[78-L] name that era

[Eugene Hayhoe]

HUH? I was around 13 or 14 when I bought my first records by Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, Louis Armstrong and others;  Bessie'd already been dead for 15 years when I was BORN.  People would mention them in interviews, so I'd look 'em up & get a record - though I knew Louis' music long before 13 or 14.

OTOH, I 've never been one to claim I was 'typical.'
Gene

> From: doncox at enterprise.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:38:52 +0000
> Subject: Re: [78-L] name that era
> 
> On 29/04/2014, Joe Scott wrote:
> 
> > I think 100 years from now people won't be able to hear the difference
> > between Frank Sinatra and Billy Murray or Billy Joel, and won't care
> > enough to try. (I already have a young coworker who doesn't know who
> > Harrison Ford is. As it happens she's not into famous adventure movies
> > made 30 and 37 years ago.) Joseph Scott
> 
> A few years ago a 19-year old remarked to me that he wouldn't want to
> watch a movie that was made before he was born. Which I suppose was in
> 1980 or 81.
> 
> But at that age, nor would I. (Not that older movies were available
> then -- there were no videotapes.)
> 
> Older music is easier to explore than older movies. Already when I was
> 19 there were LPs of transfers of 1920s and 30s jazz readily available.
> That was how I discovered Billie Holiday, Bix, etc etc. when at college.
> 
> As you get older you find time to explore both back and forward in time.
> 
> Regards
> -- 
> Don Cox
> doncox at enterprise.net
> 
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