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R.I.P. Sidney and Ronni Jacobs
Andrew Jacobs here,
Last Wednesday, my father passed away due to a myriad of health issues. On July 8th of 2007, my mother passed away after an 8+ year battle with leukemia. What does this have to do with Decibel Geek, hard rock and/or heavy metal? EVERYTHING. Had it not been for my parents’ love of music (particularly rock music, natch), I would not have developed my lifelong passion with music back in the mid 1980s. And, of course, I certainly would not be a writer/contributor to the Decibel Geek website.
Here’s a very brief list off the top of my head of some of the bands/artists that I first discovered via my parents’ massive record collection:
The Beatles (my favorite band of all time)
Paul McCartney
John Lennon
George Harrison
The Who
The Rolling Stones
The Doors
Bob Dylan
The Beach Boys
Janis Joplin
Leonard Cohen
The Eagles
The Band
Steely Dan
Elton John
Billy Joel
Hall & Oates
the Woodstock movie soundtrack
Here are some random childhood music and music-related memories of mine courtesy of my parents:
Rest in peace, Mom and Dad. And thank you both so very much for all the great music and all the great music memories.
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