Without haggling over originary dates, it seems to me that rock'n'roll—as a career choice—has been around now for more than fifty years, fewer than sixty. If we assume that the common age of entrance is the usual 18-25, then it is just now becoming meaningful to ask the following question with statistical seriousness: what is the average life expectancy of a rock musician (regardless of whether they died in office)? How does it compare to that of a coal miner, jockey, seamstress?
Posted by jane at February 14, 2006 11:16 AM | TrackBack