{"id":708,"date":"2012-06-11T20:52:33","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T00:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=708"},"modified":"2012-06-11T20:52:33","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T00:52:33","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-83-bfms-dont-look-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/06\/11\/my-musical-evolution-part-83-bfms-dont-look-back\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 83 BFMS Don’t Look Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Boston<\/a>The last group in that little trifecta courtesy of my cousin was Boston. <\/em>Their album Don’t Look Back <\/em>had just come out and Flavia had it.\u00a0 The cover to the original vinyl LP was configured likeit was a double album. I used to look at that cover intently. It had so many cool things going on. There was a placid green valley with crystal mountains and a huge guitar shaped space ship. It was designed to capture my imagination.\u00a0click on the picture. I included a\u00a0fairly large one so you can check\u00a0it out. \u00a0Inside were some pitcures of the band and a shot of a pair of glitter encrusted high-top sneakers that would play a role in my wedding 10 years later.<\/p>\n

After living in Vermont this long, I discovered that my favorite time of day was that magical time when the sun had gone behind the mountains but before it got dark.\u00a0 With the sun being blocked by a mountain, it really stretched out that twilight time.\u00a0 It was then, in the cooling of evening that I’d look down the green valley and imagine a brightly lit guitar shaped space craft silently gliding my way. In my mind The Journey<\/em> would play.<\/p>\n

As with Kansas and Styx, there seemed to be a lot of orchestration in Boston’s music. With distinctive guitar sounds and layer upon layer of musical elements adding that third dimension in sound.\u00a0 I really have to thank my cousins for introducing me to Kansas, Styx and Boston. I still enjoy these bands very much to this day. Of course as I wrote that I realized that I haven’t seen any of them live. A missed opportunity perhaps? Maybe it is better to keep them pristinely preserved in my memory.<\/p>\n

Don’t Look Back<\/em><\/p>\n