The Joy of Jamming

Cycling home today I passed a house having a BBQ with a live band jamming in the back yard. Band is a generous term. Guitar, bass, drum thingys. It was wonderfully awful: enthusiastic, spirited, sincere, and likely slightly drunk. All I wanted to do was run home grab a drum or keyboard and knock on the door with beers in hand.  I overcame the urge. But it made me think why do we jam. 

1. Keep our social connections alive. As we age this is a big reason. Isolation kills. For the cheery data check out this fine article with footnotes to real data. Loneliness kills more folks than obesity, so the data apparently shows.  Yikes. Here is one study. https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316
2. Impress the girls, even if at this age they are 60+. Two thumbs up.
   
3. It's fun.

So, in conclusion, it's time to dust off the guitar, get out of the house and meet some folks.

Cheers,

David