My Mom was a pretty cool cat. She knew the music was important to me. In early December of 1972, I was browsing the vinyl at the Ayrway shopping center in Richmond, Indiana. I was drooling over this high-priced ($12.99 as I remember) import compilation of T. Rex's earliest electric recordings. I wanted it bad, but maybe someday-someway I'd have it: but for now, my three bucks wasn't gonna cut...
Picture me doing karaoke in a bar out in the sticks of the midwestern United States. This scenario is not unlike the episode of "The A-Team" guest starring Culture Club. I have just finished singing T. Rex's "Hot Love," and the karaoke DJ has a few words for me:"Hoo-wee. What was that? I ain't never heard that song in my life. Any-a you ever heard that song in your life? Betty? You ever heard t...
