10 Years Ago, My Dad Died. It Changed The Trajectory Of My Life.

There are songs I haven’t been able to listen to anymore.

As the legend goes, I was maybe 5 years old when I heard Boston’s “More Than A Feeling” for the first time. My Dad told me he watched me sit right next to the big Hi-Fi speakers in awe, and then I just sat there, listening.

He said I was crying and it was the most amazing thing he had ever seen.

Dad loved that song. That’s when I learnt to love Rock and Roll – the guitar shredding in that song is absolutely epic. I played that song at different times as I grew up; secondary school, University, starting a career. It was always more than a classic rock song – it was Dad’s Song.

When my Dad passed away in 2014, it was unexpected for me. Even though he had been ill, I hadn’t considered the possibility that we would lose him. When I made plans for the future, I saw him in it.

And then one day, that future blacked out.

I went to my journal and dialled back ten years – and sure enough, there it was.