[78-L] Young Collectors of Old Shellac (was Susan Reed obit)

[Tyrone Settlemier]

> And there is/are NO signs that the current contingent
> of music lovers are interested in any "old" music beyond the rock music
> of the sixties?! Here in Toronto, a "big band"-based radio program has
> gradually shifted its musical content to the (IMHO?!) uninteresting
> recordings of bands like 101 Strings et al...?!

I respectfully disagree.  I have introduced two young people to 78s who are 
now collecting.  One started out as a fan of 60s rock, but I gradually 
introduced this person to other (and older) genre's, and now they are 
collecting 78s.  The other was always interested in bluegrass, and I 
introduced them to Kessinger Brothers, etc.  Voila!  another 78 collector.

Good music is good music, and bad music is bad music.  Most people don't 
take the time to tell the difference, and the rest of us can't agree which 
is which anyway.  But I think there will always be a group of people who are 
willing to adventure beyond current commercial radio.  Some of those will 
also discover "vintage" music.  This doesn't even consider the collectors 
who like old records as historical artifacts.

Tyrone (who is now going off to play my copy of "101 Strings plays the 
Blues".   Seriously, I have this....)