Music Makes the World Go 'Round

"El Paso" by Marty Robbins is piping through my computer speakers. Before that it was "Four Walls" by Jim Reeves. I have stumbled upon Country's Greatest Hits of All Times and it has shot me back to my childhood.

AM Radio was our only form of media while growing up at the ranch. KKYX out of San Antonio was as good as it got but you could only tune in to the station when on top of a hill. The local station in Little Town didn't quite have enough power to reach our homestead 16 miles from the city limits. During inclement weather, I can remember my school teachers reminding us to listen to KMBL for any morning announcements relating to cancelled classes or "late start" times. We relied on common sense in that department.

And now we've got Loretta Lynn belting out "Coal Miner's Daughter". I grew up in a house filled with all types of music. Mama introduced us to The Beatles, Tanya Tucker, Linda Rondstadt, Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, Simon & Garfunkel, just to name a few. She had a console stereo that would hold at least 10 LP records at a time. Saturday mornings would find us helping clean house to the tunes according to Mama's mood on that particular day.

If we missed the morning school bus (which happened 90% of the time), Mama would cart us to town on her way to work. That meant listening to KTSA, also out of San Antonio, and "(Sky Rockets in Flight) Afternoon Delight" and "Dancing Queen" and "The Pina Colada Song".

So here's to music lovers everywhere! May music always trigger a memory whether it be good, bad or indifferent. Except for "Achy-Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus....arg. Still struggling to decide on which category that falls into.

Hats off to "Sunday Morning Coming Down" by Johnny Cash!