{"id":3950,"date":"2010-02-25T20:34:14","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T18:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/?p=3950"},"modified":"2010-02-25T20:59:23","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T18:59:23","slug":"my-father-the-mortician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/3950","title":{"rendered":"My Father The Mortician"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My father (seated center) and his band, The Morticians, in the ruins of Moxham\u2019s Castle (1966) <\/strong><\/p>\n

Today an old friend of the family posted these photos of my father and his band, The Morticians, on Facebook.  They were taken in the mid to late 60\u2019s.   I\u2019ve heard a lot about the band my father played in when he was a teenager, how popular they became and all the fun they had (well, I\u2019m sure he left some of it out, he WAS a teenager in the 60\u2019s!), but this is the first time I\u2019ve seen photos of it.  He used to tell me all the time about how they had their photo taken in the ruins of Moxham’s Castle<\/a> after it burned to the ground in 1966.  I\u2019ve never seen either of these photos until today.  I find it so cool!  Apparently  they used to arrive at their gigs in a hearse, which I\u2019m sure must have added just the right amount of drama to their performances.<\/p>\n

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My father (left) with his teenage band, The Morticians.  Canadians might know the man next to him (James Flynn) as the Canadian entertainer Jimmy Flynn<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are anything like me, you find it very cool when you see photos of your parents when they were young.  Especially if it\u2019s one like this, that you\u2019ve always heard of but have never seen.<\/p>\n

My father is a musician, so growing up I always heard a lot of stories about the different bands he\u2019s been in.  I would hear all about how my Nana used to drive him and his band mates to their gigs, all the crazy things that would happen with the people in the crowds and all the antics he and his band would get up to.   It wasn\u2019t just family telling the tales either! More than once I\u2019ve met someone\u2019s parents for the first time and listened to them tell me about how they saw my father play at some time or another.  I once even had to sit through a friend\u2019s mother gushing about how much she loved The Morticians and how cute my father was.<\/p>\n

When I was growing up my father was in a band called \u201857 Chevy.  I always felt so cool when we\u2019d go to some event that my father was playing at.  I loved to listen to him sing, and I still do.  There were bands before \u201857 Chevy though, and I didn\u2019t get to witness any of those.  They were just like family folk tales to me, I knew the stories by heart but sometimes it seemed so hard to imagine my dad as ever being a teenager, it was hard to believe it was all real.<\/p>\n

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My father is passionate about  music and I love that about him.   I could sit all night and listen to him play the guitar and sing.   I love that he has something in his life that he feels so strongly about and that he is so good at, and I wish like hell I\u2019d taken advantage of it when I was young and learned to play the guitar.   He tried to teach me when I was a teenager but when he told me I had to cut my nails, it was game over.<\/p>\n

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Anyway, I love my dad.  I loved getting a glimpse into his past and seeing him at a time that I know everything was exciting and new… before mom, before me… when he was just a teenage boy in a band.  I especially love getting to see the Moxham\u2019s Castle photo shoot that I\u2019d heard so much about.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been over 40 years since those photos were taken and he\u2019s still as dedicated to his music as he was back then.  I\u2019m so proud of him and even though most of the songs he\u2019s written make me cry, I can\u2019t wait to get home in October and have him play for me again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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