Music has always defined, and will continue to define, my life.  Dramatic?  Certainly – so hear me out.

Any genre, any era, it doesn’t matter – I love music, period.  It dominates my soul.  I mention this with respect to the fact that during my college years, I was profoundly influenced by the sounds emanating from the Pacific Northwest and the Northeast.  The term of the day was grunge, or, the Seattle sound.  Whatever the characterization, I couldn’t get enough.  Even as a diehard classic rock fan of Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, Cream, The Who, the Rolling Stones, and also the progressive Dublin boys of U2 – I was taken with the tone and themes of this new genre.  To this day, my playlists are comprised of 50% classic rock, and 50% grunge.

Screaming Trees.  Green River.  Alice In Chains.  Mudhoney.  Mother Love Bone.  Temple of the Dog.  Pearl Jam.  Soundgarden.  Nirvana.  By proxy of the Northeast, Sonic Youth, Pixies, Dinosaur Jr.

It was an amazing period of rock music.  If you have to know, the band that kicked my ass was Alice In Chains – a strong argument can be made that Dam That River is in the top 10 kick ass rock compositions of all-time.  Pearl Jam is a close runner-up.

I look forward to sharing my musical preferences on this trip.  As my friend Brad says, “crank it”!