Thread by @owillis

Thread here with Dad's biggest professional achievements.

Dad spent most of his day every day in the studio he built in his house, making music. I'll never know anyone who loved music as much as him. Seems obvious now but it didn't hit me till recently were both writers, it's just that he did it w music and I can't carry a tune.

Dad was proud of his work and had the proof from both the public and his peers that he was good at it. But he didn't want fame. He even made an album entitled "Man in the Shadows," which he said was who he is -- was.

I'm much more of a hype man than Dad. I was also way taller lol.

Dad's most famous song is Murder She Wrote but I also really liked Concrete Castle King, which he wrote and was performed by the legendary Dennis Brown

Because I'm not a music person my knowledge of a lot of Dads work is limited but there are quite a few songs out there from him

Dad played guitar on this John Denver reggae song

I got bigger, he got grayer. My Dad and me.

This is a pic I took of Mom and Dad with zero warning (obviously). After they broke up they both put their issues aside and took me to Disney World for a week. It's the greatest week I've ever had. Some day I'll see them both again.

Me from that week. Peak Oliver.