[gcruse]

Merle Haggard is appearing in Amarillo pretty soon.
He must be going for the Most Wrinkled Oldie on Tour Award.
The Stones are his only competition, I imagine.

[weegee]

There are blues performers who have been at this game for over 50 years (and Huey Long, one of the Ink Spots just turned 99 this weekend).

I saw the Cramps last week and Lux and Ivy must each be pushing 50 (the band has been playing since 1976 as have the Fleshtones, who released a new album a week later than the Cramps). The Dictators debuted on Epic in 1974 and their new album equalled or surpassed their others. Iggy Pop must be over 50 now.

I've seen James Brown and Little Richard, they may be nipping and tucking the wrinkles.

Link Wray has his wrinkles but at 74 (and one lung) he can still play guitar that has 30 year olds saying "Man, that's too loud!".

[weegee]

Sun Ra Arkestra and Sam Butera are still playing and recording jazz albums.

I don't see the next generation of performers contributed the same caliber of work. Luckily we can enjoy the older recordings and videoed/filmed performances.