Too old to rock 'n' roll?

This man is the victim of
a rock 'n' roll lifestyle

The ravages of time and what-not take their toll.  In the world of rock, they can have a devastating effect.  Music, at least, is pretty timeless; if it makes you smile, or moves you in some way, it doesn’t matter whether your taste is Elgar, Puccini, Sinatra or ZZ Top.  Yet this quality of immortality – and, it must be said, youth - must make the time and what-not stuff harder for the rock musician who can’t find his car keys to get to the gig, or remember whether he locked the house and put the cat out.

But they’re all still at it, you know (except the ones that aren’t) – belting out the numbers, slicing out searing guitar riffs and posing for all they’re worth.  Pete Townsend, Roger Daltry, Ray Davies (or is it Ken Dodd?), Robert Plant, Stevie Wonder, McCartney, Dylan and the Strolling Bones all continue to strut their stuff, to name but a few.  Oh – and, er, Cliff Richard… Did I also hear someone mention the Beach Boys, who appeared on Jools Holland’s show recently?  The “Bar Bar Bar, Bar Barbara Ann’s” sounded pretty good anyway…

Alice Cooper (though no doubt upset by the Ryder Cup result) is launching his ‘Halloween Night of Fear’ event in Cardiff shortly.  Status Quo will be in Blackpool on 13^th December, trying not to forget where they put those three chords, supported by Eddie & the Hot Rods with Bonnie Tyler – interesting combination – if she’s not still lost in France.  And the Moody Blues have sufficient faith in survival to advertise a tour starting in June 2013; there’s confidence for you.

The Stains are younger than all of the above.  Probably.