Woody Gutherie, Pete Seeger, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Bob Dylan, and John Fahey were. Meanwhile the British art school crowd were digging old records by Leadbelly, Bukka White, Son House, and Robert Johnson. Today's hipsters? Not so much.
I was just a kid in the 60s, but I do know the teenagers and young adults of that time had no use for any music that was pre-1964. I think it’s very two-faced of the teenagers of that era to now act like their music is somehow sacred and above criticism. Back in the 60s, Glen Miller was scoffed at. Guess what? The Beatles are more out of date now than Glen Miller was in the 60s. And go to the 50 year Class of 1964 reunions next summer and see how many of them have Pete Seeger records. The 60s kids were duped into believing that a four piece band with three types of instruments could make music as rich and complex as a symphony orchestra. They were sold music on the cheap. OK. But it’s not timeless and sacred.