That's exactly what I've been doing too. Even though it's been 90% jazz for the last 15 years or so I do classic rock shows too. I can channel my inner Keith Emerson and go crazy on some B3 parts in a rock show. I just did a 3 day Woodstock themed thing on Catalina over Memorial Day. There's some semi retired heavyweights living in Avalon like Spencer Davis and the bandleader who hired me who has been friends with Greg Allman for a long time and even did a few studio tracks with him. It's funny though for the Doors, Joe Cocker, Jefferson Airplane etc I was the only one in the band old enough to have played that stuff when they were hits. When I got out of the Air Force my first gig was a dive bar on Sunset Blvd and the Doors were playing right up the street. I have to say it was great fun to dust off the intro to Light My Fire especially considering Ray Manzarek just died. I hadn't done that in at least 30 years.

I do the same as you, I seriously dabble in a bit of hip hop, prog rock, synth stuff etc and I love Pat Metheny. Pat and Herbie have the best version of Canteloupe Island I've yet heard.

That same bandleader just hired me for his Allman Brothers tribute band so now I'm digging up all their stuff. They definitely have some pretty cool tunes for what a lot of jazzers think was just a hillbilly blues band. Not so at all in fact I would call the Allmans the forerunner to a lot of jazz rock bands.

But don't worry I've already got a few straight ahead gigs coming up too and there's usually a few more that will pop up later on. I'll be back to A Train and Tunsia soon enough.

Btw, I agree with what Mac just said. Now I know what you're thinking, at your age what are they gonna do anyway? I know all that but you don't need the hassle. I agree with your thinking but go easy with the "in your face" gun stuff. Florida may be as bit more tolerant of that but here on the Left Coast you practically have to get shot first before you can draw on somebody and get away with it.

Bob

Biab/RB latest build, Win 11 Pro, Ryzen 5 5600 G, 512 Gig SSD, 16 Gigs Ram, Steinberg UR22 MkII, Roland Sonic Cell, Kurzweil PC3, Hammond SK1, Korg PA3XPro, Garritan JABB, Hypercanvas, Sampletank 3, more.