A son listens to his dead mom's records.

Kinda an obituary. Sorta a memoir. Maybe a music blog?

 
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No, really. What is this?

The mom, Linda (Langford) Higgin, was mine. I'm Tanner. The records, about 100 45's from the late 1960s, were Linda's when she was a teenager growing up in and around Detroit. My dad and I salvaged the records, and some photos, out of my grandma's garage. There was a lot of her stuff in there, but to me those mattered. I didn't hold a funeral, or write an obituary. I don't think she wanted either, really. Instead, I'm doing this. It's a catalog of her records and my memories. I think she would've liked it. I hope you find something here too.

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