I love those Oldies Instrumentals!
OK, my story goes way back, and I won’t bore you with it in detail. You’re busy enough as it is.
Born 1948 and grew up listening to all my parents’ and grandparents’ music. Opera, classical, country & western, Grand Ol’ Opry (my grandparents were weird). Mom and Dad loved the standards, from the crooners like Sinatra and Como to the orchestras like Lawrence Welk, Billy Vaughn and even Montovani and the 101 Strings. Yeesh…
Yet I developed a liking for it all. I was also a fan of TV and movies, and always listened to the soundtrack music. All of this was before I was 12 years old.
In 1960, I was home from school for two weeks with a double-whammy of the measles and mumps. My mom gave me a transistor radio (remember those?), and the first thing I heard while tuning in stations was “Walk, Don’t Run” by The Ventures. I was hooked.
It’s a long story, and (fair warning) I’ll probably tell most of it here eventually. Let’s just say my musical tastes are eclectic to say the least.
Those instrumentals, though… From soothing to stirring, from driving to relaxing, I love them all!
Elvis Presley is a legend of rock.
It’s to the point that he can never die. To this day, people claim to have seen him walking the streets of their home towns; performing in their favorite haunts.
If you read my About page, you’ll know that I never heard any of Elvis Presley’s material until I started listening to rock ‘n’ roll radio in 1960 – long after he’d already made a name for himself.
But, even in 1960, early R ‘n’ R radio had its “oldies,” and music from just 4 or 5 years previous was already “golden.” So, as I listened to Roy Orbison, The Ventures and Del Shannon, I was hearing the golden tunes of Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley.
Today, Elvis is legendary. Back then, he was a star. I’ve loved a LOT of his music over the years, and still do. There’s a reason they call him “The King.”
I’ve been wanting to do a blog like this for a long time. Even so, I’m not positive about what all I’m going to end up putting here. I guess we’ll both find out as we go along 
Welcome to the adventure!