What did your grandparents listen to while growing up?
It says a lot about their community and their religious & social background. My grandfather has a 78 of “Chalking and a Hugging” by Hoagy Carmichael. A little hayseed, but quite an ornery topic, eh?
What were your grandparents allowed to listen to and participate in? Where they singers in a church? Is that where thy learned piano or guitar? Did they go to dances on weekends? Did they play instruments in a high school band? Did they play in a town band? Do any recordings of their family music making exist?
What did your great-grandparents approve of your grandparents doing? If your grandparents were listening to Hot music, you had "open minded" great-grandparents. Do you know any 77 year old drummers? Or any 72 year old mountain dulcimer players? If you think Rage Against the Machine is anti-establishment, have you ever thought about what Jelly Roll Morton's name meant?
Did your grandparents listen to Benny Goodman’s big band or quartet recordings? Did your grandparents listen to Hank Williams, Glenn Miller or Count Basie?
1 comment:
I'm not sure if my grandparents listen to all those guys, but I sure do. And Rage Against The Machine.
Interesting thoughts. It's really cool to go back and look at how differnt and how similar popular music was back 50-70 years ago.
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