As far back as I can remember hearing music has got to be listening to some of my fathers favorites like
Johnny Cash,Waylon Jennings,Charlie Pride and others.
For my mothers music also included these singers too but she would delve into some christmas music when the time was near like Ray stevens and some Burl Ives. but the most memorable moment I have involving music was when I found this record of my oldest sister By Iron Butterfly. I was amazed about how it sounded and needed more of the same.
thats when I discovered My oldest brothers records that included Led Zeppelin,CCR,Rick Wakeman,Triumph and Black Sabath.
A true Heavy metal fan I became from that day on.
There is a meaning and understanding about it..they way it makes me feel wether it be happy,sad or even angry I know I can call it my very own.
Then in the early 80's something else hit me like metal did.... it was old school rap like run dmc, grand master flash and other in that era. I fell in love with it and people couldn't understand how a white kid like me who loved metal could even think about rap..So it too became my very own.