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Joined: Oct 05, 2011 Posts: 58 Wisconsin 
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Posted on Jun 30 2013 08:47 PM
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1054 Chicago IL. 
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Posted on Jun 30 2013 08:49 PM
So you never get too old for surf? —"as he stepped into the stealthy night air... little did he know the fire escape was not there" https://www.facebook.com/reluctantaquanauts/ |
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Joined: Oct 05, 2011 Posts: 58 Wisconsin
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Posted on Jun 30 2013 09:01 PM
I know I will someday be too old to continue; but some of the First Wave Guys are still doing it and that gives me hope. There are lots of older players involved in our music- if only because some audiences consider it "Oldies". —Dusty Twangdude |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 5319 the outer banks of north carolina 
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Posted on Jun 30 2013 09:22 PM
twangdude, i'm the same age as you but taught myself to play when i was 47. — |
Joined: Jul 09, 2010 Posts: 1153 Lillian Alabama
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Posted on Jun 30 2013 09:56 PM
ok-- i was 10 in 1961. i'm high side of 61 now. played for money for 51, almost 52 years. i'm certain someone has me beat! can you still hear me?? —Enjoying the surf,sun and sand!! |
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Joined: Oct 05, 2011 Posts: 58 Wisconsin
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Posted on Jun 30 2013 10:13 PM
Thank you both- I don't feel near as alone in my old age as I did just minutes ago. It's just that we all still look so young... My bass player has me beat at 63, but I digress. —Dusty Twangdude |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 5319 the outer banks of north carolina
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Posted on Jun 30 2013 10:26 PM
our band ages span from 25-drummer, 29-singer/violin, 31-guitar, 43-guitar, 61-guitar, 63-bass player — |
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Joined: Oct 05, 2011 Posts: 58 Wisconsin
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Posted on Jun 30 2013 10:36 PM
If you are the Bass Player, you can be old as the hills, even a bit ugly- and nobody seems to care. I know- I used to be one. —Dusty Twangdude |
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Posted on Jun 30 2013 11:17 PM
Im 60 and I never picked up a guitar until I was 58. I thought about being left handed so I picked it up right handed the first time and never knew the difference. |
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Joined: Dec 30, 2010 Posts: 7 Elko,NV |
Posted on Jun 30 2013 11:35 PM
I'm 64 Picked Guitar When I Was 15 Played Surf Band A Year Later Quit At 19 Started Back 1997 Been At It Ever Since. Former Lead Guitar Beach Party Surfers Bsnd Don Last edited: Jun 30, 2013 23:41:59 |
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Joined: Oct 05, 2011 Posts: 58 Wisconsin
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Posted on Jun 30 2013 11:40 PM
Bravo! You are now the leader- and gladly I am not. By the way I love Elko- used to hunt and fish up that way. —Dusty Twangdude |
Joined: Sep 29, 2007 Posts: 500 Sacto, CA
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Posted on Jul 01 2013 12:56 AM
I will be 66 in August. First starting learning "Pipeline" when "The Ventures Surfing" album first came out in the mid 60's. I "played at" playing on and off up until I retired in my late 50's and decided to get serious before time runs out. I started a surf/Ventures band with a neighborhood friend when I turned 60 and am in my my sixth year of gigging in my first ever band. Don't know why it took so long to figure out how much fun playing in a band can be, but better late than never. I wanted to be in band as a teenager and if someone had told me then that "you'll be in a band someday but you'll be in your sixties when it happens" I'd have laughed my you know what off. It really is "never too late". |
Joined: Apr 26, 2010 Posts: 882 central Indiana
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Posted on Jul 01 2013 01:15 AM
Looks like I am one of the younger kids in this thread. I am only 63. Started playing in 1957. Later, |
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Joined: Jul 09, 2010 Posts: 1153 Lillian Alabama
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Posted on Jul 01 2013 03:15 AM
got me beat! all yours norm!!!! —Enjoying the surf,sun and sand!! |
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Posted on Jul 01 2013 03:19 AM
Hey this is Kool...... I'm 54 and still diggin' the tunes. |
Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 2778 Atlanta, GA 
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Posted on Jul 01 2013 07:10 AM
Eddie Katcher turns 66 this year. He got his first guitar on January 26, 1963 or 18419 days since. (50.428474 years ago). One would think he would have learned how to play by now. Nah, not Katcher. But he does have fun. He does think Paul Johnson is a bit older. (Just a rumor) ed —Traditional........speak softly and play through a big blonde amp. Did I mention that I still like big blonde amps? |
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Joined: Oct 05, 2011 Posts: 58 Wisconsin
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Posted on Jul 01 2013 07:55 AM
WOW! That puts Rob in the lead with Eddie a likely close second. Gentlemen I salute you both. Thank you for carrying the torch so long and faithfully. Now, do I hear a 67? 67 going once, going twice... —Dusty Twangdude |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Jul 01 2013 08:00 AM
Great thread! God bless you all, gentlemen and lady! Though not on this forum, my father just turned 70, and we still occasionally play out with our Shadows tribute band the Troubadours (most recently in April). He does very well! Rock'n'roll does keep one young! —Ivan |
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Joined: Oct 05, 2011 Posts: 58 Wisconsin
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Posted on Jul 01 2013 08:10 AM
You're darned right Ivan. Playing Rock n' Roll has done that for me too. When I'm plugged in to a 'verbed-out blackface Super, I'm 16 again. —Dusty Twangdude |
Joined: Apr 03, 2010 Posts: 3201 Jacksonville, AL
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Posted on Jul 01 2013 08:18 AM
This is why I hang around this genre and message board. Since we spend so much time around the punk and indi rock circuits, I am in the unfortunate position of always being the 'old guy' at age 38. Many of you make me feel young. Hahahaha —THE KBK ... This is the last known signal. We offer Sanctuary. www.thekbk.com |
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