After posting my Top 10 Greatest Over-60 Rock/Pop Performers the other day, I got a bunch of comments, as expected, with other suggestions for the list. I’ve thrown out Freddy Mercury because he’s been dead for 21 years, and Al Di Meola (58), P
at Metheny (57) and Joe Bonamassa (33) are still youngsters.
So here in alphabetical order is the addendum with all the over-60 stars that were suggested, including my list of
10: (There are 45 on the list.)
Ian Anderson
Martin Barre
Frank Beard
Jeff Beck
Chuck Berry
Ritchie Blackmore
Eric Clapton
David Crosby
Roger Daltrey
Charlie Daniels
Martha Davis
Paco DeLucia
Bryan Ferry
Peter Gabriel
Billy Gibbons
David Gilmour
Buddy Guy
Garth Hudson
Dusty Hill
Steve Howe
Mick Jagger
Elton John
Lonnie Jordan
B.B. King
Mark Knopfler
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jeff Lynne
Paul McCartney
John McLaughlin
Joni Mitchell
Graham Nash
Bonnie Raitt
Keith Richards
Leon Russell
Carlos Santana
Bruce Springsteen
Ringo Starr
Richard Thompson
Peter Townshend
Joe Walsh
Roger Waters
Charlie Watts
Brian Wilson
Neil Young
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I’m about to head up to Sweet
Home to do some video tonight at the Oregon Jamboree. So here is the sweet sound of “Sugar Mountain” by Neil Young to put us in the weekend mood.