By: Tammi

Tammi — Wed, 26 May 2010 19:26:43 +0000

What a flood of memories you just brought back to me from reading this! I grew up with one of these at home and at my grandmother’s house. My mother was a Johnny Rodriguez freak and I can remember the sound of him singing “Yes, your love put a song, put a song, put a song in my heart” pouring out of that old stereo just like it was yesterday!! I woke up early in the morning to her singing at the top of her lungs with him! My grandmother was an avid Jim Reeves fan and I can remember laying in her living room floor, either playing with our “zoo animals” or coloring as he belted out another beautfil song that (as a child) I had no idea what he was talking about, but still it sounded so beautiful and soothing! I passed on the opportunity to purchase one of these, not long ago…and of course, I regret it now. I seem to remember thinking “it wasn’t practical” and then later thinking what an idiot I was for not snatching it up!! I hope that you and Holly have many an enjoyable night sitting around listening to all of the static, the pops & the scratches….and I hope,if I’m fortunate enough to, that I am able to come across another one of these jewels so that I can snatch it up!! :D

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 13 May 2010 04:45:15 +0000

My grandfather owned a bar on the southside of san antonio when i was very young and i can still remember going there afterschool and doing my homework on a barstool listening to old rock and roll or country. Music has been a part of me since my earliest memory. At my parents home in China Grove during my highschool years i overtook the garage and coverted it into a pool hall/poker room. The pool table came from my grandfather who owned it during the time he had the bar. Its an awesome table that was only a quarter to play. The radio we listened to belonged to my father,(you met this past weekend) which was a 1960-1970ish model and it was a “realistic” i believe(its been a while). It too had the two windows with the needles to tell you your signal strenth and where the perfect tunning was. Also if i remember correctly, a red “stereo” light right above the long face of all the bright green lit numbers. it also had all kinds of silver knobs. As far as the record flipper of the family, well that was me. My dad and i would play pool till 2-3am or even later in the morning until we were just to tired to play anymore. But before we could go inside there was always one more song my dad wanted me to play and it had to be on a vinyl record. it usually was 1. the mashall tucker band 2. Santana 3. grand funk railroad or 4.bad company. AT my house now i have refurbished that old pool table and it is sitting in my garage now as the centerpiece of own little pub we have created. I couldn’t get the old stereo away from my dad, who still uses it today. I have a family of my own now and i hope and wander sometimes how my 2 sons will embrace good music and great writers such as yoursellf and rodney. Hopefully as much as i did and continue to do. Thanks for the great music, and until next time take care my friend

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