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[Jeff Klopmeyer]

[quote]Originally posted by Hank The Cave Peanut: [b]Who were your musical influences as a kid, and which artists...[/b][/quote][b]1) ...did you like A LOT back then?[/b] Beatles, Steely Dan, ELO, Beethoven, Mozart. With the exception of ELO, my folks played these artists all the time. I discovered ELO on my own. [b]2) ...do you still like today?[/b] Well, it's hard to say you ever stop liking the Beatles. And I respect Steely Dan a lot still, though I don't spend a ton of time listening. And of course, the classical artists are classic. I can't stnd ELO now...don't know what my attraction was when I was a little kid. [b]3) ...had a surprisingly big influence on you now?[/b] Definitely all of the above, plus the bands I got into a little later (Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Van Halen and so on leading into my teen years of metal love). - Jeff

[strat0124]

Johnny Burnette, The Everly Brothers, Muddy Waters, Johnny Cash, Sam and Dave, Chuck Berry, Elvis, Duane Eddy, Johnny Horton, Jimmie Rogers, Hank Snow, Merle Travis, The Carter Family, Jerry Reed, Gene Vincent, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Blues Magoos, Peter Paul and Mary, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, The Animals, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Blues Image, Glen Campbell, The Platters, Fats Domino, Chubby Checker, Ernest Tubb, Merle Haggard, Ray Price, Eddie Arnold, Buck Owens, Rayborn Brothers, Porter Waggoner, The Beach Boys, Mason Williams, Tom Jones, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Doris Day, Patti Page, Herb Albert, BB King, Osborne Brothers, Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, The Lettermen, Sgt Barry Sandler, The Chuck Wagon Gang........ My Dad had a HiFi and I wore out every album he ever had before I turned ten. I can't think of any more at the present.....too much and too long between.

[fantasticsound]

Edited: Fantasticsound, born 4/13/1967 I arbitrarily decided to list only influences I remember before 10 years old, but there are plenty of others I'm sure I've forgotten... OH! How could I have forgotten John Denver! :rolleyes: And yes, he belongs in all three answers! [quote]Originally posted by Hank The Cave Peanut: [b]Who were your musical influences as a kid, and which artists...[/b][/quote][b]1) ...did you like A LOT back then?[/b] Beatles, Simon & Garfunkle, James Taylor, Jim Croce, Harry Chapin, Billy Joel, The Eagles, Steely Dan, Boston, The Beach Boys. My parents had the '62-'66 and '67-'70 Beatles compilation albums. I wore 'em out. My best friend played piano and I played guitar. We used to spend hours playing JT, Billy Joel, Jim Croce, as well as countless tunes from easy piano song books. I should also mention, I had a steady stream of Broadway and movie musical soundtracks courtesy of my mom, classical music from my dad, and both introduced me to Allan Sherman's comedy albums. I've listened to his records as long as I can remember. My first LP was Free To Be, You And Me. [b]2) ...do you still like today?[/b] All of it. There's not a name I've mentioned I don't still have infinite respect and admiration for. I wouldn't call them real influences, but I do remember a songs like "Run, Joey, Run" that were popular, which I liked. Thankfully, they don't even play them on classic rock stations, IME! :D [b]3) ...had a surprisingly big influence on you now?[/b] [quote]originally posted by Jeff, Tascam Guy: [b]Definitely all of the above, plus the bands I got into a little later (Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Van Halen and so on leading into my teen years of metal love).[/b][/quote]Jeff hit it square on the head. I'm influenced by all of them. I, too, became a guitar rock fan in my teens, and those bands influenced me a lot, although I don't play that style much, anymore. - Neil

[T.H.]

1)WHO DID YOU LIKE A LOT BACK THEN Prince, Earth Wind & Fire, Bar-Kays, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, MOZART (AMADEUS), BEE GEES (Sat. Night Fever days) Patrice Rushen, Rick James, ZAPP-Roger Troutman, Will Downing, Angela Winbush, damn to many more to name 2) WHO DO YOU STILL LIKE TODAY mostly all of the ones mentioned, music was at it's purest then, when people actually PLAYED GROOVES, PLAYED cause it felt good, the breakdown where a musician would get his solo and remind you what makes you love this thing called MUSIC 3) WHO HAD A SURPRISINGLY BIG INFLUENCE OF YOU It was no surprise, all my friends knew, it was PRINCE, to learn that a guy WROTE PRODUCED ARRANGED COMPOSED his first album and WB gave him that control at 20, lead me to believe whoa! that's some shit ---- I can do that ---- since know one I knew had dedication or drive nor money, I said hell if he can do it I can, and 18 songs sold later and two production studios that guy is my ICON. Though people always make comparisons to his earlier works to now-- it's undeniable the guy is NICE with his.

