Veteran Rockers Perform on Many NYC Music Stages

Beck at Irving Plaza on November 9 (photograph by Francesco Marano)

In the East Village, retailers sell a t-shirt that reads "I may be old but I got to see all the cool bands."

One is never too old to rock and roll, judging by the number of veteran musicians who played a variety of New York City stages in the past month. They may not want to reveal their ages, so let us just say they are all over 50 years old and are not pretending to be 40-something. They looked and sounded far better than many of the younger musicians playing the circuit.

And yes, they saw all the cool bands.

Bebe Buell at the Bowery Electric on October 21

Ellen Foley at the Bowery Electric on October 22

Eck's Men at the Bowery Electric on October 22

Local H at le Poisson Rouge on October 27

Bad Religion at the Hammerstein Ballroom on October 29

Tsunami of Sound at Unsteady Freddie's Surf Rock Shindig at Otto's Shrunken Head on November 6

Graham Parker at City Winery NYC on November 7

The Bernie Williams Collective at the Loft on November 7

The Joe Taino Trio at the Ear Inn on November 7

Vice with Corey Glover at the Bitter End on November 11

The Val Kinzler Band at the Parkside Lounge on November 13

Bush Tetras at le Poisson Rouge on November 13

Dinosaur Jr. at Brooklyn Steel on November 20

The Hipp Pipps at Otto's Shrunken Head on November 21

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The Manhattan Beat covers New York City's live music developments as they happen. All photographs are by Everynight Charley Crespo, except when noted otherwise. For a list of Manhattan venues that are presenting live music regularly, swing the desktop cursor to the right and click on the pop-up tab "Where to Find Live Music." For a listing of upcoming concerts for live audiences, visit The Manhattan Beat's November 2021 calendar.