Jean,

Admit it, you just liked Ed Ames because he was Mingo on Daniel Boone! LOL! I remember all those guys, as well as the Ames brothers. We all grew up in that era and yes, we did like those older artists, but the real generational thing has always been for younger artists to be the primary music sellars in any generation. And actually Ed Ames was probably in his mid thirties when you were liking him. But I'm not going to argue your penchant for older men. You probably still have a picture of Marcus Welby on your wall, I am speaking mostly in generalities and speaking from an industry postition.
We have digressed off of this topic to old people and carpal tunnel, old people's diseases. Back to the subject, there are always spikes in certain things whenever a person is featured doing something. There was a spike in girl guitar players when Bonnie Rait made it look cool. Same with all female groups. Right now there will be more girls getting into songwriting and playing guitar because of Taylor Swift.
Maybe you should start your own magazine, "Babe's and their Axes!" YOu could have your spotlights featrue, articles about what picks they use to match their bras or whatever. YOu may have found your own niche. Congratulations.

MAB