Posted on 06/27/2015 10:12:20 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
That’s a very interesting analysis.
They’re all trying to relive Woodstock, especially the ones who weren’t there.
Meanwhile people like Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton and Van Morrison turn 70, and continue to turn out original music, and are very wealthy.
They play on if they want, but they don’t need the money.
BB King played on almost to the end, Buddy Guy is 78 and making a new album.
American “Seasick Steve” (about 73) lives in Europe and plays the festivals, with his partners Dan Magnussen (drums, Norway) and John Paul Jones, (guitar, Led Zeppelin, England). Here they are at Glastonbury in 2013.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVh4e8GjheQ
No necessarily, there are a few outdoor festival s here in AZ. They cover multiple genres. The 2 biggest are the Country and Rock festivals. I’ve been to both of them and there is anything but a Woodstock vibe.
Excellent article, but what is a ‘Yurt’?
Used in the last sentence of the piece.
I would pay money to see Steely Dan. Even if the vocals are a few octaves lower or the tempo a bit slower, that group has always been great at blending pop and jazz together.
Unlike some jazz, it does not put me to sleep.
A seafood festival held in the Jersey Shore town of Belmar weekend before last drew an estimated 200,000 attendees. They had to literally close off access to the town Sunday afternoon as it was total gridlock; even all the remote parking at the marina was filled.
A portable round tent, generally skin-covered, Mongolian.
You mean no mud rolling and less public sex and drugs?
Thanks.
Bass and keyboards while in that band. Real name John Baldwin; he got his stage name as a suggestion from a friend who had seen a movie about the US naval hero in the War of Independence.
John Paul Jones (guitar, Led Zeppelin, England) …
I have no desire to go to big loud muddy or dusty hot festivals. But my kids do; they go to a few each summer. (Teen and early 20s). One son just got back from traveling a long distance to Canada for a festival.
I learned about Steve before JPJ joined. Saw Steve and Dan in a small club in Lost Angeles about 4-5 years ago, on one of his rare and short tours of the US. They were late, loud, and brought the house down.
Steve finally was “discovered” in his 60s in Europe and is very popular in Europe. He lives in Norway and England. His grown son is his media guy. They “self publish” and use all the up to date internet tools.
Steve started in the 1960s as a studio musician and technical electronic guy.
It is interesting that JPJ choses to play with him. Jones is wealthy, along with several from the earlier times.
It does seem to me that opportunities for new artists are shrinking. I can’t think of a major rock band that’s come along in the past ten years. It’s all rap and divas like Beyoncé.
I still listen to rock music, but the idea of sitting in the hot sun using porta potties does not in the least sound "fun".....so much easy just to crank your radio up...
Don’t eat the brown Ex-Lax!
Here’s one solution, have multiple stages, put the big acts on the big stage (while they are still around), and let smaller and local acts play the smaller stages and get some exposure. Maybe with that help, they will become the next big act that can headline in a few years.
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