# Who are the oldest acts still performing live music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 15, 2019, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-acts-still-performing-live-music/832569 "2019-04-15T06:01:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-acts-still-performing-live-music/832569/41 "2019-04-18T00:54:15Z")
Jackson Browne - 70 Jimmy Buffett - 72 Alice Cooper - 71 Frankie Valli is still touring and performing at 81. Uh, William Shatner, 88, had a new album last year… ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-acts-still-performing-live-music/832569/42 "2019-04-18T01:30:55Z")
Bluesman Pinetop Perkins died in 2011 at the age of 97. [According to this obituary](https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1178717/pinetop-perkins-oldest-grammy-winner-dead-at-97), he was playing blues clubs up to the end. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-acts-still-performing-live-music/832569/43 "2019-04-18T01:34:24Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Yes, and they’re mentioned in the first line of the original post of this thread. 😃 True. As far as I know, ex-Stone Bill Wyman is still performing, at 82. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-acts-still-performing-live-music/832569/44 "2019-04-18T01:40:07Z")
Chuck Berry played live shows until shortly before his death at age 90. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-acts-still-performing-live-music/832569/45 "2019-04-18T02:11:46Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Walter Trout is 68 and is performing, which is amazing considering he was in liver failure and not expected to survive 6 or so years ago. He received a transplant (paid for in large part by fan donations) and continues to play. > > [Walter healthy.](https://images.app.goo.gl/9NB9jKsS6GNcajK67) > > [Walter a few years later.](https://images.app.goo.gl/HTMHwj6s6iA8ryHr9) This reminded me of David Crosby, who is 77 and will be touring again starting in May (Phil Collins paid for Crosby’s liver transplant back in the 90s). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-acts-still-performing-live-music/832569/46 "2019-04-18T02:29:30Z")
Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul, and Mary still does occasional tour dates at age 80. Pete Seeger was performing in his 90s. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-acts-still-performing-live-music/832569/47 "2019-04-18T03:40:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Uh, William Shatner, 88, had a new album last year… Live long and prosper, Bill. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-acts-still-performing-live-music/832569/48 "2019-04-18T07:46:18Z")
_The Lettermen_ still tour. Don’t know how old Tony is, but he is the original member since '59. I looked it up. He’s 78. ---
**Author:** ![urbandaniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e95f7d/32.png) [@urbandaniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urbandaniel)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-acts-still-performing-live-music/832569/49 "2019-04-18T08:23:39Z")
There are so many ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-acts-still-performing-live-music/832569/50 "2019-04-18T13:50:08Z")
Arlo Guthrie at 71 has to be the oldest living performer of a famous performer. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-acts-still-performing-live-music/832569/51 "2019-04-18T15:14:37Z")
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are still touring, separately. Sir Ringo is 78 and Sir Paul is 76. Yeah, I know Ringo is more properly addressed as “Sir Richard Starkey.” ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-acts-still-performing-live-music/832569/52 "2019-04-18T15:52:15Z")
Jerry Lee Lewis is 83 and still performs live. ---
**Author:** ![Wrenching\_Spanners](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-acts-still-performing-live-music/832569/53 "2019-04-18T16:32:35Z")
Vera Lynn is still occasionally performing, although in a very limited capacity, at age 102. Two years ago, she released an album Vera Lynn 100. > **[Vera Lynn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Lynn)** > > Dame Vera Margaret Lynn CH DBE OStJ (née Welch; 20 March 1917 – 18 June 2020) was an English singer and entertainer whose musical recordings and performances were very popular during World War II. She is honorifically known as the "Forces' Sweetheart", having given outdoor concerts for the troops in Egypt, India and Burma during the war as part of the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). The songs most associated with her include "We'll Meet Again", "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over)... ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-acts-still-performing-live-music/832569/54 "2019-04-18T16:48:23Z")
Ennio Morricone is 90. His final tour has sold out, so one more concert is being added. [http://www.enniomorricone.org/lucca-concert-added-to-summer-tour/](http://www.enniomorricone.org/lucca-concert-added-to-summer-tour/) ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-acts-still-performing-live-music/832569/55 "2019-04-18T17:45:08Z")
Jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli was touring until 2017, when he was 91. Bluegrass/old-time singer/musician Alice Gerrard is 84 and still very much active - I saw her play a couple of weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-acts-still-performing-live-music/832569/56 "2019-04-26T14:10:42Z")
Don Maddox, of The Maddox brothers and Rose(classic hillbilly band), is still alive at 96 and performed on the Marty Robbins Show for his 90th birthday, though I don’t know if he is still performing - and the Robbins gig might have been a one-off for his birthday. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-oldest-acts-still-performing-live-music/832569.md?page=2)