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To: cyclotic

Yes I am very familiar with that band and their group of friends. Great stuff.

The tradition of musicians playing until very old precedes rock and roll. It gets down to what drives many of them — the love of the music. Some don’t get it and that’s fine.

Rod Argent (Zombies, Argent band) kept performing until he was 79 and had a stroke. So he retired from performing but still writes music. Colin Blunstone is still going and last I checked could still hit the high notes in the bridge of Tell her No.

Many from that age group continue to play - Carlos Santana, Steve Howe, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney. Too many to name. Oscar Peterson didn’t retire. He kept performing until a year before died at age 82.


45 posted on 06/22/2026 1:15:26 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: plain talk

I heard Paul McCartney recently and he needs to retire. His voice is gone.


50 posted on 06/22/2026 1:32:20 PM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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