Posts made in July, 2015

In August of 1965 I was only eleven years old.  I was fortunate enough to be a very young cottager on Bala Bay since 1958 when my folks bought our property.  The only things on my mind in those days were my equally young friends, running around in a 12 foot ‘tinny’ with a ‘ten’ on the back, and having enough allowance to buy worms so I could go fishing.  The way I’m built now, much like my dad and brothers, I suspect food was on my mind most of the time as well, but that is another story. What went unnoticed by yours truly that August, was Bob Dylan’s 1965 mammoth hit: “Like A Rolling Stone” peaking at #2.  Forty years later, that song was voted the greatest hit of all time by the editors of Rolling Stone magazine.  This summer of 2o15, don’t you know, it’s celebrating its 50th year of fame. When I read James Adam’s article in The Globe And Mail, it brought back some memories.  You see, a few years later music became a huge part of my life.  I became a drummer; played in a marching band, and in a couple of decent rock bands.  Many stories conjure up here, but I’ll keep...