[Gus Lozada]

I was a kid on the 70's... [quote]Originally posted by Hank The Cave Peanut: [b]1) ...did you like A LOT back then? [/b][/quote]* TOMITA !!! * Vangelis * JM Jarre * Ray Coniff :D * Simon & Garfunkel * errr... Paul Anka :p [quote]Originally posted by Hank The Cave Peanut: [b] 2) ...do you still like today? [/b][/quote]All of them, right. :thu: Well... not Paul Anka certainly... Too bad none mentioned Mr. Coniff's death here... [quote]Originally posted by Hank The Cave Peanut: [b] 3) ...for better or worse, have a big influence on you now? [/b][/quote]The new agers / electronic guys absolutely. All the rest are just good references by now.

[henryrobinett]

OK I was born January 1956. [b] 1) ...did you like A LOT back then?[/b] The Beatles. Believe it or not some OPERAS like La Boheme, Damnation of Faust, Tannhauser, Tosca. Mom was a big fan. An Oscar Peterson record as well as a Count Basie record with Joe Williams. Later [b]Jimi Hendrix[/b] -- (he was huge for me), Cream and Led Zepplin's first record. But now we're getting to the point of being almost 13. [b]2) ...do you still like today?[/b] I like them all today but rarely listen to any of them. I have little respect for Zep or it's members. [b]3) ...for better or worse, have a big influence on you now?[/b] The Beatles influence is still with me. Jimi's too. Thankfully opera hasn't been very influential except perhaps in a melodic sense. No not really.

[tnb]

Late '60's early '70 R&B. Smokey, Stevie, Aretha, James Brown, Al Green, Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway. These are my earliest musical memories and I think they have aged well. A little later, in my teens, jazz fusion artists like Return to Forever, Billy Cobham, Jean Luc Ponty, George Duke, Steve Kahn, Lee Ritenour, Stanley Clarke, Flora Purim, the Crusaders. I could go on for hours. Also in my teens for more "popular" stuff there was Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, Parliment-Funkadelic, more Stevie Wonder, Gino Vanelli (?), Steely Dan, Larry Graham, the Brothers Johnson, Teddy Pendergrass. I am going to end this list with Copeland, Debussy, Stravinsky, Tchaikofsky, Miles Davis and Prince, because after this it turns into a free for all. I still love all of this stuff. Does this mean I haven't grown musically since I was 14?

[Tedster]

As a kid, the Beatles were the biggest influence on me. Other than that, given that I was a kid and AM radio was what it was back in the day, the easy listening stuff was a lot of what I heard. It was omnipresent, all of the "Dionne Warwick singing Bacharach" stuff, Glen Campbell, Motown, the "swinging London sound"... I mean all of the stuff the radio played back then. Hipper stuff, like the Doors, Cream, Steppenwolf...folky stuff like Judy Collins, Simon and Garfunkel... It wasn't til the early 70s that I really discovered rock and roll and gave up a lot of the easy stuff. I guess I was kind of a nerdy kid...but ya know...I still like a lot of that cheeseball easy listening stuff they used to play on AM radio. The melodies were strong, plus, I think it's kind of a nostalgia thing. Hearing, say, "Downtown" by Petula Clark might make a lot of folks ill, but, for me, it makes it feel like 1966 again. Not a bad thing. I got into the folky acoustic circles, digging folks like CSNY, Fogelberg, stuff like that too for awhile. Then spaced out pop charged stuff like Rundgren. I still like all of that stuff, cheeseball or not. :D

[henryrobinett]

I gotta say what Tedster said. It was AM radio all the way for me too! "Downtown", Lulu, Dusty Springfield, The Association, Donovan, Temptations, Smokey Robinson, Sandy Shore, The Who, British Invasion stuff.

