Late Bloomers
It\u2019s never too late to follow your dreams\u2026here are a few inspiration examples\u2026\n\nAnna Mary Robertson was born in New York in 1860\u2026for years, she worked as a housekeeper before moving to farm work with her husband, Thomas Moses\u2026they had ten children\u2026\n\nWhen Thomas died, Anna needed something to occupy her time, so she took up painting\u2026she was 78 years old\u2026Anna became known as \u201cGrandma Moses\u201d and is one of the most celebrated American painters of the 20th century\u2026she\u2019s also held up as an example of never being too old to follow your dreams\u2026\n\nThen, early in 2022, I ran across the story of Ruth Slenczynska\u2026she was the last surviving pupil of classical legend Sergei Rachmaninov\u2026Ruth first met him when she was declared a child prodigy many, many, many decades ago, back in the 1920s\u2026\n\nShe recorded some classical records for Decca in the 50s and very early 60s, but that was it\u2026the contract lapsed and wasn\u2019t renewed\u2014that is until early 2022 when she signed a brand new record deal with Decca for a solo album entitled \u201cmy life in music\u201d\u2026Ruth Slenczynska got this record deal at the age of 97\u2026\n\nThis got me thinking\u2026rock is supposed to be for the young\u2026new artists are almost always in their teens or early 20s\u2026but not always\u2026sometimes it takes a little longer and a lot more work before certain artists were able to get their big break\u2026some had to wait until their 30s\u2014ancient by any measure when it comes to the contemporary music business\u2026\n\nAnd given the ageism that persists throughout contemporary music, these accomplishments are all that more impressive\u2026\n\nLet\u2019s take a look at the late bloomers of rock\u2019n\u2019roll\u2026\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices