There are, I think, for most of the boomgen, songs that take us back to a particular time in our life when things were either really awful or really great. Of course, that perception is colored by time, and may not reflect actual events; sorta like childhood summers, easy to remember swimming in the lake but mosquito bites less easily recalled.
For me it’s not only songs, but also radio stations. And deejays, Lord love 'em. WSGN/WAQI’s Tommy Charles (RIP) and Doug Layton were all the rage in Birmingham during my high school years. When I resided in Los Angeles, KRTH totally did it for me. Any time I lived in the D/FW area it was Ron Chapman, and I followed him through three careers and as many stations. These days it’s oldies with Jody Dean & the Morning Team.
But above them all was WROA in Biloxi and my very fave Pilot of the Airwaves. Living on three hours sleep a night, this man kept me awake in the wee hours while I studied electronics and, when I wasn't hitting the books, was sometimes my only hold on sanity as I tried to reconcile life as a single parent with a full-time job in the Air Force. Wonder whatever happened to Ken Slater?
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