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A little back story on my old ass. Youngest of 11 children, six older brothers, four older sisters...born in ‘67. I couldn’t wait to cut grass after elementary school, 10 yrs old in ‘77, making scratch to earn a whopping $10, $15, $20 bucks maybe, a yard with a push mower, running around the neighborhood and blocks. I inherited most of my yards from my older brothers who passed the reigns down. Albeit my older brothers and sisters had all these 8-Tracks, I wanted my own.
I grew up kinda crazy with that crew of brothers and sisters...dope all around, around every corner, drinking cheap ass Schlitz Malt Liquors, Miller beer, nasty ass Ol’ Milwaukee, Black Label, cheap ass Old Crow liquor, Kool-Aid flavored mushroom juice. These were the days of Rorer 714 Quaaludes, hash, Micro-Dot acid, and every damn thing else.
Nonetheless, I survived.
My first 8-Track at 10 yrs old in ‘77...ZZTOP Fandango, then followed up with Skynyrd, BTO, Ted Nugent, Deep Purple, Mountain, Aerosmith, Mother’s Finest, REO, LRB, etc, etc, etc. The list simply kept growing as long as I could shine up with a little yard-cutting jingle in my pocket at the Music Emporium at a big Mall about four blocks from the house. It’s what I was raised on...and my kids, 29 and 22 now, appreciate fine rock and roll. I passed it along after all these years, in-grained this music in them, and they appreciate it.
And I’ve still got a helluva collection of albums and 8-Tracks after all these decades.
Let’s hear whatcha folks got...this will be an interesting thread. Let’s see whatcha listened to in your younger days. Everybody grew up different...
A little back story on my old ass. Youngest of 11 children, six older brothers, four older sisters...born in ‘67. I couldn’t wait to cut grass after elementary school, 10 yrs old in ‘77, making scratch to earn a whopping $10, $15, $20 bucks maybe, a yard with a push mower, running around the neighborhood and blocks. I inherited most of my yards from my older brothers who passed the reigns down. Albeit my older brothers and sisters had all these 8-Tracks, I wanted my own.
I grew up kinda crazy with that crew of brothers and sisters...dope all around, around every corner, drinking cheap ass Schlitz Malt Liquors, Miller beer, nasty ass Ol’ Milwaukee, Black Label, cheap ass Old Crow liquor, Kool-Aid flavored mushroom juice. These were the days of Rorer 714 Quaaludes, hash, Micro-Dot acid, and every damn thing else.
Nonetheless, I survived.
My first 8-Track at 10 yrs old in ‘77...ZZTOP Fandango, then followed up with Skynyrd, BTO, Ted Nugent, Deep Purple, Mountain, Aerosmith, Mother’s Finest, REO, LRB, etc, etc, etc. The list simply kept growing as long as I could shine up with a little yard-cutting jingle in my pocket at the Music Emporium at a big Mall about four blocks from the house. It’s what I was raised on...and my kids, 29 and 22 now, appreciate fine rock and roll. I passed it along after all these years, in-grained this music in them, and they appreciate it.
And I’ve still got a helluva collection of albums and 8-Tracks after all these decades.
Let’s hear whatcha folks got...this will be an interesting thread. Let’s see whatcha listened to in your younger days. Everybody grew up different...
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