that I don’t know for certain. I begged my parents for an electric guitar for a few years in hopes of learning to play like Ace. They never did.\u00a0 Six years later, I bought my first real six string at the 5 and dime, well actually it was a pawn shop down town. It was a horrible budget model but I’m getting ahead of the story. I only mention it because the root of my desire to play guitar was right here with Ace Frehley in the KISS Age.
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