This week we have the tale of two ten-year-olds. First, the saga of a young Robert Delong (now a songwriter and electronic musician), who as a young boy, heard the song “Stardust” while listening to a cassette of Orson Wells’ “War Of The Worlds” and was then inspired to seek out the harmony that song revealed to him. Then multi-instrumentalist and sing-songwriter John Chao tells the story of how inadequate record store categorization lead him to his hearing the album “Kiko” by Los Lobos and inspired some his best work.
Watch Robert Delong Perform “Long Way Down” on VuHaus
Watch Robert Delong Perform “Possessed” on VuHaus
Listen to Robert Delong’s full Studio 1A Session
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Listen to songs from Episode 42 of This Song