Sounds like the makings of a good country western song right there in your posting.
LOL I know!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QGMCSCFoKA
Meatloaf.....Bat Out of Hell.....these are the songs I would listen to at 2/3/4/5 in the mornings I worked 3rd shift. I believe Meatloads mother died of cancer?...and on his graduation day from high school his dad tried to kill him with a knife. Its been a long time I listened to his life story.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRQ12qjiDBQ
Any Thing For Love
His back up group was amazing.
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I worked with die hard young Grateful Dead...Dead Heads...let me tell you...one night they insisted I listen to their CD of Garcia??...actually he was pretty good. It was quite an honor for them to loan me one of their CDs...I couldn’t say no...LOL