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Even if you didn't know the name, you've inevitably heard samples of his music all throughout the years. You might've even heard him playing directly on a few rap and r&b songs. Roy Ayers had a ton of influence and it's only right that anybody into this sampling shit dug his work out from the crates.
Funny how things work - everyone in my family's birthdays fall right around a holiday. My older brother's is three days before Valentine's Day. My younger brother's is either right before, right after, or right on Thanksgiving. And in a cosmic joke so cruelly appropriate that it's almost enough to make me actually believe in astrology - *almost* - my birthday is the day after...ho-hum ass Veteran's Day.
But it was my parents' birthdays that was most interesting. Mom is right before, righ after, or right on Father's Day. In the years after moving out the house, this made sending cards really easy! Boom, I can mail the Moms Birthday and Father's Cards at the same time.
And my dad? Even more convenient. December 23rd, two days before Christmas. Forget a card, I don't even have to worry about a birthday present - that's what Christmas is for.
Unfortunately, though, the convenience of my parents' birthdays no longer applies. My father should have been 64 today. His birthday being 2 days before Christmas means it's 2 days and an extra mknth before the one that took him away. But it's not the time to be sad and let the double whammy reminder of what's been lost keep me from celebrating half the reason I'm even here to ramble.
Thank you, Dad, for all the memories that can never be taken away. It all doesn't happen without December 23. And my room is definitely not a mess that you would have chewed me out for. No sir😬
