Posted on 04/07/2020 6:03:47 AM PDT by DoodleBob
Legendary rocker Alice Cooper, who has lived in Arizona for decades, spoke to Forbes about how he is holding up during the coronavirus pandemic. He said: "The great thing in Arizona is that the golf courses are open. They say it's an outdoor event, you're not touching anything but your own equipment. And they want people out doing something — walking, outdoor activities and they said that is the one sport that is not a contact sport. There are 200 golf courses here. So we go out every morning, first off there's nobody out there. We have the whole place to ourselves and we're done by 9:30, 10 o'clock and it's great. We come home and then I don't feel guilty sitting watching TV all day."
According to Golf News Net, most U.S. states have not ordered golf courses to shut down as part of coronavirus crackdowns on movement and public activities.
The 72-year-old Cooper recently told Arizona Republic that he feels "less vulnerable" in his house than he does in a different hotel every day. "You don't know who’s been there, what they've touched," he explained. "When I was in Europe, I spent all day doing Purell, washing my hands. Every time you would touch something, you'd realize 'Well, how do you know that wasn't infected?'"
As to whether he's concerned about the possibility of contracting COVID-19, Cooper said: "I'm not scared of this thing. ... But you've got to consider everybody. You never know what the guy next door's health problems are."
Last month, Cooper told Rolling Stone that he will use the downtime from having his North American tour postponed to work on new music.
"While our management is working to reschedule the postponed shows, I'm going to finish work on my next album, which is nearly done," he said. "At least now I won't be squeezing in vocal recording sessions on days off, between shows. I don't like a lot of time off, as anyone who sees my schedule already knows, but a little extra time at home can be re-energizing."
Cooper's latest release — the six-track "Breadcrumbs" EP, described as a tribute to the garage-rock heroes of his hometown of Detroit — was released in September via earMUSIC.
"Breadcrumbs" featured covers of Bob Seger's "East Side Story", the MC5's "Sister Anne", Suzi Quatro's "Your Mama Won't Like Me" and MITCH RYDER & THE DETROIT WHEELS' "Devil With A Blue Dress On", plus a reworking of "Detroit City" from 2003's "The Eyes Of Alice Cooper" album, titled "Detroit City 2020", and a new song co-written with Wayne Kramer, "Go Man Go".
smart, golf is a perfect sport for social distancing, as long as I don’t have to help look for others balls in the woods.
I’ve been chipping around the front yard.
We are playing here in Connecticut also; but must use single carts on weekends and walk during the week. Also, yesterday they ordered the use of masks.
3 Massachusetts golfers arrested for violating Rhode Island coronavirus quarantine order: police
That is the WORST part of Facebook. People love to post their opinions about every subject in the world. Most they have very little knowledge of. The problem is they THINK they do know something about it.
It is like FreeRepublic x 100,000,000
I was taught to aim for the trees and you’ll never hit them.
Lock him up!
They can’t outlaw golf unless they give the former pothead-in-chief and his little pals a carve out.
There is a private range here in the town I live in about 15 miles north of the Townsend, MA border.
I am not a member. I know people who are. You might be able to come up here. If you private message me, I will give you the club name.
If I still golfed, the masks would cut down on my cursing......
That’s because school is out for summer.
No more Mr. Nice Guy!
That is hilarious.
“That is the WORST part of Facebook. People love to post their opinions about every subject in the world. Most they have very little knowledge of. “
But with FB you can control whether you see their posts or not. :-)
Really like Cooper, his music and his personality. Another Detroiter (we’ll, I’m’ from Downriver). i think he was underrated.
Banning outdoor activities is the most inane way to combat transmission (well other than shutting down the whole country).
A bat a day keeps the virus away: Hair of the Fledermaus that bit you.
What? If they did put them in the middle I would never hit them, it's the ones to the right of the fairway that need to go!
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