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Nope, not a Limp Bizkit reference. Way too early for that. XP
REO Speedwagon - Greatest Hits
My early days weren't all about country music; Mom planted the seeds of rock at an early age with that tape. The 70s and 80s produced what I still feel is some of the greatest rock music the world has ever had. I will still groove, rock the eff out, and otherwise happily listen to Huey Lewis & the News, Billy Joel, Eric Clapton, Styx, Queen, Boston, and the like.
All that was brought about one day when, as I was playing with the tuner knob on the radio, I came across a station playing "Roll with the Changes" by this group. It was an interesting change from steel guitars and southern drawl, so I gave it a listen. Then they played Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone," a song I recognized from my mom's tape, and I spent the rest of the day listening to that station. It would be a few more years before I'd listen to country by myself anymore; this stuff had me hooked.
This made for an interesting event decades later when I was stationed in Norfolk, VA. I was heading to the Commissary to get some groceries and I heard someone blasting "Take It On the Run" rather loud. Curious, I went to check it out. I started to realize once I got most of the way down the parking lot that it was coming from down the street. Now who, I thought, could be playing REO Speedwagon so damned loud?
Turns out it was REO Speedwagon. They were holding a free concert in a park near the base. The rest of my night was pure nostalgic bliss...followed by some regrets the next day when I realized I never got those groceries. XP
Sadly, this was about where the "wholesome" portion of my musical taste development ended, because next time I'm gonna be getting into my teenage years.
REO Speedwagon - Greatest Hits
My early days weren't all about country music; Mom planted the seeds of rock at an early age with that tape. The 70s and 80s produced what I still feel is some of the greatest rock music the world has ever had. I will still groove, rock the eff out, and otherwise happily listen to Huey Lewis & the News, Billy Joel, Eric Clapton, Styx, Queen, Boston, and the like.
All that was brought about one day when, as I was playing with the tuner knob on the radio, I came across a station playing "Roll with the Changes" by this group. It was an interesting change from steel guitars and southern drawl, so I gave it a listen. Then they played Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone," a song I recognized from my mom's tape, and I spent the rest of the day listening to that station. It would be a few more years before I'd listen to country by myself anymore; this stuff had me hooked.
This made for an interesting event decades later when I was stationed in Norfolk, VA. I was heading to the Commissary to get some groceries and I heard someone blasting "Take It On the Run" rather loud. Curious, I went to check it out. I started to realize once I got most of the way down the parking lot that it was coming from down the street. Now who, I thought, could be playing REO Speedwagon so damned loud?
Turns out it was REO Speedwagon. They were holding a free concert in a park near the base. The rest of my night was pure nostalgic bliss...followed by some regrets the next day when I realized I never got those groceries. XP
Sadly, this was about where the "wholesome" portion of my musical taste development ended, because next time I'm gonna be getting into my teenage years.