{"id":961,"date":"2012-06-24T20:13:45","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T00:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=961"},"modified":"2012-06-24T20:13:45","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T00:13:45","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-119-academy-days-messin-with-the-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/06\/24\/my-musical-evolution-part-119-academy-days-messin-with-the-kid\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 119 Academy Days Messin’ With The Kid"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Blue<\/a>Have you ever gone to a movie an have no prior knowledge of it what so ever. Vermont Academy would occasionally have bus trips to the movies. space was limited. A sign up sheet would go up on the wall. You could sign up and then be bussed to a not so nearby city to see a movie.<\/p>\n

Back in the early 80’s the huge multi-plexes with stadium seating didn’t exist. In southeastern Vermont, if there was a theatre, it was a small one screen operation. The cinema in Keene, NH might have had three screens. One movie night Adam had signed us up. We were going to go see The Blues Brothers. <\/em> He was pretty excited about it. I hadn’t heard anything about it. I went in as cold as you can get.<\/p>\n

The movie turned out to be a really entertaining experience and the music was intriguing. A week later, I convinced my Aunt to go back with me to see it again. I warned her about the bad language ahead of time. I think she enjoyed it as well.<\/p>\n

Shortly afterwards Adam picked up Briefcase Full Of Blues<\/em> and it became a staple of our listening content. I remember Elwood’s opening. “Well here it is the late 1970’s going on 1985..” . I also remember thinking that 1985 sound like a long way off. It wasn’t<\/p>\n

I Can’t Turn You Loose<\/em>
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