Members Voltan Posted September 24, 2015 Members Posted September 24, 2015 I was just learning to play drums, must have been something liek 12 years old maybe 13, and I saw this Dixieland jazz ensemble playing at our local oil and gas festival( I believe the first gas wells and some of the first oil wells in the country) and this drummer was 81 years old. I know because I asked him. He was doing all the twirls and flips, snapping his cuffs as he did slight of hand cymbal work... He smoked the hats like nobodies bidness! I stood and watched this geriatric gunner mow down a crowd with style and grace and right then I knew age means nothing, the beat goes on!
Members Voltan Posted September 24, 2015 Members Posted September 24, 2015 Yes, we called it the hash oil and grass festival even back then in the dinosaur days.. punks..
Members 1001gear Posted September 25, 2015 Members Posted September 25, 2015 I hope to be playing ultra fusion well through my 90s. I also hope to improve the metal genres some time in my late 70s when my chops will be good enough.
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