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I’m Tawny, author of Dry Humping and co-author of The Sobriety Deck, co-host of the Recovery Rocks podcast, and co-founder of the vinegar-based botanical beverage, (parentheses)
Since 1997, I’ve wanted to tell Art Alexakis, lead singer of Everclear, that “Father of Mine” changed my life. 27 years later, it finally happened on Recovery Rocks, my podcast with queen Lisa Smith.
My relationship with my father was—and is—complicated. Dad’s a heavy metal musician whose career took off when I was born. He chose the career, meaning I was raised by a single mom with Dad around from time to time.
Dad and I are in a good, loving place now, but it wasn’t always that way.
Knowing that Art Alexakis wrote a song about an absent father validated my pain. His being a fellow rock star somehow helped, but I can’t fully explain why. Art made it to the other side of that emotional devastation by writing about it, so maybe I could, too.
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I was 11 years old the first time I heard the “Father of Mine” lyrics: “I never understood you then. And I guess I never will.” That lyric eventually taught me that we don’t have to understand people’s choices to accept them. In fact, discerning Dave: the human from Dave: the dude who gave me life helps me understand and accept
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Everclear
Rock group
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Linda Laurie
American singer
Linda Laurie | |
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| Born | Linda Gertz (1941-05-26)May 26, 1941 New York City, US |
| Died | November 20, 2009(2009-11-20) (aged 68) Santa Barbara, California, US |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, Singer |
| Years active | 1959–2009 |
Linda Maxine Laurie[1] was an American singer and songwriter, best known for the novelty record "Ambrose (Part 5)", which went to #52 on the Billboard chart in 1959 while she was in high school.[2]
"Ambrose (Part 5)"
[edit]While attending Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, New York, Laurie wrote and recorded a number of demo records, including "Sunglasses" which Linda recorded with her friend Linda Yellin as the "Knott Sisters"; the song failed to chart.
Another of Linda's songs was an odd tale of a girl walking through a dark subway tunnel with her boyfriend Ambrose, who implores her to "just keep walking."[3] She recorded the number for Glory Records in late 1958 and took it around to radio stations, who liked the deep-throated Ambrose (which Laurie voiced herself) and bizarre non-sequiturs like, "We haven't got a color telephone."
"Ambrose (Part 5)" (despite the name, there were no parts one through four) entered the Billboard charts in January 1959 and