Thread: Old Time Rock and Roll

Attention Baby Boomers! Just read in the local paper that Little Richard is 80 today. I suspose Long Tall Sally, Short Fat Fanny and Skinny Minnie are at least in their late 70s. Gee ain't it funny how time slips away. Good Golly Miss Molly. For all you youngsters we are talking 50's Rock here.

Great balls of fire Dwayne, you shake my nerve and rattle my brain ......post like yours drive a man insane ...... you leave me ...... breathless ahh .....

Wonder how old Jerry Lee is ? Couldn't be too far behind Little Richard.

I have noticed that some of your '60s & '70s rockers are making a comeback. Groups like Deep Purple, Bachman Turner, Heart, Rush, Foreigner, I mean look at the Rolling Stones with a new album.....still rockin' after all these years! The '50-'70s rock is not only a class of music, its a way of life. Just take those old records off the shelf, I'll sit and listen to them by myself....................

At least they're still alive. Dave Brubeck just died.

If you want to feel really old even the surviving Beatles are in their 70's now......

If I want to feel really old all I have to do is look in the mirror.

Originally Posted by DoughBoy68

I have noticed that some of your '60s & '70s rockers are making a comeback. Groups like Deep Purple, Bachman Turner, Heart, Rush, Foreigner, I mean look at the Rolling Stones with a new album.....still rockin' after all these years! The '50-'70s rock is not only a class of music, its a way of life. Just take those old records off the shelf, I'll sit and listen to them by myself....................

I read somewhere that the reason that these old acts are touring is that the young kids can't afford the price to take their girl out to a concert. They have to target the older audience that can afford the outrageous prices.

Originally Posted by 32t

I read somewhere that the reason that these old acts are touring is that the young kids can't afford the price to take their girl out to a concert. They have to target the older audience that can afford the outrageous prices.

Plus one. Next time you go to a big name concert, look around and try to guess the household disposable income of the average audience member. A shame really, because no one will spend that kind of money on new innovative music.

Originally Posted by Mike12345

Plus one. Next time you go to a big name concert, look around and try to guess the household disposable income of the average audience member. A shame really, because no one will spend that kind of money on new innovative music.

Plus another! Back when the Eagles got back together (in the late 90's?) for a tour, I sad that Hell would indeed freeze over before I paid the prices they and their promoters were asking for a couple of tickets. It was kind of a slap in the face to the working-class audience that had made them in the 70's.

I still remember paying $10 for my first concert tickets to see Van Halen in '82. Then in '89, when the Stones "came back" and did the huge Steel Wheels tour, the base ticket price was $31.50 (which seems like a bargain now!). My buddy and I camped out all night at a Charlotte mall for our maximum 6 tickets apiece, then had people fighting each other to pay us up to $150 apiece for them before we left the parking lot. Like over-inflated Ebay razors, it's whatever the market will bear, I guess.

Re the OP, I love Little Richard! "Long Tall Sally" may be THE definitive rock and roll song. He was the template for so much of what came later. Listen to early McCartney/Beatles, for instance. Love the old stuff. And yeah, RIP Dave Brubeck too.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Great balls of fire Dwayne, you shake my nerve and rattle my brain ......post like yours drive a man insane ...... you leave me ...... breathless ahh .....

Wonder how old Jerry Lee is ? Couldn't be too far behind Little Richard.

I know that this thread is a little old, however I couldn’t help but join in!

Jerry Lee Lewis was born in 1935!

Way back when at Sun Studios, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley jammed together (they were subsequently called the 'Million Dollar Quartet). No one thought to record it!

A few years ago Jerry Lee was approached about a recording project, it evolved into a DVD and a CD of duets. Both the DVD and the CD are called ‘Last Man Standing’ and that’s because of the million dollar quartet, he’s the last one left!

While I tried to find a video from the event, I couldn’t so here’s the link to listen to Jerry Lee play with Jimmy Page/it has the picture from the CD:

Jerry Lee Lewis "Rock 'n' Roll" (featuring Jimmy Page on guitar) - YouTube