Thursday, July 3, 2008

Flock of rock

I get a kick hearing about little kids forming rock bands. You never know what you're going to get when they put their energy behind it. It could end up genius like The Shaggs, or simply honest like Chet Baker. That's why I was drawn to this article in the Chicago Tribune about "School of Rock" programs having high enrollments. It's also interesting how the writer notes that kids are a lot more into classic rock. I'm not sure how much things have changed since I was young. People were obsessed with Led Zepplin when I was in my teens. But I can tell you that I go swimming every chance I get. You can get a good feeling of what kids listen to these days by what the lifegaurds on summer break blast from the loud speakers all day. Last year it was horrible country music. Now they are another year older and rocking out to country rock from the 1970s. Go figure. But here is the article at this link.

1 comment:

meltones said...

There are number of similar programs popping up around Dayton as well. The public library is sponsoring a teen battle of the bands. Canal Street Tavern and Hauer Music got together and organized something where bands were formed out of a pool of talent and they will perform at CST. Also, Gretchen at Oregon Express intermittently hosts young bands for matinee shows. I see this trend as an incredibly good thing, not just for rock n' roll, but also for culture in general as it is a grass roots acceptance of creativity. And like you said, you never know when some amazing talent is going to come out of nowhere...