you’re taking care of kids. So, really, you could do anything that you’ve been wanting to do your whole life. That’s how
world and this country from this economic thing that’s going to kill more people in the long run. I would rather see everyone go back to work. If some of us have to sacrifice on that, OK. I will die for my children and my grandchildren to have a life anywhere close to the life that I had in this wonderful country. That’s just the way that I feel about it. I’m not going to go around spreading the disease. But there may be a time where we have to sacrifice.
I hope I’m back on tour next year, but I’m not sure I’ve got a next year. That’s the thing: I’m almost 80 years old. When you take away my next year, you might have just taken the last one I got. That’s a bitch. I think they are doing the right thing to not have aggregations of people, but don’t kid yourself about the effect. To us? To the musicians? It’s a goddamn disaster.long time, and now we’ve got it.
six weeks at the most, ever. We’re always on call, and we work year-round. We’ve got a small business going here. We can’t afford to just stop. We’re not living paycheck to paycheck, but we’re not a huge act like the Rolling Stones or U2. We haven’t talked about doing [streaming concerts] — to what end? So we can get publicity, so people can go, “Oh! Cheap Trick! I forgot about them.
I can’t afford to be depressed. One day, my brother called. I said, “Pervis, I am standing in the living room and wondering which way should I go?” He said, “Well, Mavis, you can go north, south, west, but don’t go east, because you’ll walk out into Lake Michigan.” That’s all I needed, was a laugh. I miss getting up and packing my bags, getting on a plane. It’ll be back.
a vaccine, but I certainly am going to stay home till they tell me more than they’re telling me today. We are elderly — everybody that people want to take a chance on to see are the elderly,Southside Johnny will play one of New Jersey’s first drive-in concerts on July 11th.— but you can’t do a boogaloo in a Volkswagen! In general, you don’t want to put anybody at risk. Nobody knows when everything is going to open up. We don’t know how people are going to be with each other. Whenme, I feel it.
Sounds like Crosby is cash poor.
Pay Per View Concerts would be good for those that don’t want to leave the house.
Thanks for sharing.. legends! Heartbreaking situation for artists & music lovers. Nothing beats live concerts. Prayers for all musicians & for victory over this pandemic 🙏 Meantime 'drive-in' concerts are comin to Canada! ❤♪