Showing posts with label Cairo Egypt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cairo Egypt. Show all posts

Monday, January 25

Classic Rock Memories



Radio Station:
  Classic Rock '64 -  '71
Commercial Free
  • The Beatles
  • The Rolling Stones
  • The Doors
  • Bob Dylan
  • Neil Young
  • Jimi Hendrix
  • The Birds
  • T. Rex
  • Chicago
  • Credence Clearwater Revival

Not too many days ago, I decided to buy some noise reduction/cancellation headphones so that my wife could listen to her music without disturbing me...  and...  while that purpose was not full achieved, I started listening to the above online radio station and just about every song took me back to memories of my past....  most of them good, since I was a carefree soul back then...

Most of these songs and groups were the ones I listened to when I was in High School in Cairo, Egypt and VOA (Voice of America) was the only radio station we could receive...   What we typically listened to was recorded music when someone returned to the US on what was called "home leave.".

The years '66-'68, I was attending college in NC and from '69-'71, I was in the US Navy, stationed at Little Creek, Norfolk, VA.  I received an honorable discharge in 1972 and returned to college...