My dad was born in 1930 (and passed in 2003). When he was a kid, he used to bring his ukulele to school and serenade the kids on the school bus to and from school. He was even written up in the Minneapolis paper as "The School Bus Crooner." When he was in high school, he entered a State band competition and played a trumpet solo piece on the tuba. He took First Place. He taught me how to play guitar when I was 7.
During the course of the 60s, my dad not only got into all kinds of music, but he also dressed hip. He wore striped bellbottoms, vests and bead necklaces. He was a cool dude, although he didn't grow his hair out (he took a lot of shit from his friends for his dress, though). Other albums he bought during the 60s and after were very cool. Along with the DC5 and Searchers albums, he also bought all the Mamas & Papas albums, The First Edition (with Kenny Rogers), the Broadway cast Hair album, Carpenters, The 5th Dimension, Boz Scaggs, Nilsson, Bill Medley, Rita Coolidge and Richard (someone left the cake out in the rain) Harris. He loved Three Dog Night. As the 70s went on, I got into harder-edged music, and he went back to jazz, albeit with more contemporary acts like Maynard Ferguson, Steve Jordan, Dave Grusin, Tom Scott and others. I did finally turn him onto the Beach Boys, and he became a big fan of Denny's music, especially Make It Good and Cuddle Up. In early 2002, he underwent open heart surgery and never really rebounded. The last concert we went to together was Three Dog Night at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico in May 2002. It was a great show, and I'll always remember it as our last together. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Diamond Headz" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/michaellenz?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
