knot's been around along time, music has filled most of it.
Jan 13, 2014 17:47:50 GMT -5
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Post by knotkeeno on Jan 13, 2014 17:47:50 GMT -5
my musical influences are more of a history lesson of my life.
i grew up on a large family farm in south dakota. i don't ever remember actually eating in the dinning room but on saturday nights we would gather there as a family. uncle bud was a ham radio operator, but on saturday nights if he could get the "skip," we would listen to the opry. it was the only source of music in my life, none of our machinery or trucks had the luxury of radio. i grew up on twang to say the least. the "country western" of the late 50's often fills my home, hank sr, hank snow, the louvin brothers and the carter family are all honored here in the woods.
when my folks split up, i moved with my mom to minnesota, our one luxury was a tube hi-fi and a pile of 78's. one of my favorites to this day is "ghost riders in the sky" by vaughn monroe. we were both big fans of spike jones also. i found the strauss waltz's and they started me on a classical music journey that lead me to npr. bach was indeed the first rock and roller. npr continues to be a source of new music, just as mcr is now.
at the start of high school, i got a new dad and a new stereo, all 3 changed my life. i met other people interested in music, my new dad gave me the freedom to listen to what i liked by giving me a stereo for my room. he did set volume limits for after he went to bed. i did meet the man who sold us our family living room system, i worked for him part time selling stereo's. i quickly learned about people and different types of music, i didn't ask customers what they wanted i asked them what they listened to and tried to tailor the system to that sound. i have 2 addictions now, music and equipment. i have 5 working systems in my home and garage, which include 3 turntables and a collection of records to big to move again.
my first friend in high school was another outcast, although neither of us knew that would be our brand until later in life. ricky was a drummer and a year older who lived in his parents basement just like me. my first visit to his home we listened to otis redding's "pain in my heart." i love otis to this day, ricky and i had tickets to see him but otis passed in a car wreck 3 weeks before the show. otis lead to solomon burke, bobby blue bland and bb king. ricky also introduced me to something to enhance the musical experience, my third addiction. i survived the late 60's in a drug induced haze, listening to janis joplin, jefferson airplane, the dead, the doors, the band and dylan. i found the folk music scene on the u of m campus at the dinkytown dive, the scholar coffee house. dylan was just starting out there. leo kotke was there also. singer song writers intrigued me, they created music, sang their own songs i came to love that acoustic pure music of guitar and voice.
in 1968 i had a 3 day pass to nashville, i saw a redbrick building and a long line. i told the bus driver to stop and got in line. i asked who was playing and found out johnny cash was on the bill along with my other heros of the opry, grandpa jones and minnie pearl. what a show. to this day my favorite place to hear music live is the ryman. some of the drug fueled shows i experienced, included hendrix, frank zappa and the mothers of invention, the doors twice, once stoned and one straight to see if there was a difference, creedence, dylan at least 50 times, jefferson airplane at the fillmore, the band at winterland, leonard cohn in berkley and in seattle.
in 1977, i limited my addictions back down to 2, i was married and starting a family. i had no room in my life for that evil friend. i grew up with my daughter listening to records as i rocked her in the evenings and nights, hedge and donna, tom rush, judy collins, joni mitchell, tim hardin.
newly single in 1998 my family got smaller by 1, the kids and i shared our evenings talking and listening to music. they brought what they were listening too and we shared the tunes they grew up on. i was exposed to new muisc outside the acoustic stuff that now filled my quiet times. leah loved 5 non blondes, white stripes and any woman with a cause, jenn got into rap because of who she was dating, bud ever the geek was into electronic techo stuff. we discussed the merits and sounds of each. we still share music when we are together, each of us carries a usb chip, with our latest favs.
having lived up here in the mountains for the last 10 years mostly alone, i have had time to organize both collections. here's some of the more prevalent influences
bonnie raitt, rory block, sonny terry and brownie mcgee, roy rodgers and norton bufalo, lightin' hopkins, emmylou harris, chet atkins, doc watson, les paul, stan getz, herbie mann, leo kotke, dylan, buffalo springfield, big brother and the holding company, willie, cash and waylon, John Prine and steve goodman, ry cooder, nina simone, ella and louie, townes van zant, steve earle,
new music from the last 10 years since i stumbled onto the americana fest while in nashville for a del mccoury show. i met shawn camp at the county music hall of fame, he was doing a free show promoting "fireball" he told me about the festival going on in town that week. i have since found mcr and listening to the archive shows while at work before i got high speed at the house here iin the woods. i would like to thank mcr for all the great music i've learned about since then. mike farris, the saint johns, st paul and the broken bones, the reverand peyton's big dam band, the steeldrivers, sam bush, guy clark, the waybacks, pokey lafarge, smooth hound smith, 18 south, lake street dive, brandi carlile, peter rowan....striking matches most recently.
music has been my drug of choice since 1977, and i do mean drug, it drove to the forefront of my life to get me through hard times when i knew i had to find some reality. recently being depraved of my escape having it back in my life made me realize how important it was to my sanity or insanity depending on your perspective. thanks for taking the time to read this....
