…relieved, after Judas Priest unexpectedly canceled their Houston gig a couple days back.
I saw Priest in 1986(?) in Austin, and that concert got me to wear earplugs to concerts ever thereafter.
Let me tell you: I played in a loud rock band for ten years before that, and Judas Priest were LOUD. My ears rang for about four days after the show.
I am frankly amazed that these old farts can still play the shows they do, ditto the Rolling Stones etc. (but not the Eagles, who are pretty much just a mime gig nowadays, apparently).
More power to them, say I, although perhaps the last thing the Priest need is more power.
All that said, I myself have often said that I would (still) love to play in a band — just not a rock band; been there, done that, got the tinnitus. But put me in a quiet little dinner-dance restaurant, playing old 1940s and -50s standards and ballads, preferably in a trio (piano, bass, and Drummer Knob on drums) with a torch singer like Julie London or Diana Krall… I’d be the happiest septuagenarian in history.
I still miss playing in a band.