Which friend or acquaintance most influenced your taste in music?
Submitted by Rev Stan.
That would be my Papa, Dennis Jose Dario. Not only in taste, but also in listening habits. I remember watching him get ready for office in the morning, with Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass blaring out "Tequilla" on his [semi] built-in speakers in the bedroom. He had a collection of 8-track cartridges in the bedroom. Then in his office-cum-den in the basement, he kept his collection of vinyls: Sergio Mendez and Brasil '88, Ray Conniff, Burt Bacharach, Carpenters... Finally, he had his cassettes in the car: Donna Summer, plus the kids' choices. Sundays were spent browsing music stores to buy "one" (more like four) more for his library.
Guess what? I married someone just like my dad... Music is here to stay.
Love you, Pop!!!