Roots Music Explorer Gifts

Two people play the guitar and harmonica.

No Elgar!

Theorbo

"... And his piano teacher says that he definitely has Van Gough's ear for music."

Greatest hits, Greatest Misses.

Musical genres

"When it comes to good, old-fashioned roots music, this guy is the BEST!"

"It's people like you who are ruining rock and roll for the rest of us."

"A lot of you used to know us as the L.A. Punksters. Then for a while we were the Rappin' Rapmen. Now we call ourselves Los Latinos del Momento."

'I was 'Sweatin' To The Oldies', and I flipped over on my back!'

At the Goldilocks Music Store albums are labeled: 'Too Many Notes,' 'Too Few Notes,' 'Too loud,' 'Too Soft,' and 'Just Right.'

Boy asking girl if she is going to the pantomime

Wife growing vegetables in husband's piano

Another musical treatise from the 16th century is discovered.

'There's no stigma in being brought up by apes - I was an adopted child too.'

'I understand there have been complaints that his sermons weren't getting through to the teenagers.'

'Everybody stand back! I'm an ethnomusicologist.'

"So obvious, there all the time"

"Greatest Band?"

Music store customer sees two racks, 'Old Age' and 'New Age'.

'What happened to the little flute?'

'Sea shell with earphones attached.'

"I'd like to sing some songs from the great American songbook, I'll start with the Dead Kennedys. . ."

'Why can't you do a yodel that sounds like you're making money instead of cheese?'

T-shirts will allegiance to different types of music on, while one guy has a shirt that reads 'middle of the road is all right with me.'

"Since it's Hispanic Heritage Month...I want you guys to hear the old traditional songs I listened to as a boy!"

"Hell, as Jean-Paul Sartre once said, is other peoples' inheritance tracks."

Deadheads searching for a new band!

'Last year Frank tried tracing back his roots but came back empty!'

"Hey you!. . . Get off of my cloud!"

'IRS Help Hot Line. While you're on hold for the next 23 hours, press 1 if you would like to listen to New Age Music, press 2 If you would like to listen to rap, press 3 If you would like to listen to country, press 4... '

Everyone laughed at Hank for being the only drummer in a country western band with a set of Timpanis until one night at Gilley's bar

"Don't call me ska face!"

Concrete action v local solution

Barry Manilow explores new directions and finally connects with his target audience