Chuck Berry lived to be 90.
Little Richard (Richard Penniman) turns 87 this year.
I dont think the touring wear and tear hurts
The exercise of it I think helps ....look at Jagger and Daltrey and Springsteen
Worst thing they do is many smoke...a rich man who eats decent and works out can take all the opiates he wants short of overdosing like Tom Petty did....the Tylenol they mix in will kill most first
Cocaine is deadly long term as is booze....usually
All those Women....maybe the biggest threat
Their losses were painful? Really?
I’ve never suffered pain from the death of a guitar player.
Yet me guess the usual hate filed snark about folks if they die
Free Republic snark rivals Breitbart posters ignorance
Being a rock legend has to be the most crappy job no life always on the move no wonder they O.D.
Little Richard is 86.
“SHUDDUP! I started rock n roll. They stole it from me!”
Springsteen - about as much as Hillary.
I am looking forward to it, for some of them...
The Boss, for example. And certain other rockers from New Jersey... Bon something or other...
The drummer/singer from the Eagles...
The piano player who did “The way it is...”
Ringo Starr looks fantastic for his age.
What was the point of someone adding 2020 election and DNC talking points to the Keywords?
I lost most of my nostalgia for the music after all the corporate commercialization. Songs I used to like shilling for some product to get us aging folks to buy more. No thanks.
Phil Lesh, base player for the old Grateful Dead will be 80 in 3/20.
What’s most amazing about that list of “rock legends” is that John Fogerty (74) is not it. And that Joni Mitchell, etc., etc., are on it.
Ian Gillan is 74
Paul Rodgers will be 70 in December (and still sounds great)
If they made it this long, lots of them likely have another decade anyway.
I have a chance to see The Who next week. The tickets are pricey, but I keep thinking it may be the last tour they’ll ever do. I can’t make up my mind ...
No, the younger Mick Taylor will be at his side as they try to outperform each other. What a glorious sound they drove each other to produce.