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Welcome to My Blog Guys! 

This is actually my second blog and I appreciate the love along with the support the other blog received so so much! With things being as rough as they have been the past few months for me I decided to start fresh and build something better! Most of the posts that were available on the old blog are still available on Medium for the paid subscribers who are there. For those who don’t know me or weren’t followers of the old blog, I’m an American but, also an Anglophile whose biggest passion is music along with all things British. Hence, why I decided to start a music blog in the first place and why I chose the name I did. I’ve been running quite a few successful Facebook fan groups over the years and decided my next step would be blogging. After trying it out for the short length of time I have I must truly say I love it and I'm impressed with the positive feedback both have gotten over the years. 

Blogging and the groups have allowed me to further utilize my talents in order to write about songs people have spent so many years loving and relating to, as well as, songs that may be less on the familiar side. I do have to thank my all-time favorite two bands Tears for Fears and The Korgis for always being my motivation and my reason to keep going in spite of everything. Both of these two incredible bands are responsible for me being the writer and music fan I’ve grown to become, as well as, being responsible for broadening my taste in music. They will also be mentioned quite a bit here along with Ozzy Osbourne who's also been another inspiration for my writing lately. I did write the most beautiful tribute to him on my last blog that is still available on Medium the day of his passing which, eventually will be re-added here along with the story I wrote about his album “Down to Earth” which, is definitely responsible for making me the Ozzy and metal fan I am now along with a song he did called “Mama, I’m Coming Home” from his solo album titled “No More Tears.”

The goal here is not to bore you but, to enlighten you with the history and the meaning behind songs that may be new to me and new to some of those who find themselves reading this blog, as well as as, songs that may already be familiar to many of us along with maybe a story or two of how we can relate to them to keep readers hanging on. 

Enjoy and I hope you enjoy things here just as much as I enjoy writing them!

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