I am going to make a comment that is pretty much indicative of the reason nobody here likes me much.

All you you people in your 70s.... WHAT is this urge to become the richest corpse in the graveyard? Yeah I get the whole romantic "I play because, oh, I love it so...." mentality, but geeze. You going to walk off a stage and directly into a grave? It's called retirement for a reason. And the "I am never going to retire" flex makes no sense to me. I can only speak for me, but i LOVE being able to wake up whenever the hell I want to and do absolutely nothing all day if I choose not to. People get bored by choice.

The Pearl Jam and Billie Eilish example holds water up to the point where you consider one thing. They are mega recording and touring acts. (Though I have NO idea why Billie Eilish is popular.) There are people on this forum far more talented than her but the truth is that you don't do what she does and your window TO do what she does is decades behind you. Point being it is comparing apples to weed trimmers. I have ZERO doubt that, using Notes as the example, if Notes chose to he could audition for and win a spot in a nostalgia band like Tower of Power or Average White Band and make much bigger money. But do you want to travel like that at what, 75 years of age? Are you willing to NOT do a duo with tracks and your wife involved? At some age, priorities and goals change. I would personally hate myself to the point of tears if I played with backing tracks because of how I refuse to see bands who do it.

As far as being corona-tined, much like Plano Billy, I don't even notice it. I rarely leave my house in the best of times and do everything I can to avoid human contact. (It's a PTSD thing.) The band I currently work with pretty much lost our whole year too, as our dates were outdoor festival type and there will be no crowds allowed this summer. It doesn't matter to me all that much because I don't really need the money. I clear enough to live comfortably on for someone who grew up extremely poor and knows no other standard of living.

Just my dime.