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“Don’t Look Back. Ooh, a new day is breakin’. It’s been too long since I felt this way.” -Boston (from the song, Don’t Look Back).

Before we get into this topic, I want to thank our client, Roger P., for the inspiration, as he reminded me of this song and its background as part of an email conversation back in January. I’ve been keeping it on the back burner ever since.

What has 7.0 liters, four doors, and an 8-track player? My dad’s silver 1977 Cadillac De Ville, for one. At least it did when I was a teenager, and it was one of three massive older Cadillac “boats” that he accumulated during the 90s (there were also white and blue ones, and – yes – I looked super cool driving all of them). More importantly, the 8-track player in the silver Caddy was the only working 8-track player I’ve ever had access to (there was also an 8-track player in my parents’ console record player, but that one never worked). And one of the few 8-track tapes that lived in the car was Boston’s 1978 album, Don’t Look Back.

For the record (yep, that’s a pun), I have personally always been a bigger fan of Boston’s self-titled album, but beggars can’t be choosers when it comes to 8-tracks and Cadillacs, so Don’t Look Back became a staple soundtrack of trips in the silver Caddy. I’m sure Boston’s naming of the album wasn’t intended to be infallible life advice (and it wasn’t even the title they originally wanted!), so we should probably take it with a grain of salt. At the same time, it’s a good motif for some investment perspective and for staying in good spirits as we say goodbye to summertime.
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https://altblend.com
https://thebahnsengroup.com