Music with Family

 For this blog I interviewed by Grandfather. He is 74 years old and has lots of experience with music, being the biggest fan of The Beatles and Jimmy Buffet. Music was very important to him because it got him through hard times at home, but also got him through rough times in Vietnam. His earliest memory with music was the come up of the Beatles. My grandad was able to get a hold of every copy of The Beatles records that were recorded at the time. Living in South Florida at the time, during his teenage years, him and his friends would listen to beach music. He said that they would listen to the rock band named "The Beach Boys" whenever they'd go surfing. My grandpa was never musically inclined, never played an instrument or sang much, but in his later years he was the owner of his own shrimp boat in the Florida Keys. He claims and also has a photograph of him and Jimmy Buffet shrimping together in the Keys. Current day my grandpa listens to Taylor Swift on repeat. Even over the phone when I was asking him questions he had been in the car with her singing in the background. He claims that his music taste is very vast, liking all types of music, but the one genre he refuses to listen to is hip-hop. He just says that he is not a fan of the style of music. My grandad likes modern day pop music, loves the mainstream Megan Trainer whenever she started to climb the popularity ladder and also liked One Direction whenever they were all together. My grandpa only listens to music on his record player, unless my grandma is playing music on her phone, music will be played and listened to through his record player. My grandpa says that his shower music changes depending on the day. If it's during the winter time he will only listen to Christmas music, but if it is any other time of the year he will listen to The Beatles or Taylor Swift. My grandpa is also very old school so he doesn't have any playlists. He also doesn't have a phone so the only way of contacting him is through my grandma.