Early Musical Influences

[onething]

I was listening to the Zoo in Waco when it quit playing rock back around Christmas in 1989. Weak signal, but beter than any of the Waco stations.

Walter!!! You're Walter from Waco

C'mon say it - say it - "LaLaLaBella?"

John Labella is/was my all time favorite DJ, not counting Steve Lundy

[sammm]

Walter!!! You're Walter from Waco

Forgot about those guys (and Walter from Waco too)...LaBella and Roadie were the Zoo DJ's in Dallas.

[onething]

But do you remember when KZEW was progressive country? Early 70's before they went rock. That's where I first heard London Homesick Blues as performed by that great Texan wannabe, Jerry Jeff Walker and written of course, by Jerry P. Nunn.

[onething]

Thought you might enjoy this!

[cone-cerned]

that great Texan wannabe, Jerry Jeff Walker and written of course, by Jerry P. Nunn.

You mean that Jerry Jeff is not a Texan? I think that Gary P. Nunn wrote London Homesick Blues.

I was into the Texas music scene in the early '70's, way after high school. Other names of the period, Willis Allen Ramsey, Steven Fromholtz, Travis Holland and Farrah Fawcett. Oh wait, she did something else.

[johnwag]

Mad_monkey sent me a PM and asked if I could reply for him. He said he was emarassed to say that his influences were mainly Britney and the Spice girls.

Hahahaha. Nice.

[Radio-Active]

But do you remember when KZEW was progressive country? Early 70's before they went rock. That's where I first heard London Homesick Blues as performed by that great Texan wannabe, Jerry Jeff Walker and written of course, by Jerry P. Nunn.

That would have been before I had control of the radio dial. I remember my Mom and Dad always using KZEW as the station to tell them that Texas was getting close as they got around the Arbuckles. KZEW had the strongest signal of all of the FM stations.

[Drift on:/] My Moms car, a 1972 Datsun 1200, had a factory AM/FM(monual) radio by Hitachi. My Dad had a 1971 Datsun 1200, which he purchased from my Uncle, with only a aftermarket AM radio. My Father spent the extra money and purchased a AM modulated FM radio adapter that set under the dash on the pasengers side.
[Drift on:/] Incedentally; 1972 was the year that the Fasten Seatbelt warning light and buzzer was required by law. My Dads 1971 Datsun did'nt have the buble on top of the center of the dash, whereas my Moms 1972 Dastun did. [/Drift off][/Drift off]

I remember, vaguely, hearing Walter from Waco every morning, but He was not I. I was in Waco for TSTI from fall 89-Spring 91.

[icepenguin66]

Another cool thread, little late on this one!

My father wasn't quite the ex-hippe rocker but usually listened to the classic rock station so I know a lot of the old rock and also a decent amount of classical music to be well rounded.

U2
Boston
Kansas
Peter Gabriel
Journey
Rush
Genesis
Phil Collins
Chicago
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Front 242
Depeche Mode
The Cure
Heart
Fleetwood Mac
J.S. Bach (my favourite composer)

Got into Metallic around middle school in mid 90's then was introduced to EDM, chillout, ambient musik my freshman year of high school in 98.