Remembering Daddy’s Junky Music on Mass Ave
I was just reminiscing about Daddy’s Junky Music near Berklee on Mass Ave - such a great store it was! When I decided to properly learn guitar waaay back in the ’90s I bought my Epiphone Les Paul and a rugged little practice amp there, and the techs set it up for me with push/pull volume knobs that can toggle the pickups switch between humbucker and single coil pickups. So many sounds, and that thing has been indestructible!
I wish I could remember his name, but the teacher I had there taught me tunes that I still play and still work on getting better at - a terrific 12 bar blues riff with nice hammer-on flourishes, a really cool pentatonic scale exercise, and which feeds into the Allman classic One Way Out. Such a great start! At the time the idea of playing in front of people was terrifying - but now I actually get out busking every now and again! And think of that guy often.
Anyway I was playing last night (having upgraded to a nice Fender tube amp) and the memories just flooded back. And the saddest one was about them having to close..
Anybody else remember that shop?!