Writer on the Storm
What those wealthy elder statesmen of rock (myself included) should do besides continue to try to create relevant material is give a percentage of those huge bank accounts (and their time if possible) to the younger generation’s causes--globalization, corporate greed, the environment (“Hope I Play as I Get Old,” by Geoff Boucher, Feb. 24).
If not, then we have been hypocritical toward our supposedly rebellious music of the ‘60s and ‘70s.
As middle-aged adults with kids and money, we have become the establishment, unless we give back to the youth.
JOHN DENSMORE
Drummer, the Doors
Los Angeles
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