A question of magnificent importance:
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theweaselkingWho is the oldest currently living rock star?
Define "Rock Star" as "someone primarily famous for their music", just to exclude guys like Christopher Lee, who got into making heavy metal in his 90s but everyone still knows as Dracula and Saruman.
Charlie Watts is 68 - can anyone find someone to beat that?
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senorcameltoe brings Ringo at 69, nosrialleon has Ginger Baker at 70, and coyotegoth comes home having bagged Chuck Berry, 83.
BEAT THAT!
(And no, "Jack Daniels" is not a rock star.)
EDIT2:grimnir_thegrey brings in BB King (84) and Pinetop Perkins (*96*). And while I'm not 100% willing to call Blues "Rock", I am entirely 100% unwilling to NOT include it.
So our current winners are Chuck Berry and Pinetop Perkins.
BEAT THAT!
Define "Rock Star" as "someone primarily famous for their music", just to exclude guys like Christopher Lee, who got into making heavy metal in his 90s but everyone still knows as Dracula and Saruman.
Charlie Watts is 68 - can anyone find someone to beat that?
EDIT:
senorcameltoe brings Ringo at 69, nosrialleon has Ginger Baker at 70, and coyotegoth comes home having bagged Chuck Berry, 83.BEAT THAT!
(And no, "Jack Daniels" is not a rock star.)
EDIT2:
grimnir_thegrey brings in BB King (84) and Pinetop Perkins (*96*). And while I'm not 100% willing to call Blues "Rock", I am entirely 100% unwilling to NOT include it.So our current winners are Chuck Berry and Pinetop Perkins.
BEAT THAT!
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Date: 2010-01-27 02:53 am (UTC)Ginger Baker
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Date: 2010-01-27 03:03 am (UTC)October 18, 1926
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Date: 2010-01-27 03:22 am (UTC)In fact, nothing that would fit on the Fallout 3 Soundtrack is rock.
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Date: 2010-01-27 05:46 am (UTC)And, I have it on good authority, that Jerry Lee Lewis is the devil.
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Date: 2010-01-27 06:41 am (UTC)"I find this fascinating: Who is the oldest active artist in alt-rock right now? Iggy Pop has been making records since the middle 60s. He’s 62.
David Bowie was born just a few months before Iggy, so he’s 62 as well. He started young, too. His first appearance on record was in June 1964. Lou Reed has been making records since 1957. He turned 67 this year.
Leonard Cohen? In some circles, he’s an alt-rock sort of dude. He’s 75. But all these guys have a long way to go before they can beat the all-time ancient record for a working musician.
A Grammy Award-winning blues singer named David "Honeyboy" Edwards is, from what anyone can tell, the oldest working musician in the universe. He was first recorded in 1952. He was born on June 28, 1915. He still plays gigs at the age of 94."
http://www.exploremusic.com/ongoing-history-of-new-music/2009-10-22/Rocks-Oldest-Rockers
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