I think it's really cool that so many people here learned to love Meat from their folks! That is not the case with me- when I was growing up, my Mom played a steady stream of Statler Brothers, Peter Paul and Mary and Neil Diamond- no Meat in my childhood home!
Then, when I was (in fact) "barely seventeen", my first serious boyfriend (who turned out to be the devil, but thats a story for another time) introduced me to BOOH and I was totally hooked. My very favorite song was Paradise, I used to sit in class and write the lyrics all over my folders. (That could explain why I don't remember how algebra works...
) I even got the DJ at my senior prom to play Paradise, that was the coolest part of the whole night. I saw Meat in concert in 1989 in St Petersburg, Florida (the best concert, of any performer, that I have EVER seen) and on 12/27/02 in my hometown of Clearwater, Florida. I missed a few concerts during the years in between those, starting a family sort of consumed all my time. Now, however, I am back as a huge fan of ML- along with my nearly 7 year old son. I probably will never convert my country music fan husband, but it's sure fun to try!
Sherrie