What happened to musicians who stopped playing?

I have to doubt this one... Im pretty sure he doesnt need to do any work at all...

 

I expect that Syd made some money from sales of A Nice Pair in the 70's, and then from the various reissues of Piper, Saucerful and Relics in the 80's and forward. My impression was that Syd's work with the Floyd was more widely appreciated in the CD age than before. Plus, Syd led a very simple lifestyle so he never had the temptation to blow through all his money like other retired and not-retired rock stars can sometimes do.

 

It's probably easier to be a painter after having been a famous musician. Grace Slick has exhibitions of her paintings because she's Grace Slick, if she were the high school art teacher she'd never get the attention.

 

Not to mention "Ummagumma."

 

He was gentleman, he didn't believe in "relationships," he always married 'em.

He had impeccable taste. I mean, here's just three amongst eight.



Ava Gardner





Lana Turner




Evelyn Keyes

 

Why anyone would want to buy a painting from the woman at least partially responsible for "We Built This City" remains one of the more perplexing mysteries of our times.

 

Santiago Durango of Chicago guitar noiseniks Big Black became a criminal defense lawyer, and once represented Cynthia Plastercaster.
John Kezdy of Chicago punk band the Effigies also became a law-talkin' guy and works for the Illinios Attorney General's office as a prosecutor.

I wonder if the two of them have ever gone up against each other.

 

Plus he didn't have any bad habits that we know of, and probably got a pension from the gov't. I think his mother left him the house he lived in when she died. Didn't own a car....lived very frugally, like I do!

David Gilmour made sure Sid got songs on comps to get royalties as well. Good guy, that David.

 

Roger Taylor from Duran Duran did the same thing for almost 20 years, before leaving the glamourous life of the gentleman farmer to rejoin his bandmates in the '00s.

 

I read a while back that he was a music teacher.

 

John Rees, bassist for Men at Work became a school teacher in Melbourne
Marilyn Martin (who sang "Separate Lives" with Phil Collins) is a realtor in Tennessee.

 

To be fair, if my 7 year old did one of those I would definitely put it up on the fridge.

 

Bowie (twice)

 

Thought Mr Tripp became a dentist?

 

Bill Withers

I don't know his bio, but he must have done a few things in the past 30 years. Anyhow, he might play again at the Hall of Fame induction.

 

Don't know if these have been mentioned:

Barry Melton (lead guitar, Country Joe & The Fish) became a noted appellate lawyer in California.
Norman Greenbaum had a successful restaurant or two in California (iirc, royalties from Spirit In The Sky eventually eclipsed his business interests in recent years)
John DuCann (UK guitarist: The Attack/Andromeda/Atomic Rooster/Hard Stuff) had a greenhouse/conservatory building business

 

I seem to recall Syd's sister was appointed something akin to a guardian or trustee for his estate as well. So Syd could focus on playing his favorite board games, painting, and reading newspapers in the park / his back yard.

 

Just looked it up to confirm, chiropractor. http://traditionalchiropractic.com/hollywood-days.html

 

Awesome, ok--thanks!!!....he was a hell of a drummer!

 

Richard Butler of the Psychedelic Furs is also a painter.

 

So did Greg Norton of Husker Du.

 

of course, Terminator X, the DJ in Public Enemy, quit the music biz and became an ostrich farmer....

yeah you read that right, and the thread can be closed now

 

I was going to mention the rumour in the 1980s that Scott Walker had retired from music - he was quoted in an interview as saying he'd taken up painting. The interviewer asked to see some and Scott replied that he actually meant painting and decorating... but seeing as how much of what Scott Walker said in interviews back then can be taken with a large pinch of salt I'll just leave you to ponder on that one...

But anyway, bloody ostrich farming has just stomped all over anything we can come up with now!

 

Beat me to it.

 

Syd was worth a couple of million at the time of his death.