“My dad was a singer in a band and neither of my parents went to college, and I ended up getting into Harvard and was the first person in my family that went to college and it happened to be Harvard.” FirstsPersonsParentHappenedCollegeDadBandMy FamilyMy DadSingersHarvardFirst Person Author:Dean Norris
“When I was younger, my dad was making a music video for a band in Montreal. I was goofing around and being a ham. An agent was there and she was telling me, 'Hey, do you think you'd want to go out on auditions?' I was like, 'Yeah, what's an audition? Sure, I'll do it.” ThinkingWantDadBandYeahMy DadVideoHeyAgentsAuditionsHamMontrealGoofing Around Author:Vanessa Lengies
“One day when I was like 9, I heard the Beatles on the radio, and I asked my dad who they were. He told me they were the best band in the world, and I became obsessed. He started giving me their albums in sequential order, and I listened to them - and only them - until I was probably in high school.” WorldGivingSchoolOrderHeardDadOne DayBandHigh SchoolMy DadRadioAlbumsObsessed Author:Lukas Haas
“So I was always around music and my dad was in his own way a progressive jazzer, a big band jazzer guy.” WayBigsGuyDadBandMy DadProgressive Author:Billy Sherwood
“My dad had a steady job with a really major dance band from '54 till '68, and then quit because he wanted to play different music. He wanted to sing about peace. He believed in these things.” DifferentPlayWantedJobsDadBandMajorsMy DadQuittingSteadyDifferent Music Author:Elvis Costello
“My dad taught me to play bass. He's a bass player; he still plays in a band in Michigan to this day. He taught me to play bass when I was about 6. I used to just go to band practice with him, and whoever didn't show up for rehearsal that day, I would take their spot.” StillsPlayShowsUsedPracticePlayerTaughtDadBandMy DadSpotsThis DayRehearsalBassMichiganBass PlayersPlaying Bass Author:Mayer Hawthorne
“All my band members were old enough to be my dad. It was like this family vibe.” EnoughDadBandMembersMy DadBand Members Author:Hunter Hayes
“At the time of starting this band I was listening to tons of death metal. However, the bands that made me want to be in a band to begin with were groups like Korn, Deftones, Slayer, Sepultura... everything that my dad would buy and bring home to me and my brother saying 'Hey, listen to this'.” WantMadeHomeGroupsBrotherListeningDadBandMy DadStartingHeyMy BrotherMetalsSlayerDeath Metal Author:Mitch Lucker
“My dad was all about music. He was a musician, leading a band when I was born. His band was active all through the 40s. He'd started it in the late 20s and 30s. According to the scrapbook, his band was doing quite well around the Boston area. During the Depression they were on radio. It was a jazz-oriented band. He was a trumpet player, and he wrote and arranged for the band. He taught me how to play the piano and read music, and taught me what he knew of standard tunes and so forth. It was a fantastic way to come up in music.” WayWellsPlayBornPlayerTaughtDadBandLateMusicianStandardsAreasJazzMy DadCome UpRadioActiveFantasticPianoTunesBostonTrumpets Author:Chick Corea
“My dad was a bass player in a Latino band when I was growing up. So we always had musical instruments in our basement.” Growing UpGrowingPlayerDadBandInstrumentsMusicalMy DadBassLatinoBasementsMusical InstrumentsBass Players Author:Lindi Ortega
“Music has always been in my family down to my dad through my uncle. I'm just the next generation, since it's always been around me when I was younger when I looked up to my mom and dad, to Michael Jackson, and B2K was my favorite band growing up.” NextGrowing UpGrowingGenerationsMomDadBandMy FamilyMy DadMy FavoriteMy MomUnclesNext GenerationMom And DadFavorite Bands Author:Jacob Latimore
“My dad was a jazz fan and he used to have lots of old 78s, so I grew up with big jazz bands and the likes of Duke Ellington and Count Basie - although I really liked show tunes from those big musicals as well. I've always kept my ears open, as it were, when it comes to music. It doesn't matter to me what type of music it is. If I like it, I'll listen to it.” IfsWellsMatterShowsBigsUsedFansGrewTypeDadBandGrew UpEarsJazzMy DadLikesTunesDukesJazz BandShow Tunes Author:Ric Sanders
“My earliest musical memory was getting to watch my dad play drums in a local band. He's a banker by trade, but a drummer at heart. I remember seeing the guitar player do the solo from "Werewolves of London" with his teeth, and that was the moment that had me hooked.” HeartPlayMomentsRememberMemoriesWatchesPlayerSeeingDadBandTradeGuitarMusicalMy DadLondonLocalsTeethSoloBankersDrummerWerewolfHookedGuitar Player Author:Charlie Worsham
“My dad used to play drums in a country band, and my mom is an incredible singer.” CountryPlayUsedMomDadBandIncrediblesMy DadMy MomSingers Author:Jonny Lang
“My dad, who plays guitar and piano and was in cover bands, along with my older brother, Matt, taught me guitar and stuff. I started writing acoustic songs and playing by myself in 7th grade.” WritingPlaySongStuffTaughtBrotherDadBandGuitarMy DadPianoGradesAcousticsOlder Brother Author:Conor Oberst
“My mom is a singer and my Dad introduced me to bands such as Zeppelin and the Stones so music has always played a huge part in my life.” HugeMomDadBandStonesMy DadMy MomSingersZeppelins Author:Kelly Blatz
“When I was 16, I used to drive huge loads of laundry in a three ton truck. I would turn round at night to drive back and see the band in a place north of Toronto called Dunn's Pavilion. I would drive that truck all day and they drive back and all the way until one day I wrecked the truck. I fell asleep and wrecked it. I was OK and so was my helper. I called my dad and the first words out of his mouth were, "are you OK?" I was really lucky I had a kind father.” WayFirstsKindUsedNightTurnsThreeFatherHugeDadOne DayLuckyBandMouthsRoundsMy DadLoadTruckLaundryTorontoHelpers Author:Gordon Lightfoot
“I grew up singing in Kansas. My dad had a band when I was growing up. So I sang in church and school and started singing with his band when I was seven. So I've been singing all my life.” SchoolChurchGrowing UpGrowingGrewDadBandGrew UpSingingSevenMy DadKansas Author:Martina McBride
“When I was young I wanted to make films and then I got into folk music when I was about 12, and started going to this folk club in Auckland. My dad [Barry Andrews] was in punk and post-punk bands, so I guess it was a side of music I hadn't really listened to before - the really narrative form of songwriting.” WantedFilmFormYoungSidesDadBandMy DadFolksClubsPostsNarrativeSongwritingPunkAndrewFolk Music Author:Finn Andrews
“I never had a magazine, I never listened to a certain band. Actually, I was listening to bands from the '60s and '70s with my dad, so I knew more about The Beatles than I did about what was topical in my life.” CertainListeningDadBandMy DadMagazines Author:Luke Evans