INDIO, Calif. — A Who’s Who of first-generation classic rock icons played a historic three-day event at Coachella this past weekend.
And armed with several of my buddies (and some of their kids) and a great attitude, I endured — and thoroughly enjoyed — six shows across three days.
Desert Trip was jokingly known as “Oldchella” because the average age of the performers was 72.
But despite the ages of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, The Who and Roger Waters, the iconic performers more than lived up to the hype and blew away the approximately more than 70,000 in attendance.
“You young ones, we love you for coming to see us,” The Who’s Pete Townshend said on Day 3. “It must be pretty tough out there for the old ones. Why don’t you make a little chair for them, and they can sit down and rest.”