Okay here's the deal. I just turned 49 and I still wanna rock. My most recent bandmates are now playing country...not a THANG wrong with that.....but sometimes I get the feeling that some guys think theyr'e supposed to "tone down"(or whatever) when they get to a certain age. Yeah, there are alot of older rockers still making records, but I'm talking about us average Joes that aren't famous. As long as you don't wear spandex over a beer gut, or try to wear black fingernail polish, or do really stupid looking dances, then I say Let Us Rawk! I shall play Cheap Trick, T.Rex, ZZ Top, KISS, Blue Oyster Cult.....and any other rock stuff that my fingers will comply with, until I'm sho nuff old! Can I get a AMEN?
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pirateflynn
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I was rattling the windows today myself. AMEN!
Well I was the youngest guy here at one time. (has been 8 years? where does th etime go) and I'll Amen that!
Don't feel bad. My Dad is 57, plays a Hamer (I bought it for him) and still plays with his friends (some former high school and college band mates!) and they have gigs playing the music they love like Cream, Santana, etc. I jam with them whenever I'm in town during a rehearsal. Hell I listen to the music they play all the time. I never listen to the covers I do (Weezer, My Chemical Romance, whatever's hot this month, etc.).
If they can do it, so can you!
Don't feel bad. My Dad is 57, plays a Hamer (I bought it for him) and still plays with his friends (some former high school and college band mates!) and they have gigs playing the music they love like Cream, Santana, etc. I jam with them whenever I'm in town during a rehearsal. Hell I listen to the music they play all the time. I never listen to the covers I do (Weezer, My Chemical Romance, whatever's hot this month, etc.).
If they can do it, so can you!
you can get an amen, no problem.
but, getting a gig playing that stuff might be harder. /emoticons/default_ph34r.png
seriously, there's not many classic rawk gigs around here.
but there is modern rawk, blues, and acoustic.
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I turned 50 this year and still love stuff the hard rockin' stuff.. The band(80's/90's indie/alt stuff) I played in/playing again in is very aggressive... A young band we were playing with gave us one of the best compliments we ever got: "How old are you guys?" "After you guys we're going to sound like a bunch of pu$$ies!!". I've done more stuff this year than I ever did at 20; racing, marathons... Go for it and have fun....
I enjoyed playing rhythm guitar in a Cult tribute band recently, but when they brought in a new singer who steered things in a more generic cock-rock cover band direction complete with visuals like eye liner and leather pants (certainly a better business decision) it was time for me to step out. I just turned 40 and there was no way that was age appropriate for me. Well, maybe it would have been if I looked like pirateflynn instead of Uncle Fester (or Wolfman Jack when I had hair). Easily the saddest thing about leaving that band was losing my opportunity to let rip with my Valvetech 50-watter through a 4x12 at every rehearsal and gig.
I'm really loving the jam band thing I'm doing now though. It's come-as-you-are from an "image" standpoint and it's probably the most satisfying music I've ever played. So I'm having a Santana-esque resurgence: surrounding myself with younger players and trying my damndest never to play another chord again LOL!
I'm really loving the jam band thing I'm doing now though. It's come-as-you-are from an "image" standpoint and it's probably the most satisfying music I've ever played. So I'm having a Santana-esque resurgence: surrounding myself with younger players and trying my damndest never to play another chord again LOL!
Like I said, if I looked like pirateflynn, there wouldn't have been a problem. Just like Clarence Thomas wouldn't have had a problem if he looked like Denzel LOL!
tafkathundernotes
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Like Greg, I'm the youngest in my band at 42 also. We're playing the rocking stuff, but I'm staying away from classic rock when possible. What once was classic is now just oldies - no matter how loud you play it. I like a lot of new rock, so as long as we're not covering tunes about teen angst, I'm good with it. And we don't look silly.
I turned 50 this year. In late August I was invited to join a 'classic' rock outfit, my first paying gig in 5 years.
We're doing everything from '50's standards to Velvet Revolvers' 'Slither' (that's a big bag of fun to play).
The youngest guy's in his late 30's, we're all family men at some level, and we kick major ass.
As long as I can stand up I'm young enough to play rock. I don't give a damn who's watching me do it, either.
Check www.stonewolf.com for our song list.
AMEN
We're doing everything from '50's standards to Velvet Revolvers' 'Slither' (that's a big bag of fun to play).
The youngest guy's in his late 30's, we're all family men at some level, and we kick major ass.
As long as I can stand up I'm young enough to play rock. I don't give a damn who's watching me do it, either.
Check www.stonewolf.com for our song list.
AMEN
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I'm 40 and still playing, but I lean towards music thats is in my opinion not youth oriented. Somehow at my age, I just can't see myself being in a band singing about teens angst. I think some music can span different age groups and some are more geared towards the younger crowd.
Van Halen is one of my favorite bands, but I have a hard time seeing a 60 year old Van Halen and still projecting the same image from when they were in their 20's. AC/DC singing "You Shook Me all Nght Long", as much as I like the song, at 60 does not conjure up a very good image in my head. The Stones on the other hand is different IMO. I think the music by the Stones and the Beatles span a wider age range. In my opinion, the bands that last for decades make music that span a wider age group or actually musically evolve over time.
Having said all that, I plan on playing for as long as I can. At my age, it is getting harder to find bands that I can play in.
-FunkyE9th
Van Halen is one of my favorite bands, but I have a hard time seeing a 60 year old Van Halen and still projecting the same image from when they were in their 20's. AC/DC singing "You Shook Me all Nght Long", as much as I like the song, at 60 does not conjure up a very good image in my head. The Stones on the other hand is different IMO. I think the music by the Stones and the Beatles span a wider age range. In my opinion, the bands that last for decades make music that span a wider age group or actually musically evolve over time.
Having said all that, I plan on playing for as long as I can. At my age, it is getting harder to find bands that I can play in.
-FunkyE9th