Swifties in their 70s: Their love for Taylor keeps them young

nypost.com:

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” and even crafted a cowboy hat to wear for the occasion.Roger Stock, 74, grew up listening to the Doors, Cream, Jefferson Airplane, and the Grateful Dead — and is now a member of two Swift Facebook fan groups.A native of Wales who now lives in Cyprus, Stock began listening to Swift’s music in 2011 after he realized “she wrote almost a perfect story in the lines of a song” with “I Knew You Were Trouble.”When her album “Red” was released in 2012 and he heard “All Too Well,” the ballad Swift penned based on her short-lived relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal, he was hooked.“I bought ‘Red’ on CD and when she released her catalog on Spotify, I was well pleased,” Stock said.

His wife is “not really” a Swiftie, and sometimes pokes fun at him. “I am now getting more ribbing off her because of the increased coverage Taylor Swift gets now,” he said.His son is not a fan either, but “respects” his father’s musical choices. “I trained him well,” Stock said.Sandy Bevil, 71, from Charlotte, N.C., is a proud member of six Swift fan Facebook groups — and is such a loyal devotee that she went to Swift’s movie by herself because she doesn’t have any friends who are fans.“I had to go see the movie alone.