Music Memories #2

I interviewed two people for this assignment. The two people that I interviewed were my father and my step mom. My father is 55 years old and my step mom is 51 years old.

My dad started off by saying that, when he was younger, his favorite bands to listen to were Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Allman Brothers. Later on, he began to like the bands Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Marshall Tucker Band. He actually did not attend any concerts at all as a young man. He has only attended one concert in his whole life. It was a local country concert and he does not remember any of the names of the bands. The only reason he went to this concert was because it was a date with my now stepmom. He went to this concert about 6 years ago. his music tastes seem to have slowly changed to be more focused on country today. He does not know too much about what bands he likes, so he mainly listens to it on the radio, but one that he mentioned was Kenny Chesney. He does still listen to some classic rock and southern rock type of bands occasionally.

My stepmom said that she rarely listened to any music as a teenager or in her twenties. She did listen to some music from her brothers, very occasionally, which had artists like The Beatles and Cream. She did not go to any concerts as a teenager. She has gone to three or four local country concerts, none with extremely famous people. Now, she likes to listen to country. she often listens to the same radio station as my dad. She now rarely listens to those artists that her brothers had exposed her to. Artists that she likes are Kenny Chesney and Taylor Swift.

My musical tastes seem to be very similar to my dad's early musical tastes. I really enjoy bands like creedence clearwater revival, lynyrd skynyrd, and the allman brothers. My tastes seem to be more diverse though, since they include led zeppelin, the beatles, johnny cash, red hot chili peppers, and many more. I have been to many more concerts then both of them. The concerts i have been to include kenny chesney, rush, lynyrd skynyrd, journey, heart, and , last weekend, foriegner.

My progression of musical tastes is similar in some ways to my dad and step mom, but also very different. I do not think it is really possible to find two people with the exact same musical tastes in every way, though. I am eager to see how my musical tastes will change in the future, as i seem to be leaning towards the newer rock that is coming out today. I really did not know too much about either of their past musical likings before this assignment. this was a very interesting assignment.