In 2008, when the real estate market blew up, it principally hurt older people who saw the value of their houses go down, along with their pension plans.
When I was younger, I was always running into other girls involved in music. When I was about 14 or 15, one of my friend's dads was an Elvis impersonator and asked us to sing backups at a rehearsal. I did well and was hired. Did that for about two years.