His comment about "taking the music with you" is great advice.
Today, I realized that I had downloaded enough mp3 files of 1920s music to fill a Slick mp3 player (on sale at Family Dollar for $10.) The player holds 2gigs, enough variety for my daily walk.
Sometimes I think about how our musician heroes would appreciate how much we continue to enjoy their efforts, so many years later.
What a great thread! Thanks for starting it, Jon! Albert, thank you for making the forum and the website for all of us Bix fans!