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Ah ha!
When I say ‘old stuff’, it’s mostly jazz, old standards and Dixieland. That’s what I was brought up on. I can enjoy Patsy Cline or Eddie Arnold, handle a little of Hank Williams, and there’s probably a very few others that I can listen to and enjoy occasionally. But that’s very infrequently.
My relationship with jazz and standards comes from a family member who’s dad roomed with Hoagy Carmichael in college, and who learned the piano from him. I grew up next door to that family, baby sat their kids, and the music collection was available to me at any time. Dixieland is still heaven to my ears. Mercy, I do love it so...