Having parents who loved music added another layer to the musical influences and choices of Ashe. Curt had an amazing record collection, painted all his life, and created an amazing body of work throughout his career. Cale, and Dave Van Ronk just to name a few. Crumb, and some incredible songwriters: Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, J. He was an amazing artist and painter who introduced me to the Beat poets, R. “My Uncle Curt was a powerful force in my creative life. Those songs and lyrics were sticky I still remember them today, so they clearly had an impact.”Īshe’s extended family also were an influence in the development of his style. riding Nugget, Nugget, Nugget… they’re riding East, riding West, now it’s time to take a rest – or from Empire Carpet- which at the time was only a Chicagoland company. To this day I still find myself singing the jingles from toy commercials from the 70’s and early 80’s whether it was a commercial advertising a cowboy action doll – Dusty, Dusty, Dusty. Ashe remembered, “I watched quite a bit of television growing up as well, so the jingles from those commercials were swimming around in my head a lot.
WARREN ZEVON ENJOY EVERY SANDWICH QUOTE TV
When not listening to the radio, a limited number of TV stations were likewise available. I can remember singing those songs, and identifying with the ‘hook’ of each song.” There was not a ton of variety in the songs the stations played, so I was able to memorize lyrics, or some warped childhood form of what I thought the lyrics were, then repeat them over and over again each hour as they came on. I can remember sitting in the back seat of my Mom and Dad’s Olds listening to 60-70’s rock on the radio while driving to antique shops in rural parts of Illinois with my Mom and Grandmother. “Growing up we had music in the house and radio in the car. Unlike modern times, where listeners enjoy a myriad of choices when it comes to media, Michael Ashe grew up in a simpler time when stations and styles were limited. And he would, as his favorite quote by Warren Zevon states, “Enjoy every sandwich.” TV commercial jingles… 60-70’s rock… folk… heavy metal… punk rock: if musical influences were a sandwich, for singer-songwriter Michael Ash, these styles would be the listed ingredients.
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