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
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) …