The funny thing is today, I bet the average age of Dean Martin fans is younger than Rolling Stones fans.
Baloney. In 1965 and 66, all across this country, north, south, east, and west kids were rocking out in their dads' garages, school gyms, and teen clubs. The better ones wrote their own material, made a few records, and hoped for a piece of the pie. Only a very few made it big. But it wasn't the Beatles that they were imitating, it was the STONES.