When we talk about musical tastes it's easy to over generalize by age group and I've been guilty of that myself and then get surprised. I've mentioned the large variety of music we play on Catalina Island to mostly young people but the overall audiences are all ages. We do mostly classic rock with some high energy funky jazz thrown in. We even do some Johnny Cash.

18-20 year olds have come up to me saying how much they like our music, especially the hard core rockin dance stuff like SRV, the Doors, the Stones, Allman Bros, Santana, etc. They dance to that seriously hard. To really bring this home I just read an interview with Billy Joel and he says the same thing. His concerts pre Covid had a large contingent of young people and some of his superstar friends have said that too. It took him by surprise at first but he loves it. He said it's a whole new audience for him. he said seeing all those young people gives him energy because he knows those kids have not been fans for 40 years, they're new so he really wants to put on a show for them. I feel exactly the same.

When I talk to them the kids are not giving up their electronica EDM/Rap/Hip Hop stuff but they also like our music. I have to say they are much more open minded about old music than I was at that age. I had no interest whatsoever in my parents or grandparents music.

Bob

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