So, those people do exist today who have the ability to write songs that are unique and have a deep quality to them. They are few and far between, but perhaps they were back then too. We're overwhelmed with music today. There are way too many records for everything to be even exposed to the public. To make matters worse, with the media being money-driven, there are real people in the minority whose tastes are rarely served properly.
Jazz is the perfect example.
On public access stations. I was very fortunate in having Stevie play on my record. I expected that he would play the harmonica, and it might be difficult to get him to sing. When we first did the track, Stevie played harmonica and I played piano. Then we gave him a clean track and let him sing without the harmonica, and it was just unbelievable.