Who besides "Boomers"? (Page 1 of 3)

I've been to two of Joe's shows, one at the Chicago Theatre and one in Louisville. I did also notice the demographic was on the older generation side. I also noticed quite a few people my age though, and even some "kids" younger than me! When I saw Rock Candy Funk Party at the Baked Potato recently I was looking around at the people and definitely noticed my brother and I were the youngest ones there.

It has gotten to the point for me where when I go to a concert I expect to be one of the youngest ones because the music I like is from the "older" generations. I can honestly thank my parent's for having the biggest influence on my music taste. They are music nuts and that definitely got passed down to my brother and I! Since we're throwing out our first jobs we had mine was at a Hallmark store when I was 16. Started at $7.50/hr. I feel spoiled now reading both of you were hired so cheap!

boom boom boomer here too!

My first job was hauling hay in the Louisiana summer heat. I made 25 cents an hour - not bad wages for a 12 year old country boy at the time.

Joe brings "back" all of the other great guitarists I have ever heard. If I had to pick only one guitarist out of my collection to keep it would be Joe ( I have lots of Hendrix, Allmans, Betts, Winter & John Campbell) I would give them all up for my collection of Bonamassa - he is that good and his stuff is very well recorded.

I only started listening to him about a year ago - after some very bad seizures that hit me in the middle of the night. Sometime early in the recovery period I heard his music with Beth Hart.  Within six months I bought everything either artist has released. I bet lots of fans have similar stories (but I hope not the seizures!)

SBS

NP: Chains and Things from Shepherds Bush

+1.....another boomer

I agree with you 100%  SBS

I have collections of Hendrix.....SRV.....Buddy Guy....Many more

I have never heard a better guitar than Joe's..........the guy has another gear, that I have never seen nor heard before.

His studio stuff is very good quality as far as the recordings go.....still waiting on my live stuff to get here.

As far as I can tell....everything about Joe is....well.....top notch.

Hi all
Yes I am a baby late boomer (57)
I am so happy to see this topic. I agree that this is not a good thing. One of my many projects since I have got back into music and met Joe and inspired by his music is to try to change the demographics. I too have turned around and looked and saw most say 80 to 85% in my age group. I have started many side projects since I met Joe and found his music, I will not bore you about my story. One side project has been to work to change the percentage to get more young people. I am targeting the ones under 20 and more specifically young talented guitar players to get them exposed to this music we all love. They need to be inspired to work to pick up the torch and follow Joe to become the piped piper of their generation to keep this music alive and hopefully bring it back to its past appeal. Call me old fashion but hey the music out there today is crap. All processed beat crap with no emotion other then pulled out of a beat machine. Utter crap.
A few things i am working on and have done is inspire by helping out a few talented young guitar players. One is Stefan Hawk from Oz check him out at http://www.stefanhauk.com he is a great young talent. I hope one day to see him make it to the states and tour.
I am working others things also.
One thing I do when I go to every Joe concert is try to bring along someone under 18 years old or give tickets to friends with young kids to have them bring them along. I love the looks on their faces after the show. It makes me almost cry. They are in a state of disbelief of what they just saw. They tell their friends and it keeps rolling. This has happened for when I brought a young kid the next season that kid asked me " hey Ron if you have any extra tickets I have a friend that would love to see Joe". That was a big happy day for me for it was working. Another thing I have been doing is getting my kids ( age 24 and 26) friends turned onto Joe's music. Every time my kids come over with their friends and they ask to see my studio before they leave they must listen to Joe's music. All have had that look of WOW on their face.
So in closing yes I view this as a bad thing but we all, us baby boomers, can help change this by simply pulling a young kid aside and say "hey listen to this" ( play a Joe tune). We all can do our small part to keep this music we all love alive.
Cheers Ron

Hi all
Yes I am a baby late boomer (57)
I am so happy to see this topic. I agree that this is not a good thing. One of my many projects since I have got back into music and met Joe and inspired by his music is to try to change the demographics. I too have turned around and looked and saw most say 80 to 85% in my age group. I have started many side projects since I met Joe and found his music, I will not bore you about my story. One side project has been to work to change the percentage to get more young people. I am targeting the ones under 20 and more specifically young talented guitar players to get them exposed to this music we all love. They need to be inspired to work to pick up the torch and follow Joe to become the piped piper of their generation to keep this music alive and hopefully bring it back to its past appeal. Call me old fashion but hey the music out there today is crap. All processed beat crap with no emotion other then pulled out of a beat machine. Utter crap.
A few things i am working on and have done is inspire by helping out a few talented young guitar players. One is Stefan Hawk from Oz check him out at http://www.stefanhauk.com he is a great young talent. I hope one day to see him make it to the states and tour.
I am working others things also.
One thing I do when I go to every Joe concert is try to bring along someone under 18 years old or give tickets to friends with young kids to have them bring them along. I love the looks on their faces after the show. It makes me almost cry. They are in a state of disbelief of what they just saw. They tell their friends and it keeps rolling. This has happened for when I brought a young kid the next season that kid asked me " hey Ron if you have any extra tickets I have a friend that would love to see Joe". That was a big happy day for me for it was working. Another thing I have been doing is getting my kids ( age 24 and 26) friends turned onto Joe's music. Every time my kids come over with their friends and they ask to see my studio before they leave they must listen to Joe's music. All have had that look of WOW on their face.
So in closing yes I view this as a bad thing but we all, baby boomers or not, can help change this by simply pulling a young kid aside and say "hey listen to this" ( play a Joe tune). We all can do our small part to keep this music we all love alive and change the demographics at Joe's shows.
Cheers Ron

Great to see what you're doing there, Ron. The best I've managed to do so far is take a 40-year-old along, but he's now turned on to Joe's music, so I'm hoping he'll start working on his 2-year-old daughter!

Boomer or not----------I think any music lover/guitar-driven person would be instantly attracted......no brainer for sure.

Very true but if we inspire or should I say Joe then maybe that young kid will have that hit single in the future and bring all the young onto the Bonamassa Blues/Rock train. I say Joe will , although he has said his goal is not too have a hit single, will have that hit single soon and be known to all.
Cheers Ron