Trouble with most contemporary music (for many decades now) is that it's written primarily by young people about young people's life experiences and even older

Trouble with most contemporary music (for many decades now) is that it's written primarily by young people about young people's life experiences and even older musicians have only ever been famous musicians. Songs are about the excitement of love, the challenges of meeting your dreams, and basically just the problems of young adulthood. That's one think I like about older blues. Many of those classic blues musicians still had to work to pay the bills, had families, and were never going to be pop stars. It's people singing about how tiring work is, how complex married life can be, and what it's like to worry about paying bills and just getting by to the next day. They sing about getting older and being less energetic and passionate than you once were. The funny thing is that I only listen to blues on the radio at night when doing some errands, so I couldn't name a single artist I've listened to. But sometimes sitting in a parking a lot, just after turning the ignition, you realize you can let the ice cream melt just a bit to take the time to hear someone else sing about troubles that are ultimately not so different from your own.