Cool American Kids
Charles Schultz "Peanuts" Schroeder.
Since my kids were born I have drowned them in just about every acceptable musical category and genre that I love. From classical, doowop, rock, metal, country, punk, blues, and the standards like Sinatra, Crosby and Martin. All the while showing them the beauty of the classic movies and heroes of the silver screen.
I guess like my father did for me, he expressed his childhood and his love of America through music and film and endless nostalgic tidbits. I never realized what these things he taught me had meant to him until much later into my late teens or early adulthood. It hit my like a hammer. Now? Without a second thought, the moments my kids were born? I started doing the same thing. That also hit me like a hammer here recently when I realized this wonderful pattern. It's funny how we become our parents at some point in life and in the enjoyment of sharing the things that have helped make us what we are? In a way the parent becomes a child again in those moments. Parent and child "digging" something together.
I realize that the interest my kids are showing in "What Dad digs?" May not last all that long... but I also know that like myself, they will also get hit with that proverbial hammer at some point in their little lives. Maybe when their kids are born they'll also realize what Dad and Grandpa were showing them. A time capsule of sorts.. Our past memories all wrapped up in a time and place within a song. Like my Dad shared his memories with me and what made him tick and what gave him joy?.... The tradition goes on.
I find it cool that they get "cool"......
Like in our post a while back Words And Music Noah has been writing a song and rewriting it for two weeks now... He wants to post it here this weekend...So stay tuned for the brilliant mind of a cool kid.
Thx LT........ 
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