[AlChuck]

As a kid, the first influence that I really remember -- that is, something that made me want to play music too -- was some cellist who performed something on this kid's show hosted by Sandy Becker in NYC -- it must have been 1963 or so. I decided to take up the cello when I was old enough to take an instrument in school. I did, in 4th grade, and it was actually disasterous -- I was awful and the music teacher told me I sucked and should quit. I was crushed. Not long after I had a friend who played trumpet in school (he got to stick with [i]his[/i] instrument) and we both thought Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass was the coolest group in the world (we were at that point too cool to like the Beatles because [i]girls[/i] liked them). He wanted to form our own local Tijuana Brass and I thought, what instrument could I play that's [i]easy[/i] to learn? The guitar, of course! So for my next birthday I got a guitar for $8.88 at E.J. Korvette's. It exploded in my hands within a day of taking it home, so I returned it for another $8.88 special, and started learning. I learned "Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me" and the "Third Man Theme," but discovered that the guitar was [i]not[/i] easy at all, so I packed it away in the garage, where it sat until I was 16 or 17 and the next-door-neighbor turned me on the Cream...

[Jeff Klopmeyer]

[quote]Originally posted by Hank The Cave Peanut: [b]C'mon Jeff -- you never liked anything downright cheesy?[/b][/quote]Well...no, not really (except ELO, as you pointed out). My folks had pretty good taste as listeners. In addition to what I mentioned, there were also things like Astrid Gilberto & Stan Getz, Bert Bacharach, Neil Diamond, Joni Mitchell, Carol King, Phoebe Snow...all great performers and/or songwriters. I was a teen before I started listening to embarrassingly cheeseball metal of the early '80s. Most of the real influential stuff from my formative years was the good stuff. Oh...except I discovered Zeppelin on my own, when I was about 11. That's not so bad. :) - Jeff

[Oiled]

I listened to a lot of traditional latin music. Still do on occasion.

[M Peasley]

Lovin' Spoonfull Mitch Rider Wilson Pickett Byrds Animals Booker T Curved Air I still like them all. Oddly, Curved Air was the most "advanced", and now sounds very dated. There are some poor instrumental parts in the Animals stuff. Some Byrds tunes, compositionally speaking, are really lame. Wilson Pickett still sweats good. Booker T's band is classic, classic, classic. Lovin' Spoonfull should have been the American Beatles, but fell off the track somehow early on. What incredible song-writing, John B. Odd tunes that have stuck with me for decades: Talk Talk by the Music Machine Eve of Destruction by Barry what'shisname Something Tells Me I'm Into Something Good - Herman's Hermits best Buddy Holly knockoff, probably the only HH song worth remembering.... I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night - Electric Prunes Kicks - Paul Revere and the Raiders My brother still has our old 45 collection, I should check it out, but I havent had a turntable that can play 45s for many many moons. M Peasley

[Tedster]

Yeah, Henry, And thanks, AlChuck...for saying it. Herb Alpert. Yup...their stuff was omnipresent on AM radio, and although ol' Herb was no Miles Davis, he did quite a bit to popularize the trumpet. And notice how, not long after, you had a lot of horns working their way into rock and roll, as members of the band rather than studio sidemen...Ides of March "Vehicle"...all the Blood, Sweat, and Tears stuff, not to mention Chicago. Horns were always a big part of R&B and soul.

[RABid]

Around the age of 5 it was Monkeys, Beetles and Supremes. Around the age of 13 I bought the first Santana and Chicago albums through Columbia House because I liked the artwork. Those were great blind choices and I bought all of their albums. Today, Santana is the survivor of those five. The later years of Chicago burned me out. I don’t listen too much of the later Santana. I still like the old stuff. Influences. I learned to play drums by listening to Tommy Roe’s greatest hits. Santana, the rhythm section more than the guitarist has affected my music more than any other artist. Chicago is the reason I bought my first MiniMoog and that really shaped my musical future but that is the only influence Chicago had on my music. I am only now understanding how much the old cartoons influenced my music. They were full of great classical and jazz pieces and I absorbed it without realization. Scats by Ella Fitzgerald may be the foundation of my mindset when playing synth leads. If I could play like anyone sings, it would be Ella Fitzgerald. Robert

[Jotown]

My first real musical influence as a kid was music from TV shows. The first songs I ever picked out on the piano were: Batman, Gilligans Islan, Pink Panther theme, Get Smart, Green Acres. Later it was whatever my older brothers and sisters were listeneing to. The Beatles, Monkees, And alot of Motown and top 40 radio stuff from the time.

