The Day The Music Started

I've always had a great passion for music. It started very young in my life and it's still a major part of my life still today. Would you like to here the story I think I have a very special story to tell. Ok lets start from the beginning.I think you'll like it.
when I was a young kid back in the early sixties I remember us kids coning home from school and dad came home from work. Mom was at home taking care of our home and cooking dinner. We would all sit down as a family and have a nice dinner together. After dinner us kids (the six of us) would all have our evening chores to do. After we finish we would sid in the living room and watch tV all three channels.But a lot of the tines my Dad would get out the old reel to reel tape recorder. He would put on some of his old favortis like the Platters The Drifters Smokey Roberson and of course Mr Ray Charles.(O it's crying time again your gonna leave me)I remember sometimes the tape would break so I had to run and get the scotch tape tare off a peace and place it on the two broken peaces while dad held them together. that was fun for me to help Dad like that.
One evening in 1963 It was a Sunday,Mom and Dad went shopping and when they came home they had this big box and they went right to their bedroom with that box and closed the door. I didn't know what was in that box. About a half hour later my Dad called me and my older sister to their bedroom. When I walk In their bedroom I saw the coolest thing I've had ever seen in my life. Ti was the first portable TV set i've seen in my life. Dad said I want you too too see this musical act that was about to come on.
It was the ED Sullivan show. All of the sudden all of these girls started screening and crying. I've see the Ed Sullivan show lots of times but not with the people acting like that. I guess you know who the singes was. Ti was the first time that the Beatles was on the ED Sullivan show. That was the very first time that I really listen to that new Rock & Roll music and I loved it. That night changed my little life for ever.
The next day when I went to school the only thing I could think about was that song those Beatles sang. I want to hold your hand. I learned the song a few days later and sang it all the time. a few days later i was singing the song to myself when a group of black kids told me that I was stupid for singing a white tone and some of then beat me up.I went hone crying and upset becouse I didn't know why they did that to me. My dad sat me down and told me that I did nothing wrong. He said that I understood he real value of music. Dad told me that music is music country rock & roll Soul it's all music.Love it all. A few month later I ask him if he would buy me a guitar so he signed me up for violin and french horn lessons. I'm still waiting for for that guitar!..