EdwardSparks

I was born in Macon, Georgia in November 1955. Macon was the home of famous musicians “Little Richard” Pennimen, The Allman Brothers Band and Otis Redding, among others. The #1 song that year was “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley & The Comets. Bill Haley, the front man for the band, was a guitarist and one of the early pioneers of ‘white’ Rock and Roll. My parents moved to Maryland when I was 3. My mother was a homemaker and my father owned “Sparks Painting & Decorating Co.” M...

I was born in Macon, Georgia in November 1955. Macon was the home of famous musicians “Little Richard” Pennimen, The Allman Brothers Band and Otis Redding, among others. The #1 song that year was “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley & The Comets. Bill Haley, the front man for the band, was a guitarist and one of the early pioneers of ‘white’ Rock and Roll. My parents moved to Maryland when I was 3. My mother was a homemaker and my father owned “Sparks Painting & Decorating Co.” My mother was also a fine artist, a poet and she loved music. I was the kind of kid who was caught drawing a mural on the wall behind the couch! I loved punch-out books, drawing and bi-planes. Then, in 1963, two memorable events shaped our history. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, and the Beatles, with much fanfare, first arrived in America. Seeing The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan TV Show changed everything…