'Tis The Season

Tornado Red

I have a friend of the family, a gentleman in his late 60s I believe, who is midway through a divorce. I don’t like to judge, it’s none of my business. But I didn’t know her all that well, and he has been a wonderful influence on me, especially musically. So, I really feel for him. He absolutely LOVES music, especially anything to do with jazz/blues. I’ve introduced him to people like Joe Bonamassa, Beth Hart and the guitar playing of Lindsey Buckingham. He’s shown me how good B.B. King and Etta James can be, while at the same time helping me to grow my appreciation for different music genres. Last week we were able to take in The Tedeschi Trucks Band locally and it just lit up his life I must say.

He has been boarding with a friend of his, and recently was able to get a small bachelor’s apartment in town. His financial resources are very minimal, most going towards the necessities of life. I had a thought of bringing some music into his new home, knowing he has a small cd collection and nothing to play them on. So I started a quest on setting up a little system for his new place, sort of a home warming/Christmas thing.

In a couple of days I managed to pick up a new open box Sherwood RX4105 receiver (100 x 2) for $70, and a pair of Polk M20 speakers, new, $128 for the pair from an authorized dealer in town (nice price I thought, thanks Polk). As most of you know, these are small floor standers. I had thought of a couple of bookies but in all honesty I would have had to get stands because I doubt he’d have anything to set them on. For delivery, I had a Sony 5 disc cd player gathering dust in my basement that I threw in. Got everything together last night, I had some decent speaker wire and a serviceable set of RCAs in my “giant electronic cable bin” ( I know most of you have at least one of these!). And damn if this little thing didn’t sound pretty good. Hoping to drop things off this weekend if he’s around. Oh, and picked up Trucks new cd Made Up Mind to throw in, gotta have something new to play on it, right?

This was absolutely my pleasure to do, the reward is so much greater than the $200 investment. I hope you folks will have the chance to give the gift of music to someone you care about this season, because as everyone on here knows, music is what makes the world go ‘round.

Bill.

tonyb

Very nice of you Red, awesome in fact. Music certainly makes the world go 'round, coupled with great people in it.

boston1450

Cool gift that im sure he will appreciate alot in rough times

rpf65

I think every now and again Santa arrives early with a gift to somebody he thinks is deserving.

I'm sure he will appreciate it and enjoy his new toy.

Mikey081057

chicken soup for the soul stuff there ... good work....

Erik Tracy

Nice!

It does feel good to give...no strings attached...good karma to you!

heartystatue

What a great thing you have done for your friend. I'm sure he is going to love it. This world needs more people like you. Good on ya. Let us know his reaction to your wondsrful jesture.