School of Rock - Tuesday 11/17 - Everclear / Father of Mine

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This song is an autobiographical account of the singer and founder of tonight’s band.  Art Alexakis suffered through a troubled youth, beginning with his father walking out when he was a child. Financial hardships pushed his family into the slums of Los Angeles, where he fell to the lure of heavy drug use. During his teenage years, Alexakis was shuttled around the country between various family members (including a brief period in Houston living with his father's new family), but the drug addiction persisted. Eventually, Alexakis suffered a near-fatal cocaine overdose, which finally pushed him to clean up.

“Father of Mine” is from their 1997 record, “So Much For The Afterglow”.