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Stephen T. Brophy's avatar

I saw the “way more desiccated Don Knotts” at the Rose Bowl in 2019, when Charlie was still alive, and those British Invasion Raisins put on a barnburner of a show, like how evangelicals must feel on Easter Sunday at the megachurch. I think they slipped past their “going through the motions” period into their “hot damn we still get to do this” era with some measure of grace, wisdom, aplomb and genuine effort on their parts. Hell, we’re all most of us old farts at this point, so I find dedication past desiccation contains a hint of inspiration.

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Sam Ray's avatar

For a little more historical context, in the summer & fall of 89 I finally got to see two bands I had wanted to see for a very long time. The Who & the Stones both played the Oakland Coliseum. Had great seats on the green for both. For Who tix, I paid the outrageous ticket agent price of $50 each. Stones were $25-30 with no agent.

For The Who performance, every song was amazing & I could not believe those old men rocked that hard that long.

For the Stones, the "desiccated version of Don Knotts" was the singer & it seemed like they rolled out a barely functional animatronic carcuss that looked like Keith Richard, although Ron Wood played lead well. Sadly, unlike The Who, only a few songs like Angie were amazing. I heard they were much better the second night. 🤷‍♂️

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