Throughout 2014 and 2015, I was obsessed with the Electric Light Orchestra - I just couldn't go a day without listening to some of Jeff Lynne and Co.'s magical creations. As the calendar was changing from 2015 to 2016, I kept hearing songs from a band called "Sweet" on two of my favorite satellite radio stations in the car - Classic Vinyl and 70's on 7. They played a song called "Little Willy", and I thought - well, that was a catchy tune. Then, I heard their two more well-known US hits, "Ballroom Blitz" and "Fox on the Run". Again, I liked what I heard, but it still wasn't enough to make me go "Holy shit! I need to hear more!".
However, I then heard their song from 1975 called "Action" - and, yes, the "Holy shit!" moment was had. I couldn't believe what I was hearing - these guys sounded like a harder rocking version of Queen! I do love me some crazily overdubbed vocal harmonies!
So, since the beginning of 2016, I moved to get my hands on everything I could from this band called "The Sweet" or "Sweet" (I really don't know what their official name is, so I just call them "The Sweet"...sounds more dramatic with the "The"). Also, before I go into my ramblings, run (don't walk!) to their official YouTube site - it's an absolute treasure trove of awesomeness! They've recently put up a few videos from a live performance they did back in 1974 on the legendary German music show called Musikladen. It's.so.fucking.amazing! Their performance of a song called "No You Don't" is so kickass, I actually got mad at myself for living all these years and only now finding out about this band.
Ok, let my new-fanboy ramblings begin...
Well, hi there, I'm Jason Wewers. You may know me as the author of The Candy Bar Adventures book series...then again, you probably don't...they haven't sold too well so far. Yeah. Anyway, this ol' space will feature not only shameless promotion of said book series (see above), but more than anything, it'll just be a place for me to dump various thoughts, opinions, reviews, etc. In other words, it's your basic useless blog.

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Saturday, February 27, 2016
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