--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It brings out a different spin on the lyrics. In Delta blues I have > plenty of guys to model for playing into their 80's. Here is one of > my favorite models for how to enjoy the "golden" years, John Lee > Hooker! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji0j_eWQ0uU > > Here is a guy who is still playing into his late 80's or early 90's, > Honeyboy Edwards. He traveled with Robert Johnson in the 30's and > wrote a great book called about his life as a traveling bluesman > called "The World Don't Owe Me Nuth'n". That pretty much says it > all! Nice interview at the end. This is how I plan to do it at > his age!
One of the most impressive performers I've ever seen (and I got to see him a lot, because he lived in Albuquerque when I lived in Santa Fe, and played often in the area) was Bo Diddley. He was in his mid-seveties then, and clearly the youngest person in the room, and the one having the most fun. Here is a video of him at age 60: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25upsgckM2Y Some other performers still performing into their older years, discovered today on YouTube; click the icon in the lower right to view them in full screen mode: Bob Dylan, Forever Young: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSpAWVa4Jak Bruce Cockburn, Soul Of A Man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYOz-turJ3g Bruce Cockburn, Child Of The Wind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j1SIUGRxRM Van Morrison, Philosopher's Stone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN5khQ1tsx8 Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir, Ripple: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRWxKHV10Bw Grateful Dead, Touch Of Grey: :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXgbx3liL_s > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Call me an old softy -- or just old -- but I really loved > > > this article, and the spirit with which these particular > > > musicians prove that "We will, we will rock you." The > > > first article I read on them is below, preceded by a few > > > other links I've found about them. Enjoy, and consider > > > their example when pondering your own old age. > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u6k-99qcCE > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBeFL3qI-n8 > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McCpBsH9cOQ&mode=related&search= > > > > > > http://www.youngatheartchorus.com/ > > > > > > I'm going to be rude and follow up on my own post > > here, but these guys and gals just inspire the hell > > out of me. What a concept, eh? And what joy on their > > faces to be shocking audiences, and making them laugh, > > and making them cry, and above all *getting away with > > it*, in a society that had all but written them off. > > My hat is off to them, revealing my own bald spot and > > graying hair. > > > > Many of us here are not that far away from the age > > ballpark represented by Young At Heart. And, I have to > > say, many of us here are probably going to be kickin' > > Senior Citizens. > > > > Can't you just imagine Curtis toolin' down the corridors > > of his rest home in a lowrider wheelchair, complete with > > dingleberries? Can't you imagine the pretend outrage of > > the female nurses as he pinches their butts in passing? > > > > And can't you just imagine Sal pinching the butts of the > > male nurses who are distracted by the commotion? > > > > Can't you imagine all of us gathered around a campfire > > in the back yard of the rest home at night, making smores > > and listening to tales of power told by Edg Duveyoung and > > Rory and Tom T and tr3nity and new.morning? Lou could > > tell our futures, and Off and Bharitu could point out > > the conspiracies that are really creating those futures. > > Jim and do.rflex would be sitting off to one side, talk- > > ing with Guru Dev. Robert Gimbel would perform poetry, > > accompanied by Curtis and card and other musicians in > > the group. Vaj and I would still be lying, and Judy > > would be trying to point that out, but everyone else > > would pelt us with smores and tell us to lighten up, > > and we would, and would even share a toast to it. And > > sitting there, beaming like a Cheshire cat, would be > > Rick, surveying his work. > > > > And we'd have a lot of FUN, and sing and dance and party > > like it was 1999, and we'd stay up WAY past angel train > > time, until the neighbors called the cops on us for > > making all that infernal noise while they were trying > > to sleep. And then, before the cops get there, we'd > > serenade our sleepy, younger neighbors with one last > > song, ending the evening like Young At Heart does, > > with a rousing chorus of Forever Young: > > > > May God bless and keep you always, > > May your wishes all come true, > > May you always do for others > > And let others do for you. > > May you build a ladder to the stars > > And climb on every rung, > > May you stay forever young, > > Forever young, forever young, > > May you stay forever young. > > > > May you grow up to be righteous, > > May you grow up to be true, > > May you always know the truth > > And see the lights surrounding you. > > May you always be courageous, > > Stand upright and be strong, > > May you stay forever young, > > Forever young, forever young, > > May you stay forever young. > > > > May your hands always be busy, > > May your feet always be swift, > > May you have a strong foundation > > When the winds of changes shift. > > May your heart always be joyful, > > May your song always be sung, > > May you stay forever young, > > Forever young, forever young, > > May you stay forever young. > > >
