Music has played a big role in Tara Hagins' life, beginning when she was 14 and started going to rock concerts with her cousin Holly.
Hagins shared her story with KALW's Hear Here community storytelling project at the Main Branch of the San Francisco library.
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For more stories from Hear Here, click here. You can also find the project on Facebook and follow it on Twitter at @hearhereradio.