Saturday, April 27, 2013

On rock musicians looking back.

Mick Jaeger didn't look back, but Brian May (lead guitarist of Queen) did. Long after the Queen boke up since Freddie Mercury's passing (Queen with Paul Rogers is non-queen, he is like Wayne Newton in a sombrero subbing for Mick Jaeger), Brian May went back to school, completed his PhD in Astrophysics (dissertation on Inter-planetary dust) at the Imperial College, and is currently the Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University.

There have been others who did not look back, like drummer Roger Taylor (dentistry), bass guitarist John Deacon (engineering),..

A few years ago I went all the way back to Bombay for Rollingstones "forty licks" concert. He was then close to qualifying for social security in Britain, and yet could gallop around the large stage at Brabourne stadium like plucked chicken. Amazing.

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