# Aging Musicians Still with Us **URL:** \ **Category:** Everything Else\ **Created:** [January 28, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147 "2023-01-28T04:02:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/elk/32/1240_2.png) [@Elk](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Elk)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147/1 "2023-01-28T04:02:33Z")
Not fully accurate since a short time ago . . . ![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/d/2/d20669b63ac6ad9593b1a584c8443fa296cfe99b.jpeg) I imagine this is quite sobering for many Boomers. ---
**Author:** ![Palouse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/palouse/32/93521_2.png) [@Palouse](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Palouse)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147/2 "2023-01-28T05:58:33Z")
Keith Richards, 79 (seems older, right?) ---
**Author:** ![paul172](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/paul172/32/308402_2.png) [@paul172](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/paul172)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147/3 "2023-01-28T06:31:58Z")
Neil Young 77 years young! Jackson Browne 74 Brian May 75 Roger Taylor 73 Billy Gibbons 73 Joni Mitchell 79 Brian Johnson 75 Ted Nudgent 74 Sammy Hagar 75 Steve Winwood 74 Mick Fleetwood 75 John McVie 77 Lindsay Buckingham 73 Hans Theessink 74 Van.Morrison 77 Gordon Lightfoot 84 Allan Taylor 77 Ry Cooder 75 I must be bored. I’ll go to bed now. ---
**Author:** ![paul172](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/paul172/32/308402_2.png) [@paul172](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/paul172)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147/4 "2023-01-28T06:46:52Z")
I almost forgot Buddy Guy 86! I just saw him on the news wrapping up his monthly stint at his club Blues Legends in Chicago! God bless him! ---
**Author:** ![adifferentpaul](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/adifferentpaul/32/282181_2.png) [@adifferentpaul](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/adifferentpaul)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147/5 "2023-01-28T06:57:36Z")
Celine Dion didn’t make the list 😉 ---
**Author:** ![paul172](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/paul172/32/308402_2.png) [@paul172](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/paul172)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147/6 "2023-01-28T07:19:25Z")
She’s 54 but you’re not wrong. ---
**Author:** ![jazznut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jazznut](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/jazznut)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147/7 "2023-01-28T12:49:13Z")
Interesting medical study (how old one can get with alc & drugs) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RonP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/ronp/32/213555_2.png) [@RonP](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/RonP)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147/8 "2023-01-28T13:09:06Z")
Wow, at 72 I’m one of The Aging. A tough reality. BUT–I just lifted a 100 pound amplifier out of it’s box and then onto it’s shelf. I need a nap. ---
**Author:** ![club\_pizzazz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/club_pizzazz/32/143324_2.png) [@club\_pizzazz](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/club_pizzazz)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147/9 "2023-01-28T13:18:49Z")
Marshall Allen 99! And still fronting the Arkestra George Clinton 81 John Cale 80 Bryan Ferry 77 Patti Smith 76 Robert Fripp 76 Wayne Kramer 74 Brian Eno 74 Tom Verlaine 73 Bootsy Collins 71 Ryuichi Sakamoto 71 Daniel Lanois 71 ---
**Author:** ![allan.thunes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@allan.thunes](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/allan.thunes)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147/10 "2023-01-28T13:19:06Z")
You may be onto something. Swapping gear as exercise. Audiophilia - good for body and soul. ---
**Author:** ![Chops](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/chops/32/9550_2.png) [@Chops](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Chops)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147/11 "2023-01-28T13:53:00Z")
Wow, no mention of the legend?!.. Phil Collins - About to be 72 on Jan 30th. Also… Sting (The Police) - 71 David Byrne (Talking Heads) - 70 Annie Lennox (Eurythmics) - 68 Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) - 68 Bernard Sumner (New Order) - 67 Billy Idol - 67 Siouxsie Sioux (Siouxsie and the Banshees) - 65 Peter Murphy (Bauhaus) - 65 Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran) - 64 Robert Smith (The Cure) - 63 Andy McCluskey (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) - 63 Jim Kerr (Simple Minds) - 63 Morten Harket (A-ha) - 63 Morrissey (The Smiths) - 63 Bono (U2) - 62 Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet) - 62 Roland Orzabal (Tears for Fears) - 61 Boy George (Culture Club) - 61 Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) - 60 ---
