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Very humble beginnings............and yours?

My parents bought me an Airline radio for my 13th Christmas on which I listened to  rock and rolll from WLS. KAAY, KIOA, KOMA and others....top 40.  Somehow, someway in my early 20s I became a fan of much of classic Jazz  and female Jazz singers.  The rock and roll I did visit a few times..mainly in live performances, Hall and Oats, Gene Pitney and several others.  Then while in Madison, Wi. I started visiting Jazz bars and lakefront fests in Milwaukee and Jazz has been my main interest since.  I do listen to some Classical and some Pop/Rock but most of my music library is Jazz and Jazz/Standards vocals. 

If you would like to share,  I would have interest in learning the route your music interests took on your way to where they are now.  Thanks, 
whatjd

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My older brother got a Panasonic reel to reel and a receiver and speakers from EJ Korvette around 1966. He had his own room, I used to go in to listen and I was hooked. I listened to my parents cheap Montgomery Ward console when they went out because rock was forbidden in the house. At that time, it was Cream, Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and some folkies.
Left home at 18 and sold the new car that Dad had given me to buy a Mac 2105 amp and a pair of new Klipschorns. Used my roomate's Fisher 500 as a preamp/tuner, and I was in heaven.
That is how it all began. It's been a lot of fun, and I'm still loving it.  
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