Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Father's Day Is Coming and I'm a Proud Pops!
Current mood: contemplative
Category: Life
With Father's Day just around the corner, I want to take a minute to take stock in my two sons, both of whom I am extremely proud. They came from a broken home while they were still quite young and spent a couple of years too far away for me to even be able to visit them.
Their mother and I do not have a good relationship. We never really did have a good relationship and I can't help but think that our relationship has made both my sons a bit gun shy of getting in to a long term relationship with a woman. But they are good men.
Jon, the older of the two, steadfastly has followed his dream of becoming a first rate lead guitarist and a song writer. After graduating from the University of Indiana, his first job was with the Barnum circus. He played in the circus orchestra and toured all over the United States, finally hanging it up as they came through Minneapolis. He then ventured to New York City, which in my estimation, takes a lot of heart and courage to compete in the music business at that level. He was in a wonderful surf band called The Irreversible Slacks. they produced an album and I have played the grooves right off that CD. All the tunes were original compositions and they had a big following in NYC, working some of the best rooms in the city including CBGB's and Windows On The World in the ill fated Trade Tower.
He left the band to go with his then-fiancee to support her while she worked on her masters degree at the U of Texas, Austin. He got his heart broken down there when she returned the ring. He continued to work as a temp and hooked up with several country bands, but never really adjusted to the Texas life style and eventually returned to NYC.
He currently is working in a faux French rock band called "Les Sans Culottes", for which he not only plays lead, but contributes his song writing skills. Recently they did a whirlwind tour of Los Angeles and San Francisco. You can find articles and schedules about what Jon is doing at www.lessanculotte.com.
David, three years younger than Jon, is also blessed with a great deal of musical ability. His skills lie in using the computer to develop highly intricate rhythmical pieces that are embellished with big screen imaging and he has produced CD's that are doing well on the independent market. He has gained a reputation not only nationally, but also internationally as he has performed repeatedly in England and Japan. Most recently he wrote and produced the music for a commercial for the Ford Motor Corporation of England. He was invited to London for the fnal "tweaking" and then attended the European Auto Expo in Switzerland.
You can find him on the net at: davidlast.net.
Am I inordinately proud of my sons? I don't think so. I am thankful that I have lived this long; long enough to see some of their hopes and dreams come to fruition and to encourage them to realize that they are really just getting started! Over night sensations do not happen over night. To be a success means holding fast to your dream and pursuing it doggedly.
Their attitude makes every Father's Day a happy one for me!
Currently listening :
Le Weekender
By Les Sans Culottes
Release date: By 01 May, 2007
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