So here's the question (and for some of us it's just around the bend.). Who will be singing the songs we have come to love? I'm still singing in shelters/homes/residents and so on. But they are not the Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Tom Russell , John Prine and so on songs. They are the songs of our parents and grand parent times. Are the kids out there getting ready for us? When I'm finally forced to get admitted to some kind of shelter, and I still have a few marbles or can understand what the heck is going on. They better have some entertainment that can sing some Jessie Winchester, Bruce Murdoch,David Francey, Joni Mitchell,Judy Collins etc. Not some head banging, hip hop, rap.
But you know what? Something tells me it won't be there. This is what bothers me more than anything when I go and preform. I look around and the folks that are present in most cases are enjoying the songs of their youth. I also see folks who don't have a clue as to what is going on. And that's O.K. That's part of life as sad as it can be. But to not hear our music would truly be a world of loneliness.
Beer (adrien)