Why do i listen to old music?

One of my web friends asked me, 'where do you find all this music?' and i believe he was referencing how every now and then i'm throwing up videos of old blues and folk artists, etc. etc.

here's how i do it....
i take many of the more contemporary artists i like...say for example Bob Dylan and i research (if i can) what they liked as a young man/woman...in Bob Dylan's case i know he listened to the popular rockabilly stuff of the time (i.e. johnny cash, rock n roll stuff you know, probably Elvis, Eddie Cochran, etc.), but i also know he began to be really influenced by guys like Woody Guthrie and the Harry Smith's anthology of folk music (an Amazing Collection!). So what do i do? i go and see if i can find it myself....it's a 'source' you see...

why do i do it?...
i don't know really...i've always been very curious....and with regard to music, it seems to me that if you can find genres at their 'root' you get something that is slightly magical :). often times, the music is more simple (i like that). and then, if you pay attention to the earlier artists' music, then you go deeper into history...to stuff that was around before the time of 'recorded' music...you hear alterations in the lyrics, the freedom of embellishment or alteration...it's fun, it's adaptable, and it's for everybody who wants it!!!!!

here is Furry Lewis. he was an influence on the great blues/jazz/folk guitarist/singer Dave Van Ronk who was also popular in the folk revival of the sixties and who was with us until 2002 when he passed on at 65 years of age...