i grew up on a large family farm in south dakota. i don't ever remember actually eating in the dinning room but on saturday nights we would gather there as a family. uncle bud was a ham radio operator, but on saturday nights if he could get the "skip," we would listen to the opry. it was the only source of music in my life, none of our machinery or trucks had the luxury of radio. i grew up on twang to say the least. the "country western" of the late 50's often fills my home, hank sr, hank snow, the louvin brothers and the carter family are all honored here in the woods.
when my folks split up, i moved with my mom to minnesota, our one luxury was a tube hi-fi and a pile of 78's. one of my favorites to this day is "ghost riders in the sky" by vaughn monroe. we were both big fans of spike jones also. i found the strauss waltz's and they started me on a classical music journey that lead me to npr. bach was indeed the first rock and roller. npr continues to be a source of new music, just as mcr is now.
at the start of high school, i got a new dad and a new stereo, all 3 changed my life. i met other people interested in music, my new dad gave me the freedom to listen to what i liked by giving me a stereo for my room. he did set volume limits for after he went to bed. i did meet the man who sold us our family living room system, i worked for him part time selling stereo's. i quickly learned about people and different types of music, i didn't ask customers what they wanted i asked them what they listened to and tried to tailor the system to that sound. i have 2 addictions now, music and equipment. i have 5 working systems in my home and garage, which include 3 turntables and a collection of records to big to move again.
my first friend in high school was another outcast, although neither of us knew that would be our brand until later in life. ricky was a drummer and a year older who lived in his parents basement just like me. my first visit to his home we listened to otis redding's "pain in my heart." i love otis to this day, ricky and i had tickets to see him but otis passed in a car wreck 3 weeks before the show. otis lead to solomon burke, bobby blue bland and bb king. ricky also introduced me to something to enhance the musical experience, my third addiction. i survived the late 60's in a drug induced haze, listening to janis joplin, jefferson airplane, the dead, the doors, the band and dylan. i found the folk music scene on the u of m campus at the dinkytown dive, the scholar coffee house. dylan was just starting out there. leo kotke was there also. singer song writers intrigued me, they created music, sang their own songs i came to love that acoustic pure music of guitar and voice.
in 1968 i had a 3 day pass to nashville, i saw a redbrick building and a long line. i told the bus driver to stop and got in line. i asked who was playing and found out johnny cash was on the bill along with my other heros of the opry, grandpa jones and minnie pearl. what a show. to this day my favorite place to hear music live is the ryman. some of the drug fueled shows i experienced, included hendrix, frank zappa and the mothers of invention, the doors twice, once stoned and one straight to see if there was a difference, creedence, dylan at least 50 times, jefferson airplane at the fillmore, the band at winterland, leonard cohn in berkley and in seattle.
in 1977, i limited my addictions back down to 2, i was married and starting a family. i had no room in my life for that evil friend. i grew up with my daughter listening to records as i rocked her in the evenings and nights, hedge and donna, tom rush, judy collins, joni mitchell, tim hardin.
newly single in 1998 my family got smaller by 1, the kids and i shared our evenings talking and listening to music. they brought what they were listening too and we shared the tunes they grew up on. i was exposed to new muisc outside the acoustic stuff that now filled my quiet times. leah loved 5 non blondes, white stripes and any woman with a cause, jenn got into rap because of who she was dating, bud ever the geek was into electronic techo stuff. we discussed the merits and sounds of each. we still share music when we are together, each of us carries a usb chip, with our latest favs.
having lived up here in the mountains for the last 10 years mostly alone, i have had time to organize both collections. here's some of the more prevalent influences
bonnie raitt, rory block, sonny terry and brownie mcgee, roy rodgers and norton bufalo, lightin' hopkins, emmylou harris, chet atkins, doc watson, les paul, stan getz, herbie mann, leo kotke, dylan, buffalo springfield, big brother and the holding company, willie, cash and waylon, John Prine and steve goodman, ry cooder, nina simone, ella and louie, townes van zant, steve earle,
new music from the last 10 years since i stumbled onto the americana fest while in nashville for a del mccoury show. i met shawn camp at the county music hall of fame, he was doing a free show promoting "fireball" he told me about the festival going on in town that week. i have since found mcr and listening to the archive shows while at work before i got high speed at the house here iin the woods. i would like to thank mcr for all the great music i've learned about since then. mike farris, the saint johns, st paul and the broken bones, the reverand peyton's big dam band, the steeldrivers, sam bush, guy clark, the waybacks, pokey lafarge, smooth hound smith, 18 south, lake street dive, brandi carlile, peter rowan....striking matches most recently.
music has been my drug of choice since 1977, and i do mean drug, it drove to the forefront of my life to get me through hard times when i knew i had to find some reality. recently being depraved of my escape having it back in my life made me realize how important it was to my sanity or insanity depending on your perspective. thanks for taking the time to read this....
