There was always music in our house. My mum loved opera and show tunes. My dad loved the big bands We were exposed to them all and I still love them.
There was an uncle, my mum's brother, who loved country so from him I got an appreciation of Hank Williams, Jimmie Rogers, Webb Pierce, Kitty Wells, so many others.
Another uncle, my dag's cousin, was into the blues and her introduced me to Muddy, the Wolf, Robert Johnson...
And then, for my birthday, 6 I think, I was given a small transistor radio. I discovered rock and roll and the world shifted ever so slightly on it's axis.
All of that is still in there, always will be. I consider myself lucky.
There was an uncle, my mum's brother, who loved country so from him I got an appreciation of Hank Williams, Jimmie Rogers, Webb Pierce, Kitty Wells, so many others.
Another uncle, my dag's cousin, was into the blues and her introduced me to Muddy, the Wolf, Robert Johnson...
And then, for my birthday, 6 I think, I was given a small transistor radio. I discovered rock and roll and the world shifted ever so slightly on it's axis.
All of that is still in there, always will be. I consider myself lucky.
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