WIN, LOSE, or DRAW
May 02, 2019
4 minutes
BY HARRY BURKETT
THE ROLLING STONES canceled their latest tour because 75-year-old Mick Jagger had to undergo undisclosed medical treatment. The Who performs at half-capacity after the 2002 death of John Entwistle (drummer Keith Moon passed away long ago in 1978). Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and Neil Young are still performing. Bob Dylan is singing Frank Sinatra songs.
The last of the hard-driving, hard-living performers from the classic rock era of the 1960s and ’70s are barely hanging on, stumbling toward the sunset. What happens when they finally fade away?
Steven Hyden, in Twilight Of The Gods: A Journey To The End Of Classic Rock (2018/Dey St.),
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