From My Perspective: Music to my ears

My musical taste is eclectic to say the least, and I have many people to thank for my wide variety of musical likes.

To start, I come from a long line of music in one sense or another. My grandparents, my parents, aunts, uncles, school, friends and, well, even myself.

When I was very young, I remember listening to "The Day the Music Died" and "Cats in the Cradle" because they played on a small...