**Author:** ![paul172](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/paul172/32/308402_2.png) [@paul172](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/paul172)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147/12 "2023-01-28T15:11:52Z")
I didn’t list anyone in their 60’s. 60 is like the new forty. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dcm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/dcm/32/299862_2.png) [@dcm](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/dcm)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147/13 "2023-01-28T15:51:06Z")
Smokey Robinson is 82 but I do worry about his cognitive abilities simply because he has a new album coming out with this title (!!!???!!!) ![Screenshot 2023-01-28 at 10.38.22 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/7/e/7ebe5f4eadd63b1186effc2256d006ff5317ff62.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Chops](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/chops/32/9550_2.png) [@Chops](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Chops)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147/14 "2023-01-28T16:59:57Z")
Well if you noticed, the first three are in their 70’s. Besides, these are the ones I grew up mainly listening to, including most of the ones in your list, plus many many others, so… It doesn’t matter. What DOES matter is that all of the good talent is getting up there in the years, and before you know it they’re all going to be gone. We’re going to be left with nothing but the current mainstream trash that’s on the radio these days. Luckily, I don’t listen to the radio at all except for the brief moments at work when someone has something playing in the background. I try to make my visits brief when they have that garbage playing. ---
**Author:** ![owlsalum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@owlsalum](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/owlsalum)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147/15 "2023-01-28T17:21:44Z")
Well that’s comforting for this 60 something to hear. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![club\_pizzazz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/club_pizzazz/32/143324_2.png) [@club\_pizzazz](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/club_pizzazz)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147/16 "2023-01-28T17:44:02Z")
You’re right a lot of talented folks listed, some still making great music, some not so much anymore…. But there is tons of amazing music being made by incredibly talented contemporary artists. What genres are you into? I’m sure you can find great stuff…. And you’re not wrong about mainstream rock radio. I too avoid it at all costs. I’ve been a listener to WFMU for 20+ years. One of the last true Freeform commercial free radio stations. Their stream is available on Roon or at [WFMU.org](http://WFMU.org). it’s been an endless source of new and new to me music. Can’t recommend it highly enough. ---
**Author:** ![weedeewop](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/weedeewop/32/190064_2.png) [@weedeewop](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/weedeewop)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147/17 "2023-01-28T18:05:06Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/7/c/7c711e9f30b410cc15fb45e0020dae0c5d6cf18b.jpeg) As far as I know Marshall Allen is still with us at at 98 years young. Marshall continues to perform with the **Sun Ra Arkestra**. ---
**Author:** ![Chops](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/chops/32/9550_2.png) [@Chops](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Chops)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147/18 "2023-01-28T18:12:34Z")
You can take a look at the list I created above and tell the kind of “modern” music I like. Of course, that’s just a fraction of them. Don’t get me wrong, I do listen to new music as well, but more or less from “indie” type bands. Most of them have talent and creativity. They don’t sound just like the next person. Though some of them can be way out there as well. ---
**Author:** ![weedeewop](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/weedeewop/32/190064_2.png) [@weedeewop](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/weedeewop)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147/19 "2023-01-28T18:13:05Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/e/f/ef0cc9f0197c19a94d741c7948ac9f3f1d4b5a6e.jpeg) I’ll add tenor man extraordinaire Sonny Rollins at 92 years young. Sonny discontinued live performances in 2012, and saxophone playing altogether in 2014. Time to spin _ **Saxophone Colossus** _. ---
**Author:** ![owlsalum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@owlsalum](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/owlsalum)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147/20 "2023-01-28T19:37:21Z")
How about conductors and composers? Riccardo Muti - 81 and going strong at the helm of the CSO John Williams - 90 with too many awards, honors and terrific film scores to list [Next page](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/aging-musicians-still-with-us/32147.md?page=2)