The 70's Are Back & Kids Are Into It!

I just finished reading an article in a major publication about how young kids are listening to Led Zepellin, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, and other artists of the 70's. I found it hard to believe that so many could be listening to that era of music. There are a couple of young, teenage bands in my neighborhood, and the music coming out of their garages is anything but the music of the 70's. So, I just chalked up the article to wishful thinking.

Two young teens proved me wrong. One day as I was walking around the hallways at school, two very young looking individuals were jamming on a guitar. I was going to the breakroom, so I asked them if they would mind following me there and playing a little for me. I told them I was a musician, too and was always looking to hear what young people were playing nowadays. They were happy to oblige, and and soon as we sat down the guitarist started playing the riff to Led Zepellin's "Baby I'm Going to Leave You". I was taken aback as to how accurate he was playing it and I started to sing it. The young kid's eyes grew big as he realized that I knew the words to the song, and there we were the three of us singing. We proceeded to play and sing to the much jaded " Stairway to Heaven", and worked our way through "Sunshine of Your Love". People started to look and listen to what we were doing, but we didn't care because we were into it.
It was one of the best jam sessions I had been to in a long time.