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Bruce Springsteen – The River
I’m tracing my musical evolution with you chronologically, so you might find it surprising that Bruce was not the first but the fourth step in that journey given my deep love of his music. And this step is due to my family’s influence. Some of you may know that my mom’s sister is a pretty…
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Cheap Trick – At Budokan!
I first heard this record in 1979, the only summer I ever went to sleep-away camp (Lincoln Farm, in Roscoe, NY – home of the marginally famous Roscoe Diner). One of the counselors had a boom-box and played this tape just about every afternoon while I was in the Art Barn doing some craft or…
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Kiss – Rock & Roll Over
This record is the first rock and roll record I ever owned. It came out in late 1976, and I heard it soon after when a second-grade classmate (TJ Rapaport, where are you?!) brought it in for show-and-tell. Up to that point, I had really only heard The Beatles and a lot of Motown that…
