My take? Quit looking for problems that likely don't even exist. If everyone is happy, and you're not getting even any indications that there is a problem, then enjoy what you have and keep it going.
MM
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My take? Quit looking for problems that likely don't even exist. If everyone is happy, and you're not getting even any indications that there is a problem, then enjoy what you have and keep it going.
MM
Age is a number, but it is a very important number.
BTW, many animals do keep track of time (e.g., seasonally migrating birds). Time is so important that a ton of animals have a bio-watch built in them.
BTW, many animals do keep track of time (e.g., seasonally migrating birds). Time is so important that a ton of animals have a bio-watch built in them.
Depending on which source you believe for his DOB, Mick Mars had a full decade on his Motley Crue bandmates. (Visually, it was more like two or three decades, but I digress.)
Willie Nelson looks for every bit somewhere over 100, and I'd give a lot to be able to play with him - and I'm 30 years his junior!
Yeah- but I don't jump and run around either. In fact a stool for me at the half way point in the evening is preferred and not thought as silly by the bands with which I play.
But then again - Blue Grass is timeless as is Blues.
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FWIW I left a band because they were old farts (singer was the youngest at 55) and they had no energy. BTW I'm 62 so being an old fart in this case was less about age and more about lack of drive/energy. Be thankful that this band works for you. Sounds like a blast.
Different generations communicate primarily through fundamentally different ways, which can lead to misunderstandings. They also often have different priorities, which can cause issues when assumptions are made about how dedicated people should be.
It doesn't always happen, hence the rest of my post. But it can happen.
It doesn't always happen, hence the rest of my post. But it can happen.
Whenever I see a band with a wide range of ages I think, "these guys must be good because they're about the music not image."
Ed Cassidy, drummer of Spirit, played until his death at age 89 in 2012. He was already in his mid 40s when the band recorded it's first album. The band's guitarist Randy California was his stepson.
Christopher Lee, the actor, started singing for a metal band in his 90s.
Of course, he was also known for being some sort of British commando type in North Africa in WWII and went on some kind of crazy classified missions he took to the grave with him, probably involving killing lots of Nazis, and once told a movie director on the set, "that's not the sound a knife makes when it goes into a man", so I'm pretty sure he was an exceptional badass.
The day Keith Richards and Mick Jagger get fired for being bad for a band with a rock and roll image you can start worrying.
Does that mean, when I want to play 70s covers with a drummer and a guitarist, counting my age
I have to play with 2 highschoolkids? That would be fun
especially the beerdrinking part 
....If the kids can't do that, just fire them and get some real rockers 
may the bass be with you
Wise(b)ass
After he got banned he turned up on UK's Basschat with more of the same
Never fails to mention he's now 64.
I think things like kids vs no kids, married vs single, solid day job vs not are much bigger factors than age. A 20 year old with no job, family or career will have different expectations for a band than me. In my last band the drummer was in his 60s and i was 34. I don't think the age gap was even noticible
I would rather watch and listen to great musicians of any age, race, gender, nationality or religion than a bunch of hacks. Wouldn't you? I just got home six hours ago from seeing Peter Frampton and Steve Miller in concert. They're both in their 60's and still put on a great show. Frampton was exceptional, even though he didn't join Steve for a duet because he was feeling poorly. Steve said he himself lost a tooth earlier that day and the dentist's anesthesia hadn't worn off yet. I can't imagine a better show, even if they were both healthy. That said, people age differently. There are some 40 year olds who look 65, and some 80 year olds who look 50. Not that it matters too much, but we're all still in show biz. Looking feeble and disoriented during a song you never bothered to learn is troubling enough when you're 20, when you do it posing as the Crypt Keeper onstage, they'd probably call the paramedics.
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yes, and so is my blood pressure.
seriously, i haven't read the other replies yet but i'm guessing most don't care how old you or they are and i feel the same way. you're as young as you feel and unless you need an oxygen tank beside you, then you're thinking too much. we're kept young by music so keep at it and damn whoever tries to tell you that you're too old for anything.
don't forget sir paul still play today, same with all the other greats who will die with their basses strapped on. keep playing and laugh at the kids who wish they could do what you do.
Age is just a number.... I am not SS eligible yet but am retiring next year. I have been actively playing bass since 1974 and have no intention of stopping. I would consider myself to be old if I quit playing. Rock on, with people of any age, and have fun!!
Last time I checked, you hear, not see music...
... so looks, age, hair, or lack thereof, weight, etc mean little...
... so looks, age, hair, or lack thereof, weight, etc mean little...
I was editing my post when you "liked" it. You may want to reconsider.
Nope... I'm sticking to it... even better, after the edit, and true.
It's the last day of vacay, so I'm extra nice... your welcome.
(Probably don't want to visit, tomorrow, when I clock in, though...
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