Music to grow up by

Do your parents' passions shape your own? Guardian music writers look back on their formative yearsLaura Barton In the evenings, after he had set down his briefcase and taken his first sip of gin and tonic, my dad would teach me how to rock'n'roll dance in the living room. I would be swooshed into the air, shown how to twist right down to the floor on one leg, while we played Chubby Checker, Chuck Berry, the Big Bopper up loud on the stereo.Music was a constant presence in my childhood home, ...

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