Maybe even some of the eighties too.Ĭome on, the Stones and the Eagles sell out stadiums. The sixties and seventies were the musical Renaissance. We talk about the Renaissance, even though that was half a century ago. This is what those focusing on today myopically don’t understand. But the hunger to see them, to experience their music, will remain. One thing’s for sure, today’s classic rock performers who are not already dead soon will be, or will be unable to perform. Now you might have seen the article in today’s “Times” about hologram tours: Hell, Black Sabbath looks like nursery rhymes compared to today’s metal. It was labeled corporate rock, and in many cases it was.īut the eighties saw the flourishing of derivatives of new wave and ultimately punk but one thing was for sure, there was melody. Of course there was the Seattle reset, a replacement of the sold out ethos of the hair bands.īut before the advent of MTV, rock cratered because it became all about the Benjamins. So the problem with rock is it got too far from the garden. They called them John Mayall’s BLUESBREAKERS, get the point? So today you’ve got acts like Greta Van Fleet abhorred because they’re an imitation of what once was.

Yup, if the delta bluesmen had money and social media they too would have decried the efforts of the English cats. When the baby boomers die, rock and roll will return. Used to be attendance was a personal badge of honor, you told the tales of attendance, but it was the inner mounting flame of the music that got you there. Now you don’t save ticket stubs, you shoot selfies, and broadcast them on social media. Forget inflation, they’ve been far outstripped by today’s fees. Reading this book you’re stunned at the low payouts for concerts. “No Saints, No Saviors-My Years With The Allman Brothers Band”įor the last twenty years, we’ve been deluged with tales of college dropouts going to Silicon Valley to change the world and get rich.

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