THE 60's AND BEYOND

IN THE UK, BACK WHEN I WAS A SMALL BOY,THE RADIO WAS CONSTANTLY ON ,AND I WOULD LISTEN TO ALL THE MUSIC I COULD,EITHER DOIN STUFF IN THE HOUSE ,OR LATE AT NIGHT ON A STATION CALLED RADIO LUXEMBOURG, AN A.M STATION ,WHO's SIGNAL KEPT DRIFTING IN AND OUT,SO THAT YOU NEVER REALLY GOT TO HEAR A WHOLE SONG .EVER !!!! BUT IT WAS EXCITING TO HEAR ALL THE SONGS WE NEVER GOT FROM ENGLISH RADIO . I HEARD R/B,BLUES , ROCKABILLY ,COUNTRY, AND POP ALL THE TIME .A GREAT MIX OF STYLES...I THOUGHT THE GREATEST INVENTION TO MAN AT THE TIME, WAS THE TRANSISITOR RADIO WITH A CRYSTAL EARPIECE .I SPENT MANY LONG NIGHTS INTENTLY LISTENING TO EVERYTHING I COULD SOAK UP.WHEN I WAS OLD ENOUGH,AND COULD AFFORD TO BUY RECORDS , MY TRUSTY 45 PLAYER WAS ALWAYS ON ,AND I WOULD WATCH AS THE STACK OF OLD AND NEW RECORDS I GOT HOLD OF, WOULD FALL, NEATLY ON TOP OF EACH OTHER , AND PLAY A COOL MIXTURE OF SAM AND DAVE /KINKS /WHO/BEATLES/ISLEY BROTHERS /ELVIS/TAMLA/STAX.THE LIST GOES ON....AND I WAS HOOKED ON MUSIC,AND WHILST EVERYONE OF MY FRIENDS WAS OUT CHASING GIRLS ,OR PLAYING FOOTBALL, I WAS IN THE HOUSE LEARNING HOW THEY DID IT ,OVER AND OVER AGAIN TILL I HAD A ROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT TO DO .I DIDNT EVEN OWN AKIT TILL I WAS 16/17 YRS OLD,SO THE CHAIRS IN MY HOUSE WERE WORN OUT , AS WAS THE CUTLERY ..I HAD 2 KNIVES AS DRUMSTICKS,AND A 5 PIECE CHAIR SET UP JUST SO..... IT NEVER OCCURED TO ME THERE WAS A LIFE OUTSIDE GOIN ON AROUND ME, AND I NEVER CARED EITHER . I WAS ALWAYS THE TAPPER TO MY FAMILY ,AND THE WANNABE TO ALL MY MATES ..HAVING GIRLFRIENDS ,WAS ALWAYS A HASSLE,MAINLY FOR THEM ,AS THEY WERE ALWAYS 2ND PLACE TO A SET OF OLD CHAIRS,AND THAT AINT CRICKET IS IT ...POOR THINGS , CAUSE THERE WERE SOME, REALLY NICE GIRLS
THAT DUMPED ME BACK IN THE DAY , AND I WAS'NT EVEN AWARE THEY HAD .....SUCH WAS MY OBSESSION WITH EVERYTHING MUSIC ...........MY POINT ?...WELL I HEARD ON THE RADIO IN MY ROOM JUST THIS MORNING, A TRACK"CALLING TO YOU "OFF OF ROBERT PLANTS FATE OF NATIONS CD.... AND I'M ON THAT TRACK AS I AM SOME OTHERES ON THE ALBUM , AND IT SOUNDED HUGE , AND I STOPPED AND LISTENED TO IT ,JUST LIKE I DID WHEN I WAS A SMALL BOY LISTENING TO THE RADIO,AND I LIKED WHAT I HEARD AND THEN IN THE NEXT BREATH THOUGHT .THATS ME !!!!! WOW!!! AND IT TOOK ME BACK TO ALL THOSE YEARS AGO ,AND REALISED THAT I STUCK I N THERE AND I'M STILL HERE DOING WHAT I LOVE MOST.........I TRULY AM SO LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT .. THANKS TO ALL THAT DUMPED ME ......SEE YA !!














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