Now this is a tough call. Although at age 6,I 1st heard Sundown on an Erie,PA rdaio station back in 1974,that's not the time I became a fan.
I did hear,"IYCRMM","Wreck" and "Carefree Highway" on Kool Fm here in Phx. in the 80s... but I still didn't become an overall fan.
Even heard "Anything For Love" on AC radio in 1986,but then I was in high school and more into Bryan Adams. In 1993,I bought used copies of EW,Sundown,COTS & SummerT. Dr. but I never gave them a full listen.
In fact it really wasn't "one" song that did it,it was the "Songbook collection. Mostly the 60's & 70s tracks but the really good 80s songs like "Shadows" & "Forgive Me Lord" certainly helped,as well as tracks from WFY & Painter.
So,it really was a slow process,that finally broke through on Aug. 7th,2001 when I bought and listened to that collection. Making me a 100% fan for 5 years now.
