I'm sure I had a confused look on my face because I'd never heard him say this before. And we talk about Huey Lewis and the News a lot. Yes, seriously.
JK: What do you mean? Weren't they a bar band first?
(I shot Joe a look, like "please don't question him.")
Dad: No, I mean I was one of his very first fans. Well...me and this other guy. We had their first album, Picture This. We were on a trip and we walked into a Penny's.
JK: Like a JC Penny's?
Dad: Yeah, you could do that back then. We asked the girl there, "What's a good album?" And she said, "Huey Lewis and the News." So, we bought it. And she was right. We listened to that album for the whole trip, for two weeks straight. We wore the tape out.
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I'd also like to note that upon first meeting, my dad usually doesn't say much.
When he met my college friend, Lee:
Lee: Hi, I'm Lee.
Dad: Decent name.
However, he talked in front of Joe a lot last night. It was kind of strange. He talked just slightly less than he was talking before Joe arrived. Maybe the combination of Monday Night Football, Chinese Food and the Champagne of Beers brought it out of him.
1 comment:
That totally cracked me up! I haven't thought about the "decent name" thing in a while. I, too, am a Huey fan, for the record : )
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