Life Just Ain’t Fair

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Until the album after “Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones was my favorite band. What wasn’t to like? With Charlie Watt’s perfectly spaced, but sparse drumming, combined with Bill Wyman’s emotionless bass playing they were probably the 2nd best live band going in those days of pop music.

Number one live band? target="_blank">The Small Faces were the best live band I’ve ever seen. If you like your rock clean, The Faces were gawd awful from one performance to the next. I didn’t get to see them live as often as I did the Stones, but I never heard them (Small Faces) play a song in the same way twice.

On any given night, it seemed like one or two of the Face’s band members took turns getting too drunk to play in sync with the rest of the band. But they were raw, exciting and reminded me a lot of Iggy Pop& the Stooges before they turned into hot-sh*t rock stars.

But back to why life’s not fair…

Good example: Keith Richards. Without doubt, he’s one helluva rhythm guitar player. In fact, he’s almost as good a guitar player as he is an ugly dude. No offense, but the cat hasn’t needed a Halloween costume since his mid-twenties.

Hey, “Good on ‘em” I say.

But, he’s a lot older than me. And, if the stories the entertainment media establishments have laid upon him are only one tenth true, how does he not only perform live, much less remember the 100′s of songs he plays?

And, according to the piddle paddle, he’s still parties with the best of them.

Now I like the thought of a man like Keith being around and doing what he does. It’s kinda like he’s stayed forever young. And, that’s really OK… But what ticks me off, no, what burns me up about Keith Richards, is his flipping full head of hair!

I mean I’m younger than him. A lot. Plus, I’ve lived a fairly healthy lifestyle. I haven’t party-party-partied in over 20 something years. I keep regular hours, exercise, eat good, sleep 6 – 8 hours per, and my strongest drink is coffee…

But have you seen the hair on my head?

Yeah, me neither. At least not since the mid 90′s, I haven’t. Like I said, I have a fond spot in my heart for Keith Richards. I think his sly guitar work on the old song “Beast Of Burden” is some of the best playing ever recorded.

But where does he get off with a full head of hair? And he’s soo older than me, too.

I’m telling you, “Life Just Ain’t Fair!”

Until next time, don’t play with pointy sharp things and don’t party with Keith Richards…
Stay Casual,
Old Bald-Headed Ed Thorpe

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