The Steel Guitar Forum

I am 71 and although I have slowed down, I still play at least one or two gigs per month.

I'm 69 and still play at least 3 gigs per week and sometimes 4 or 5 per week but I do gigs one either pedal steel or lead guitar with an occasional bluegrass mandolin gig thrown in at least once or twice a month........JH in Va.

Define "senior" !

I'm 70,still play several gigs a month,with the Strokin Dixie band. last year the band played about a 150 dates,little slow right now,hope things pick up I like to work a LOT,I'm a poor old geezer and need the money. DYKBC.

Hey Joe,I'm over 70 and this month I have 4 and next month, 5 on the books! I thank the LORD I'm still able to play and people like to hear it. Chuck

Going on 72, still play with a band, and work with an American singer who has lived here in England for 40yr's.
We play the senior citizens clubs, they love the older type country, the fiddle and a few jokes, we do a couple a week.
We get £75 each, and it helps with the pension.

I am only 74 and have been playing my Wednesday nite gig for going on 13 yrs this August with the same band "Ridgerunners" and also play with the "Country Pride" band. Have from 60 to 100 dancers every Wednesday. Do classic country and some 50's rock and can't wait till the next Wednesday gets here. Last Wed was my 865th gig with these same guys. Might say we have a ball!!!

I'll be 77 in June and still play 3 Saturday nights a month. Dwain Birdwell plays the other week. Can't hardly wait to play again tomorrow night.

Even at 80 we can still enjoy our music !! I play with a band that does the old traditional country music a couple or three nites a month and my old Rick. DW-16 D-8 non-pedal steel fits in just fine !! I hope I can keep going forever !!! Eddie "C" ( the old non-pedal , no reverb , dead string , out-of-work old geezer )

Man!! It's great to see that us older guys are still in demand. Like I said before, I have slowed down, but still enjoy playing with the band.

Roger Crawford wrote:Define "senior" !

Roger, I guess it's when you are old enough to get the senior's discount when you go out to eat.

Senior dicounts in restaurants start at age 55.


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Roger Shackelton wrote:Senior dicounts in restaurants start at age 55.


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Yep, and I always take advantage of it too.

I just do qualify! I'm 3 to 4 gigs a month average. Has been as many as 6, but that cuts into the home life too much.

Hi all, I am now 75 and have been playing at least 12 to 13 times per month for the last 11 years. I just scaled back a short time ago to 6 to 8 times per month. I believe my age is trying to tell me something, but I have been trying my very best to ignore it, but it is getting harder to ignore. Oh well, time will tell!

I'll be 79 come August. Still play show/dance at Houston Country in central Arkansas every Sat night Great family place and I have A BALL. One thing I have noticed is that my Steel King, Nashville 112 and Mullin RP have grown a lot, at least they are putting on some weight. Takes a bit more to carry them.

I'm 67. I guess that makes me the 'youngster' in this post.

Yep, I still play out. In fact, I just connected with a new band that wants to play out frequently.

I hope so.
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I will be 79 on July 12th. Last year did 136 gigs with Greg Kent and The Lonely Road Band plus 2 steel guitar shows and numerous steel guitar club meetings. Had a small health problem in Feb. and had to give up my job with Lonely Road. Things got better healthwise and I did the Dallas Show and hopefully played OK and am now looking for another band while subbing for other pickers. I hope to be on the OSGA(OKLA) one day show this year on May 23rd. in Tulsa. Jody.

One of my best buddys,Mr. Shorty Smith in Columbus Ga.[just across the river from me] Still plays every weekend,Think he's 76.He spends the weekdays catching bass,and playing golf,and flirting with pretty girls. DYKBC.

Great to you fellows out gigging...and inspiring the rest of us.

Eddie Cunningham invited me to his family luau last year. He inspired me with his beautiful playing on his Rickenbacker DW-16 (some folks call it a 206). Eddie sounded so good with his Jerry Byrd-like style that I wanted to imitate him, so I tracked down a DW-16 for myself.

I hope I can be like Eddie when I grow up.

Andrew

My wife and I spend 4 months in South Texas during the winter, I have worked with the same band four years this last winter.
We play two to four times a week either dances or shows plus play in staff band at two jam sessions each week. I had to slow down some this last February due to back problems.
At 73 years old, I'm not the best player in the world but I'm dependable and no one enjoyes playing any more than I do.
"Put on a new set of Jagwire's in November, just changed them yesterday, none broken and they still sounded great"...alan

Im 72 and still do four to five a month. Sometimes more but not very often.

I'm 71 and still picking. I have stopped the bar gigs (30 years picking in bars was enough) but that's about all. I do a weekly Tuesday daytime show in the winter "season" (our last show of the season will be this coming Tuesday). I've got the next two NYE gigs booked and our band does some dance jobs, mostly at RV parks. This past February was the 7th year that I've worked(toured)with Tommy Cash here in Florida.

There is nothing on the horizon for the summer except our monthly steel guitar club jams. But that is typical of this and many areas in Florida. I'm going to take the Summer to work on a new instrumental CD.

You guys have got me inspired to start playing more. It's 9:00am here in Charlotte and I am fixing to load my stuff in the car and head over to Howren Music in Gastonia NC. They have a jam there every Saturday and I am going to see if they will let me set in.

I'm coming up to 74 in july,,I have 10 gigs on the books and another 5 by Sept.,duos,3,4,6 piece, plus jams whenever,,I also do some recording at my home studio...most gigs are pre 80 country but still enjoy the odd 'other stuff'...Still learnin