Veteran San Diego singer-songwriters Happy Ron Hill, 57, and Cliff Keller, 67, see it differently. I applaud anybody who can go out and continue to make a living making their music.”
Divorces occur, but the family still moves on. If there are a couple of guys in the band that weren’t in the original lineup, that’s the way life goes. “Skid Row is legitimate because Rachel and I started the band, we wrote most of the songs and we own the name. Why? Because we have touched them emotionally on some level. “The only reason we’re able to keep doing it after 37 years,” Sabo said, “is because people still come and want to see us play. Skid Row, which performs July 24 at Pechanga Resort Casino, has thus far had six different lead singers and a similar number of drummers. He and bassist Rachel Bolan are the two remaining original members in the five-man band, which formed in 1985, imploded in 1996, and regrouped in 1999. Keneally’s sentiments are shared by Skid Row guitarist Dave “The Snake” Sabo, 57. The late Frank Zappa, who was posthumously inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, is being honored anew by an all-star group of Zappa band alums. Music ‘Zappa at Dizzy’s’ a frankly deep dive for Mike Keneally It includes at least seven additional Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees - AC/DC, Deep Purple, Eagles, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Journey, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Santana, whose current tour has had six concerts postponed after its namesake guitarist, Carlos Santana, 74, collapsed on stage from dehydration and heat exhaustion during a July 5 concert near Detroit.
The list of other bands that rose to fame in the 1960s or ‘70s - and now only have one original member left - is formidable indeed. Often, the name alone of a veteran band is what draws ticket-buyers, not how many original members are on stage.įor some listeners, however, this may be a cause for dismay.īecause, ultimately, each of these bands is just one member away from becoming a certified tribute act. Songs that have stood the test of time still resonate for a significant number of fans, no matter who is singing or playing them. That so many bands have endured longer - in one form or another - than many of their now-deceased founding members is undeniable. (Marylene Eytier / Courtesy Jensen Communications Why wouldn’t these artists be happy to provide that experience, or as close an approximation to it as they can? And why wouldn’t their audiences - which often include some of the adult children or grandchildren of the band’s first generation of fans - welcome the opportunity? Many of their listeners are graying fans eager to experience, live in concert, the music that has been such an integral part of their lives for so long. This holds especially true for The Four Tops’ Fakir and The Temptations’ Williams, who have outlived all the other original members of their respective bands.Ĭrucially, all of them - like many other bands of a similar vintage - continue to draw sizable audiences, year after year, decade after decade, long after their commercial heydays as recording artists who scored hit singles and albums.
Each is devoted to honoring rich musical legacies that have endured for half a century or more. Depending on your perspective, this could be a cause for applause.Įach of these pioneering bands is led by a tireless original member.
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