Chronological

Collection, dated 1993–2009 and undated, consisting of sound and video recordings, meeting materials, photographs and posters for a program track at the meetings of two major gerontological societies in the United States, honoring elderly blues musicians.

American Society on Aging
Gerontological Society of America

In 1993 two gerontologists and blues lovers, Michael Marcus and John Migliaccio, decided that there should be sessions at meetings of the two major gerontological societies, the American Society on Aging (ASA) and the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), to recognize elderly blues musicians and to present them and their concerns.

The "Bo Diddley program track" was named for the major musician who was the presenter at the second session, in San Francisco in 1994. A committee of blues fans among the gerontologists has attempted to keep the track going at one or both societies since 1993 by locating local musicians in the cities where each meeting was held and inviting them to talk at the session. Often the daytime session is followed by an evening concert in a blues club.

Author: Flandreau, Suzanne

Aging
Musicians, Black