Jim Herrud
Shelby buff
Hearing "Radar Love" for the first time was literally a life-changing moment for me.
I grew up in Wyoming, fully embedded in Cowboy Culture, though I was only a Rexall Ranger. I cut my teeth on Glenn Campbell, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, George Jones, etc. The only sound equipment I had available was lo-fi stuff. My friends and I didn't listen to that "Hippie-S#!t".
At the time, I identified with that gal behind the western bar in the Blues Brothers movie when Elwood asked, "What type of music do you usually have here?"
She said, "Oh, we got both kinds. We got Country AND Western."
I liked 60's AM rock and roll, but harder rock sounded crappy to me.
Then, as an early teen, one of my friends with an exceptional stereo system, played Golden Earring's "Radar Love" for me with some volume. It was an epiphany! Suddenly, I got it. Eyes opened.
Not only Rock, but I subsequently gained an appreciation for all music that I'd been dismissing, including Jazz and Classical.
RIP George Kooymans.
And Thank You.
I grew up in Wyoming, fully embedded in Cowboy Culture, though I was only a Rexall Ranger. I cut my teeth on Glenn Campbell, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, George Jones, etc. The only sound equipment I had available was lo-fi stuff. My friends and I didn't listen to that "Hippie-S#!t".
At the time, I identified with that gal behind the western bar in the Blues Brothers movie when Elwood asked, "What type of music do you usually have here?"
She said, "Oh, we got both kinds. We got Country AND Western."
I liked 60's AM rock and roll, but harder rock sounded crappy to me.
Then, as an early teen, one of my friends with an exceptional stereo system, played Golden Earring's "Radar Love" for me with some volume. It was an epiphany! Suddenly, I got it. Eyes opened.
Not only Rock, but I subsequently gained an appreciation for all music that I'd been dismissing, including Jazz and Classical.
RIP George Kooymans.
And Thank You.
