By John Darling
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First tagged by John Darling "Jack Point"
Customer tags: the beach boys, rock guitarists, rockstar, rock band, elvis costello, music, rock, jimi hendrix, musician, coldplay, rock and roll, elton john
Review & Description
It must have been around 1957, I know I could not have been much more than five years old, when I saw my mom dancing around the kitchen for the first time. I remember that my dad, being of a sound religious mind at the moment, did not care too much for the sight. But my mom still danced. She said she loved rock and roll. The person that was making my mom dance was Elvis Presley—the King of Rock & Roll.
This began my introduction to music. Even though I am tone deaf and can’t carry a tune in a bucket with a lid on it, I still have my mom’s love of music in me. I love all kinds: rock, classic, country western, show-tunes, and so on. If it has a beat or a melody, I usually like it. I suppose that with my early indoctrination, it would be inevitable that someday I would write a book about music, or more precisely, the makers of music.
I have written and published all types of work, from short stories to poems to articles but this book is truly a labor of love. In it I show how that the creative process, besides the writing, playing, and singing of music, includes the choosing of a name. Most of the time bands pick their names as result of pure inspiration, but the names can be chosen out desperation as well. You just never knew—until now.
Be sure to read some of the letters/emails I received from some to the bands in this book. They are listed after ZZ Top!It must have been around 1957, I know I could not have been much more than five years old, when I saw my mom dancing around the kitchen for the first time. I remember that my dad, being of a sound religious mind at the moment, did not care too much for the sight. But my mom still danced. She said she loved rock and roll. The person that was making my mom dance was Elvis Presley—the King of Rock & Roll.
This began my introduction to music. Even though I am tone deaf and can’t carry a tune in a bucket with a lid on it, I still have my mom’s love of music in me. I love all kinds: rock, classic, country western, show-tunes, and so on. If it has a beat or a melody, I usually like it. I suppose that with my early indoctrination, it would be inevitable that someday I would write a book about music, or more precisely, the makers of music.
I have written and published all types of work, from short stories to poems to articles but this book is truly a labor of love. In it I show how that the creative process, besides the writing, playing, and singing of music, includes the choosing of a name. Most of the time bands pick their names as result of pure inspiration, but the names can be chosen out desperation as well. You just never knew—until now.
Be sure to read some of the letters/emails I received from some to the bands in this book. They are listed after ZZ Top! Read more
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