Relaunch

So it's been a while.. Dad and I kind of lost track of this several years ago and stopped posting.  Often when we are together listening to music, one of us will comment "we should write something about this on the blog", but the moment gets lost and it has always ended there.

Turns out during that time I have been busy helping to raise a kindred spirit; a passionate music lover who 'gets it'.  My son Nate is certainly an apple that has fallen close to the tree, the same way that I did. I'll let him tell his own story, but during our recent confinement he learned about the existence of this blog and was eager to contribute.  How could I refuse?  Proud Dad.

I'll start with how we started, and we will go from there..

“I could easily get to the Trailways depot before she left Connecticut…but I wasn’t going to do it.  She was right, we had said a brilliant goodbye in my old station wagon; anything more would be a step down. At best we would find ourselves going over the same ground; at worst we’d splash mud over last night with an argument...

I folded her letter, stuck it into the back pocket of my jeans, and drove home to Gates Falls. At first my eyes kept blurring and I had to keep wiping at them. 

Then I turned on the radio and the music made things a little better.  The music always does.  I’m past fifty now and the music still makes things better; it’s the fabled automatic.”                                               

Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis. 

The first time I read those words, I thought “That’s it. That is exactly what music is to me.”

Welcome to The Fabled Automatic. A blog by a Father, Son and Grandson about this very idea; that art, especially Rock and Roll, can be automatic. An automatic escape; from problems, from sadness, from the everyday.  An automatic transposition; a time machine to people and places long past but defined by a specific soundtrack in our ears and in our minds. And for us, an automatic link; to each other and the way we see the world.  

Still so very true, and we are thrilled to be writing again with Nate alongside us.  Thanks for reading and we hope you enjoy.  

Scott, Kevin  and Nate