I'm sad today... RIP Dickey

[Sadlsor]

Co-founder of the Allman Brothers, one of my all-time favorite bands. Their drummer Jaimoe is the last survivor of the original band.
Think I'll listen to Jessica for a couple hours, then Long Time Gone, and Highway Call.

Dickey Betts dead at 80

 

[scootac]

I was listening to Sirius XM, Rambling Man, when I read on ADV that he had died.
All the great, iconic musicians are disappearing.
How many 'stars' of today will last 40-50 years???
NONE of them I tell you!!!
Now get off my damn lawn!!!

 

[Sadlsor]

All the great, iconic musicians are disappearing.
How many 'stars' of today will last 40-50 years???

Interesting question.
For one thing, you're right... today there are more "stars" than actual musicians, at least as we used to know musicians.
If someone such as Blondie / TayTay / Taylor Swift can become a billionaire in a few short years, do they really want to last 40-50 years? I mean, as in working for that long?
Paul McCartney had to last this long because baby seals are still being killed, and some people still eat beef, too.
Keith Richards had to last this long to pay off all his bar tabs and drug habit debt. (kidding. I think.)

 

[Sheriff41]

His music is his legacy to us and he'll live on as long as we listen.

 

[SmashVol]

Great, great music! Hate to hear that but like Sheriff said, he left a good legacy to listen to.

 

[Oldbikefixr]

Interesting question.
For one thing, you're right... today there are more "stars" than actual musicians, at least as we used to know musicians.
If someone such as Blondie / TayTay / Taylor Swift can become a billionaire in a few short years, do they really want to last 40-50 years? I mean, as in working for that long?
Paul McCartney had to last this long because baby seals are still being killed, and some people still eat beef, too.
Keith Richards had to last this long to pay off all his bar tabs and drug habit debt. (kidding. I think.)

I like much of the modern musicians. None of them grab my heart like aging crowd. I certainly like and remember the tunes, but the lyrics just seem meaningless and I don't remember the vocals for very long. I'm starting to understand my grandfather's blank stare the first time he heard the Beatles on his radio.

 

[Mykllee]

Elizabeth Reed for me.....tied to so many memories, and a special time in life.

 

[Sadlsor]

To be fair, there ARE some talented young musicians appearing today, but I suppose it's our nature to have an affinity for the music we grew up with.

I know my parents, and their parents, felt the same. But a lot of today's "music" does not move me the way Dickey's soaring, and lyrical guitar solos did ...and still do.

Jessica.
Li'l Martha
Blue Sky
Ramblin' Man and so many more

 

[scootac]

To be fair, there ARE some talented young musicians appearing today,....

Talent....maybe.
But.....the staying power to last 30, 40, 50 years or more???
As was pointed out though....probably don't need to with the $$$$$ they are making now. Why kill yourself, just in and out in a few years. Let the royalties roll in.

 

[VetteJim]

Yep ... sad to hear it.