Originally Posted By: MarioD
I was also a weird kid......still am! While my friends were into Hendrix, Cream, etc I was into Wes Montgomery, Johnny Smith, Jimmy Smith, Tony Mattola, Miles, and other jazz musicians including big bands. I still am into them.

I have three kids. All three are into all genres of music, both old and new, but not rap if you classify rap as music, which I don't. Of course they have been exposed to all genres since day one.


I had and still have some Tony Mottola records. My friends in high school had no idea who it was and when I played it they called it elevator music. I said, "go ahead and try to play that elevator music". He was an excellent guitarist. True most of his records were popular songs given the instrumental treatment, or elevator music, but the playing was top notch. His work with Sinatra was great as he played live with him many times. Even having a moment of guitar and voice only during most shows. You can find some YouTube stuff of it.

My wife asked if I had seen the dog bowl. I told her I didn't even know he could.