[linwood]

I was born in ’53. So as a kid it was Elvis, The Everly Bros., Ricky Nelson, all the Stax/Volt artist, all the Motown guys, The Beatles and all the other British acts. I’ll agree with the AM radio posts, as well. Remember listening to Cousin Brucey on your transistor Rocket radio? That was a time when we could listen to music in mono through one ear with a transistor radio and get goose bumps,beatlemania and everything else. No gimmicks. Just pure rock and roll.

[linwood]

I was born in ’53. So as a kid it was Elvis, The Everly Bros., Ricky Nelson, all the Stax/Volt artist, all the Motown guys, The Beatles and all the other British acts. I’ll agree with the AM radio posts, as well. Remember listening to Cousin Brucey on your transistor Rocket radio? That was a time when we could listen to music in mono through one ear with a transistor radio and get goose bumps,beatlemania and everything else. No gimmicks. Just pure rock and roll.

[Botch.]

My folks ruled the radio with an Iron Hand and only listened to country, so I hope I'm forgiven for this: The Partridge Family! It was cool to a 10-year old, kids playing "rock" with real instruments, etc. In fifth grade our teacher started playing guitar and we'd sing Beatles songs, so I learned there was something more. Finally got the folks to give me my own radio, then I discovered college stations, that's all it took. Chicago was my biggest influence then (Herb Alpert's TJB was big for me too) probably because I played trombone. Do they still influence me? Partridge Family, NO, but Susan Dey could come tickle my ivories anytime. I'm still a Chicago fan, unlike most I do like a lot of their newer stuff. College brought a whole new batch but by then I'm not a kid anymore. Great thread! Born 1960

[Botch.]

Hank P, we've just gone to seven degrees (cue Twilight Zone music). I had the D. Cassidy album with Cherish on it too, but what's really scary is, my real name is Scott Boettcher :eek: I've never heard of Curt Boettcher, but I'll have to do some checking (the LDS Family Geneology Library is just down the Interstate....nahhh, that'd be TOO weird!)

[Nraki]

The Beatles! Because I wanted to know what they meant in their songs, I started learning English SERIOUSLY (Every student in the my country has to learn English, but nobody is serious), and now I'm in the US still learning English!

[DC]

The only records I remember my folks having were Johnney Cash and Harry Belefonte. I got into the Monkees and Beatles and then my older cousin started bringing up his STEREO record player and Doors, Jemi, Cream and Carlos records. In high school I got into Simon and Garfunkle and Jim Croce when I was learning fingerpicking and a bunch of Chicago since I played sax too. I still like all of them.

[Gabriel E.]

My parents were Hippies so I was spared most of the Raffi-type drivel that my friends were subjected to. I always hated most "children's music" (with a couple of exceptions). Santana - Listened to the "Amigos" album in the car nonstop the summer I was 5. My dad and I took a road trip across Canada and the US. Beatles - All post-"Rubber Soul" stuff. Especially "Yellow Submarine" and "Magical Mystery Tour". Supertramp - "Breakfast In America". Beach Boys - "Holland" (Why didn't I listen to "Pet Sounds"instead?) Jefferson Starship - "Red Octopus" Abba - A bunch of their records. Fortunately, I have blocked this out. Chipmunks - "Chipmunk Punk" "2001 A Space Oddysey" Soundrack the Police - "Ghost In the Machine" Duran Duran - "Rio" and the first record. They were my favorite when I was 11. Still embarrassed about it. Here's a story: When I was in grade 3, we had a "listening session" each week where we would listen to records on one of those blue Caliphone phonographs. We could listen to the school's collection of kiddie records or we could bring in our own. One of the kids brought in his brother's copy of "Bat Out Of Hell". Because of the cover art, we thought it was super cool and shouted down a girl who brought in a Raggedy Ann record. But once we put Meatloaf on, we were horribly dissapointed by the lame showtunes. We were expecting a heavy rock record. I still think Meatloaf is a wuss.

