Just because there wasn't Twitter and App Stores doesn't mean there weren't fashions and markets -- they were located in different places in the culture. I don'

Just because there wasn't Twitter and App Stores doesn't mean there weren't fashions and markets -- they were located in different places in the culture. I don't mean to deflate your lofty romanticizations of the man and his craft. Take another listen to your documentary and observe how his career reflects and reacts to the on-going musical-cultural discourse of his time. In that way, he truly is like any other artist (so engaged.) At the same time, rest assured we can celebrate and enjoy the extraordinary achievements made in that paradigm.