A reader notes: I’d prefer to suppose nearly no musician has lived a greater life than Bob Weir. Greater than 60 years touring and doing what he cherished. We should always all attempt for that a lot pleasure in our lives.
This rings fully true on the planet of rock/blues music.
And in classical music, the state of affairs is notable worse, as lots of our heroes like Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin lived temporary and/or disease-ridden lives.
There have been exceptions, nonetheless.
Gioacchino Rossini (pictured), identified principally for his operas, cherished high quality foods and drinks and lived to be 76 years previous.
Louie Moreau Gottschalk, the primary American musical superstar, who was, I’m instructed, as widespread within the mid-Nineteenth Century as Elvis Presley was within the mid-Twentieth, traveled the world, taking part in his intricate piano items, and “hanging out” (let’s say) with stunning women.
