When we bemoan the lost golden age of music, it's worth remembering that mainstream radio listeners of the '60s and '70s, particularly in Canada, missed out on an outpouring of brilliant R&B music.
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I think It's a bit of a disappointment that a lot of people's Golden Age of music is still the '60s.
Nobody wants to hear R&B. It's sad. If you want to be on the radio you got to stay young.
The whole world has changed much since the '80's. In the united States, rap music and country music dominate radio and that certainly wasn't the case in the early '80's.
The '60s were a time of great change in American music.
More and more people are finally realizing that in the heart of America, there's all this incredible music that wasn't widely heard before because it wasn't in the interest of those who feel they have to control the taste of the wider public.
There is a wealth of twentieth century music that is being re-discovered by a generation that hasn't heard it.
I love the fact that 35 years later, I still hear my songs on the radio.
Back in the day, the album was king in many ways. And, of course, we were very tied in with the birth of FM/college radio in the States, and what we were doing suited the format of those young radio stations.
I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music - gospel, blues, jazz and R&B - is the heart and soul of all popular music; and that we cannot afford to let this legacy slip into obscurity, I'm telling you.
Country music has always been about as close to R&B as you can possibly get. We're storytellers.