[nhcomp45aol.com]

I got my first drum set about two weeks after I saw the Beatle's first Ed Sullivan performance. They sound better to me every day. I already had a great interest in drums watching my cousins band play The Ventures at a block party in Bensonhurst. Alchuck, The show was called Wonderama. Sandy Becker used to come out as Norton Nork and sing along with the song Mister Bassman. I remember seeing Johnny Rivers perform live on the show.Im pretty sure Soupy Sales took over when Sandy Becker left. Paul.

[Botch.]

Forgot this one, I'll be Mr. O'Keefe remembers it: "The Ballad of the Green Berets", by SSgt Barry Sadler! I wore that one out!

[Super 8]

[quote]Originally posted by Hank The Cave Peanut: [b]Who were your musical influences as a kid, and which artists... 1) ...did you like A LOT back then? 2) ...do you still like today? 3) ...for better or worse, have a big influence on you now?[/b][/quote]Oh, this is gonna be fun!!! STOP me if I start babbling too much!!! [b]1) ...which artists did you like A LOT back then?[/b] I was born 2/1967. My first 'biggies' were: *Elvis -My mom got me Elvis Golden Records, after I saw a commercial on TV of him singing "Hound Dog" -I thought he was amazing! I was probably 5 to 7 years old. *Jim Stafford -I was hooked on him after I heard "Spiders & Snakes" on AM radio. My Mom got me the album, and as I recall it was a STRANGE record... My Girl Bill??? What was up with that??? I liked it though, some cool stuff. I'll have to track down some of those tunes like "The Last Chant" to see they sound like my memory of them. *KISS - Around 1976 my friend introduced me to Alive, and I was like "WOW"... My obsession lasted through Love Gun, and then dropped off when Disco really hit. *The Monkees - I saw reruns of the show, and thought Mickey was amazing. I wanted to BE Mickey Dolenz . Plus, I figured out how to play "I'm a Believer" on the guitar, and "The Girl That I Knew Somewhere" on the organ. So I thought that was pretty cool... *John Williams -Yes [i]That[/i] John Williams... I saw the movie Jaws and became obsessed with sharks and any shark related items. Someone told me about an album that was out called "Mr. Jaws" where this guy asks Jaws or Sheriff Brody a question and the response comes back as a cut from a popular song (example: "Mr. Jaws, what did the girl say when you bit her?" "Please Mr. Please" starts playing -the olivia newton john song ) SO ANYWAY, I just HAD to have this record, so my Dad took me out and I grabbed the first thing I saw with Jaws on the cover. Well, the album wasn't Mr. Jaws. Instead, it was the original soundtrack to the movie. After my initial disappointment, I started listening to it, and liking it. I would imagine scenes from the movie in my mind while the music played. It would evoke many emotions in me. Every kid should have that experience! Some GREAT MUSIC on the album! By the way, I did eventually get the Mr. Jaws album, and enjoyed it alot. But it never stood the test of time like John Williams did... *The DISCO era - I HATE to admit it, but I was 11 years old when Saturday Nite Fever came out, and I loved the BeeGees, and I 'roller-boogied' to Donna Summer and I had the Village People's album with YMCA on it. PLEASE FORGIVE ME! It was a girl thing - I swear! The girls were start'n to look better to me, and some were starting to get these interesting curves, AND they all loved John Travolta. What was I supposed to do!?!?!? I've since made amends over the BeeGees. I still hate that stupid falsetto, but they DID write some really good tunes. The Village People however, remains a dark spot on my history. I'm STILL trying to make up for it... The good thing about DISCO was that it exposed me to some stuff that I NEVER would have heard otherwise, like: P-Funk, Brothers Johnson, Prince, Heatwave, Chic,etc. Yeah, it was an over-commercialized era. Hell, even the Saturday morning cartoons were DISCOing (anyone remember Space Race???), but it DID yield some bright spots. Let's leave it at that... That about covers my musical influences up till I was about 13 years old -when it all changed again. But that's another story. [b]2) ...which artists do you still like today?[/b] Well, I really don't follow Jim Stafford too much anymore... I'm not into the fad music that was Disco. And I now realize what the Monkees really were. I would say however, that I still enjoy much of the music I liked as a child. I'm not sure how one couldn't. Tastes change and expand, but the stuff you heard as a child forms the foundations of your musical experience. [b]3) ...which artists for better or worse, have a big influence on you now?[/b] I'd say probably John Williams and some of the better stuff from the Disco era. I think ALL of them have had some influence, but the question was "BIG influence". *Disco gave me an appreciation for the groove, and DEFINITELY the bass guitar. That stuff that Chic was doing would have been nothing without those great bass riffs! Also, tunes like "I Want Your Love"(Chic), "You Should Be Dancing"(BeeGees), and "Grooveline"(Heatwave), had a certain 'mood' or 'feeling' about them that I latched onto. I still can't listen to those songs without feeling a certain rush, like butterflies in my stomach. You don't hear that in music very often. So I would say that I've been influenced to favor a little 'drama' in some of my music. *John Williams, because how can you listen to that music and NOT be influenced in a BIG way??? I tend to gravitate toward interesting chord changes and emotionally evocative elements in music. Also, I have ALWAYS had a strong head for chords. It comes very natural to me. I can work out pretty complex chords and chord changes in my head, and I probably have perfect or near-perfect pitch. Some of that may be a God-given gift. Maybe I was an undeveloped prodigy. But I can't underestimate the fact that my Mom was a classically trained pianist and listening to her play combined with what I was getting from other sources -like John Willians-, gave me a very well developed ear. Whatever the reason, I'm glad to have it!

