There is a karma about music which is undefinable, it carries an aura unto itself. While comparisons can be made with other aspects of life, none can equal the magical quality of music's ability to transcend time and space. To recreate "other aspects of life" in a controlled atmosphere (unlike involuntary chemical induced "flashbacks") is a powerful, awe inspiring, and at times breath taking feat, yet most of us encounter these "Time Warps" everyday. Whether you realize it or not, music is the soundtrack of your life. There are points where music has merged so effortlessly with everything that has happened that it becomes the identifying factor, the springboard, a portal to the past...

    "Can't You See That She's Mine" by The Dave Clark Five instantly transports me to my parent's living room, age 7. Dancing about, playing air guitar, and wearing a dish towel on my head to simulate a "Mod" haircut.
    "Reelin' In The Years" by Steely Dan and I'm getting my first real kiss.
    The LP "Some Girls" by The Rolling Stones brings a month's worth of "Welcome to the real world kid" memories (See the 'Roll away the Stones' article posted on the Tremens page for that whole story).
    "(This Is) Radio Clash" by The Clash allows me to relive the Times Square riot at Bonds in May of '81.

I listed just 4 of the many historical journeys to my past that I'm able to indulge in through the gratuity of music. From single songs to entire LP's, from a brief glimpse of a moment to whole monumental occasions. It has happened before and will happen again, to us all.

But, what if, you put on a new disc of songs that you have never heard before, and it happened?

Yes, I mean "IT". The whole time travel, instant karma, musical aura of the past, retrospective journey into all your years and then some. Pretty powerful thought, isn't it? What if it made you sit up and ask "What is Rock 'n' Roll"? What if it answered you that "Rock 'n' Roll is music. ALL music, played with the attitude of youth". R'n'R doesn't categorize itself within any one musical style except youth. And, when music has the power to reawaken long slumbering memories, 9 out of 10 times it's going to be R'n'R shakin' the cob webs out of that brain of yours. Why? Because as time marches on, each generation's earliest musical memories are going to be rooted in the R'n'R of the 1950s and on up. The teenage rebels without cause who use to "Shake, Rattle, & Roll" are now in their mid to late 50s. The boomers who were weaned on Chuck Berry and came of age in the 1960s Summer(s) of Love are now 45 and over. Hell, even the New Wave Punks of the late 70s are pushing 40. So yes, R'n'R has become the Musical Fountain of Youth - emphasis on Youth, with each generation providing their own definitions. But all the definitions are relative, which brings me back to...Charlie Burton.

We've written about Bulldog Records recording artist Charlie Burton here before. His 1997 CD Rustic Fixer-Upper with his band "The Texas Twelve Steppers" was featured in our very 1st Issue. Well, now Charlie has broken new ground with the release of his One-Disc Box Set!

    "One Man's Trash: The Charlie Burton Story, '77-'99"

23 songs covering 22 years of recording and a lifetime of Rock 'n' Roll. This virtual Fountain of Youth has brought me back to every highlight of my life that has music connected to it's lineage. I was amazed that not only could I relive the past 22 years of my life within these 73 plus minutes but, the past 45 years of Rock 'n' Roll as well. I was not familiar with any of these songs before, yet they are all recognizable. I have found myself comfortably enjoying every nod to Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presely, Buddy Holly, Bo Diddley, James Brown, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Warren Zevon, Randy Newman, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Clash, The Ramones, and many more, not to mention the long list of styles covering early R'n'R, Blues, Folk, Honky Tonk, R&B, C&W, Soul, Punk, Latin (Flamenco, Bossa Nova), etc., etc.

The musical times of my life that this disc invoked has brought a smile to my face, not only am I standing on the beer soaked floor of a bar with a thick cloud of smoke hovering overhead while trying to make the move on a local girl as the house band cranks out another favorite, but I'm also dancing around the living room playing air guitar and wearing a dish towel on my head.

Thank You Charlie Burton, though I may never have heard these songs before, their memories are dear to my (youthful) heart.

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"When are you old folks gonna learn that it's an after school savior, Yeah, ROCK.....................
.............and ROLL behavior."
- Charlie Burton, "Rock & Roll Behavior"