Concert Memories                      My Music Lists

I can't remember a time when music was not a part of my life. Some of my earliest memories are of listening to music with my dad,  who died when I was six-years  old. He bought me my first records. Some of my early favorites were "The Green Door" by Jim Lowe, "Jezabel" and "Rose, Rose I Love You" by Frankie Laine, and "Wonderland by Night" by Bert Kaempfert.

Then it all changed. Like millions of other Americans watching Ed Sullivan on February 9, 1964, I was mesmerized by the four moptops from Liverpool. I was hooked. Although I studied drums in the 8th and 9th grades and taught myself just enough guitar to embarrass myself, I never quite hit my stride as a musician. Fortunately, I was  able to accept that my talents were to lie elsewhere. But I never stopped loving music and, hey, today I can play a really mean iPod!

My musical tastes are very eclectic, including rock, jazz, and classical with some pop, folk, bluegrass, and Cajun/zydeco thrown in for good measure. A part of me still lives in the days of my youth, with a passion for '60s and '70s rock (i.e., music of the "Woodstock generation"). But I fell in love with mainstream jazz as an adult and have a large collection of jazz cds. Some of my favorite jazz  artists include Art Blakey, Dave Brubeck, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and McCoy Tyner.

Although I've never been a "regular" concert-goer, I've been fortunate to get to see some great shows over the years. For what its worth, if you would like to see some of my reflections on these shows, click here for my "Concert Memories" button. And just for the fun of it, I've come up with a few lists of my favorite music, which you can see by clicking here.