[Tedster]

To give the Monkees a bit of credit, they were quite possibly hipper than most give them credit for. Peter Tork was a friend of Stephen Stills. Stills almost auditioned for the part Tork got. Mike Nesmith was a musician, and still does some pretty good country flavored folk. John Lennon admitted he liked their TV show...and Nesmith even appeared in the film clip (precursor of the music video) for "A Day in the Life". And Dolenz had quite a good voice, actually. Davy Jones was bubblegum incarnate, though.

[jlh]

Gosh Mr. Peabody, we'll dial in the wayback machine and take a look. Burl Ives singing "Tree in a Hole" on my little yellow 78. Whoever did the ballad of Davy Crockett. Then there was "Orange Blossom Special" that was the theme song for the morning show on my little hometown radio station WIPC. The first record I got to pick myself was Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" from there it was being HEAVILY into the Ventures. Then I saw Jeff Beck..... Jamie born 1950

[KHAN]

Ace Frehley ruled my world!!!!! For a couple of years anyway. But those were important years, because it gave me the desire to pick up a guitar. :D Thanks Ace!!! :thu:

[whitefang]

The question was "when you were a kid?", and I think Tedster cheated. I'm figuring pre-teen and even earlier... But as I didn't really start PLAYING music 'till my teen years, I can only make a list of music I really liked back then. Because music was my best friend... ..."Peter and the Wolf." Don't know the orchestra or conductor on that old 78 my Ma had in the house back then. I only remember it was narrated by Basil Rathbone, the bad guy from the "Robin Hood" movie. ..."The Old Sow Song." Rufe Davis. Yeah, the same guy on the early "Petticoat Junction" shows. This tune was silly, but as a kid, I loved it. Was actually the flipside of "The Little Engine That Could." ...Hank Williams. Senior. My Ma remarried when I was eight, and one of my stepsisters came to live with us a spell. Eight years older than me, her record collection opened my eyes! She was also responsible for turning me onto... ...Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, The Everly Brothers, Duane Eddy, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, The Clovers, Johnny Ace and many others. ...Sandy Nelson. Once, shortly, gave me a yen to learn the drums, but I found I dug the guitar parts better! ...Bill Haley. For some reason, my Mother had his single "Shake, Rattle and Roll." Didn't seem like her thing. ...The Beach Boys. They hit it big with "Surfin' USA" when I was 10. ...Ricky Nelson. The first 33 1/3 album I ever owned! Don't ask me why. A gift from Grandma. Said I could choose what I wanted, and I think it was in response to my older brother picking out some Roy Rogers LP. ...I also bought 45's like they were going out of style(I was eventually right!), and bought anything that struck my fancy. From Jimmy Dean's "Big, Bad John", to the Dovell's "Bristol Stomp." And my Mother also had a bunch of Benny Goodman and Woody Herman 78's that I wore out. Wish I knew whatever became of those... Whitefang b.1951