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Here’s what the dudes playing at ROA 72 listened to for inspiration. Polar opposites to Way Prod lol

So true Chockfull and Waysider! I think wierwille/TWI tended to stifle…maybe…strangle the creative life out of their musicians by trying to establish TWI’s own unique genre of homogenized-PFAL-eulogized-The-Rightly-Divided-Word-in-music style. I will always treasure the people who introduced me to great music: My Dad: he had a great selection of big bands, movie soundtracks, classical, Jazz, Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and some pop. I now have a lot of that in the form of CDs and on my iPhone. My brother: he gave me his old monaural portable record player and three albums: The Beatles’ Sgt. Peppers, The Four Tops Greatest Hits and The Mothers of Invention Freak Out. (regarding the record player - I later retrofitted it with a headphone jack with an external speaker-on/off toggle switch – it was my first SUCCESSFUL tech project; after that I retrofitted a similar setup on my Dad’s stereo console…(surprised I didn’t blow the headphone speakers…and it wasn’t until years later I learned about attenuating circuits ). There’s a scene in the movie Almost Famous that always gets a lot of fond memories to well up inside – where young William Miller watches his older sister leave home and then he goes and gets her album collection and starts playing them. I left a You Tube link below of that scene – at about the 1:44 mark is when it starts…this is one of my all-time favorite movies. My friend Jimi: my best friend in high school and a great drummer. He turned me onto Jimi Hendrix (that’s when my friend James starting spelling his first name like JH) , The Cream, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Vanilla Fudge…My first concert – was me and Jimi going to see Jimi H., Janis Joplin, Chambers Brothers and Soft Machine – what a line up! FYI – listening to The Cream I so wanted to play the guitar…my brother got me a cheapy electric guitar and amp. But I couldn’t figure out how to make Eric’s chords (for some reason getting lessons or finding how-to books never crossed my mind) – then I realized I could easily identify and isolate Jack’s bass lines – a lot easier task since it’s usually one note at a time – so I removed the skinnier B and E strings – re-notched the nut to spreadout the remaining 4 strings – and voila – I had the $hittiest sounding rinky dink eunuch bass ever ! And the rest is history of sonic-misery. My wife Tonto: (also, my best friend ) My list of influencers is actually a lot bigger – but I trimmed it down to these top 4 (Dad, brother, Jimi and wife) for the sake of brevity using the one criterion of those who were the BIGGEST guides/mentors to deeply affect my taste, preferences and ultimately what musicians and singer/songwriters would inspire me…anyway, marriage is such an interesting commingling of the experiences, backgrounds, tastes, etc. of two people don’t you think? She also liked The Beatles (and is a much bigger fan than I was) and also got me into The Rolling Stones, Eagles, Commander Cody, Asleep at the Wheel, southern rock, country, western, Bonnie Raitt, Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen, The Band, John Prine, James McMurtry, Joni Mitchell, CSN&Y, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and many, many more interesting singers/songwriters…Of these top 4 influencers, Tonto is the one that got me to really APPRECIATE THE LYRICS of songs. That’s not to dis the other 3 folks – cuz the music itself has always been a big deal to me – but my wife clued me in to a whole other fascinating dimension that I’ve been ignoring. It’s as if the words themselves have something to say. …anyway…here’s to all you influencers out there – thank you for being the vanguards of vinyl…8 tracks…cassettes…CDs…MP3s…can you hum a few bars?

A lot of inspiration came from stuff like THIS, too.

Are you serious? Peek at Genesis 3:1.

thanks Rocky eat my decibels, assistant way corps coordinator !!!!