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Sunday, September 6, 2020

BLAST FROM THE PAST #1



I’ll never forget the September day early in our marriage when I was cleaning house and found Bob’s stash of 8-track music tapes.


WHAT A TREASURE CHEST! Cream, Steppenwolf, ZZ Top, Iron Butterfly, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Moody Blues, Pink Floyd – just to name a few I was quickly rummaging through while my head was spinning; all the bands I was familiar with, and wasn’t aware Bob was aware of.

I had no idea my legal-beagle husband had such a wild streak 😉; I hadn’t known Bob in his wild years … as I mentioned many times before, I didn’t even know his Name until we met face to face in March of 1974: I’d met him after he settled down and burned out his teenage persona.


So, when he came home, I grilled him about ‘the find’ and delved into his past: I wanted to know everything about the man I loved; the man I married.


That weekend he took me on a looooong meandering drive over backroads; I packed a lunchbox lunch, filled a thermos with coffee, and bought a 6 pack of beer to enjoy … and we listened to every single 8-track in his music cache :-D

The red-white '56 Ford Bob had when we met in 1974.
Internet pic of a mountable 8-track player; similar to the one Bob had installed in his truck.

Then my sister ramona, and 3 of her friends from Texas, came to stay with us for a month … AND STOLE EVERY TAPE when they left!

Strawberry Alarm Clock: Incense & Peppermint (1967): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rw1_FNdy-Y

Strawberry Alarm Clock: The world is on fire (1967): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbMxAfHNcjc

Strawberry Alarm Clock: Tomorrow (1968): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5mwbvTtnfk

Strawberry Alarm Clock: Strawberries mean love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-4IK01xKc8

Strawberry Alarm Clock: Good morning starshine (1969): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVDL7aay2A8

Strawberry Alarm Clock: Unwind the clock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSJvJgJTjPY

Strawberry Alarm Clock: Sitting on a star:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxo_oTkBwJw

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