Bands always play a mix of old and new
Unless there is no new
Usually it’s about 80;20 old versus new
Only self conscious preeners like maybe Robert Plant complain about doing old music
Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones have no issue with it
I live in Franklin TN area and know old rockers and country folks
Waylon Jennings was someone I knew in the mid 90s since my fiancée was his business head
Waylon loved playing ....and he enjoyed thoroughly doing the old stuff as well as going on Lollapalooza...with Metallica
He became pals with Hetfield from this chance encounter and Hetfield used to visit he and Jessi in Brentwood
Hetfield loved Waylon’s kind of floating style of picking that Tele
Anyhow...I’m not name dropping it’s just where I live in semi rural Nashville and schools with kids and pool clubs or just sitting at a bar...in Franklin and you get to know artists in passing or more so
Over 20 years or so you meet and know music celebs of rock and country genre here
I’ve never heard one bitch about the pull of fans desiring touring and wanting to hear the old stuff
Never not once
They adore that they are still appreciated it’s their damn mothers milk
It’s so thick here around six years ago at our favorite bar restaurant the Red Pony I had to seriously deter little Bret Michaels making a strong play for my wife while I went to the john
The bartender and his lovely goddess wife are some of my best friends and he warned Bret she’s married with kids
He flared off after I came back but kept eyeballing her...it was funny to be honest ...he’s not the five ten he claims
That’s just an example of how it is around here....
I wonder did Frank get tired of singing New York or did Andy Williams tire of Moon River?
Not exactly an example of a sober life.
I wonder did Frank get tired of singing New York
Interestingly enough, in his youth, my dad waited tables at an upscale restaurant in an out of the way location. He said one night a guest at a table suddenly started singing. It turned out to be Frank Sinatra. Apparently the man was such a narcissist that he couldn't deal with not receiving attention so he had to make a scene in a restaurant in order to draw attention to himself.
Speaking of Waylon Jennings. I saw him shortly before his death, playing the Topsfield Fair. Racked with diabetes, he got up on stage and gave it his all. He didn’t need the money but he clearly loved performing in front of an audience. I gained a whole new respect for him and his music still holds up very well today.