Ok. So how many of you remember the Rolling Stones hit "Dandelion?" You know, the song you cranked up as you drove down the highway? I loved the guitar work of Brian Jones and felt very sad when he passed. Of course, I also loved the Beatles. George Harrison was my favorite, and I actually cried when he died. Music makes an impact. Then followed Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Peter Paul and Mary, and I learned to sing and play guitar along with them. Then Tryworks, a local church-run coffeehouse, came along.
The coffeehouse was run by a lovely woman from Belfast, Ireland and she hosted many performers from the British Isles. The folk scene was alive and well in the 70s and I flew along with it. The local university also had Ceilidhs (Kay-lees). We got to hear such talents as Joe Heaney, The Boys of the Lough, Normand Kennedy, Jean Redpath, and my favorite, Liam O'Flynn. The first time I heard the Irish pipe music - I could barely breath. It is so beautiful. Those were very happy times. I never felt the need for drugs while I had this beautiful music all around.
I met my present husband at Tryworks. However, we married about 15 yrs later! Ha! I had two children from a previous marriage, a boy and a girl, and we had a son together. It was his first marriage, and my daughter told him, "Now you have a fun life." And so we do.
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