BluesMan wrote:Alright, you've beaten it out of me and I will confess now. I once owned "More of the Monkees"! What on Earth was I thinking? At the time, I also owned some Jimi Hendrix albums. Obviously, it was a time of confusion during my earlier days on this planet. However, I'm much better now(?)! 
Roy
Isn't it crazy what disparate types of music one can love at the same time? I, too, owned the Monkees catalogue and Jimi around the same time and loved them both. Hendrix, however, is still very much on my radar, my Hendrix vinyl is safely stored with my vinyl collection from the 60's and 70's. The Monkees are, on the other hand, stored in the attic where they have probably turned into a lump of goo or frozen and cracked multiple times! I never saw the Monkees in concert (did they even tour - weren't they lip-syncing part of the time to other musicians? - that was the rumor back then) but I did see Hendrix when I was 14 and sulked for days that my parents wouldn't let me go to Woodstock!
Everyone has to learn about music on their own. Most start with what are considered "popular" artists if only because that is what they are exposed to all the time on TV and radio and in movies. Some (like everyone on this forum) move on to "real" music. For those who never move on - that's their loss! I was lucky to be exposed to some different (at the time) music when I was in my "tweens" - my father loved jazz and used to take us to see people like Buddy Rich and Dave Brubeck play at a club that had Sunday matinees that allowed kids in, and I remember him buying "Wheels of Fire" when it came out because he loved Ginger Baker's drum solo. You can probably guess who played that album the most! I also heard a lot of bluegrass and old "country" (think Hank and Johnny and Willie and Bill Munroe) growing up - probably why I like mandolin so much to this day.
It may have been "embarrassing" but it was part of your musical journey, and helped get you where you are today. It's all good.
What's with all these "deep thoughts" on a Saturday?
Sandy
"There's a lot of people that are in so much of a hurry to be, I guess, to be famous or that they don't want to take the time to learn to play and do all that.They'd rather just knock it down off a computer and maybe get on a game show and get famous..That's fine if that's what you want to do.
"We're more old school than that. We like creating the sounds." - Tom Petty
................ yeah