You may know him as geriatric 1927 , Peter Oakley, the Englishman who became an unexpected star on YouTube when he began telling his life story in videos.
Now he's "the new old age happening". Now he's going to be a music star as he tells us himself and lets the secret out with a message from the old people to the youth of the world.
We are old. We are here. We have much to contribute. We object to the abuse that sometimes happens to old people.
At the behest of the BBC, he's sings "Talking About My Generation" by the Who and backed up by a geriatric chorus with an average age of 78, called the Zimmers. A CD was produced at Abbey Roads Studio by Mike Hedges with a release date for the CD is May 28th, proceeds going to age-concerned charities. He's hoping it climbs the charts to get the message out.
Ronni, that's your cue.
I watched the slide show and the video here on MySpace.
It's fabulous.
Big thanks to Hootsbuddy
Update. Buster is part of the band! I know Buster. He's the 100-year-old man who fought off a gang of muggers.
You may like to know that Australia's 107-year-old Olive Riley is the world's oldest blogger. Her blog is www.AllAboutOlive.com.au
I wrote about her in The World's First Multi-National e-Book: http://www.bdb.co.za/shackle/articles/olive_riley.htm
And there's a story about Peter Oakley, the YouTubers' favorite grandad, posted at http://www.bdb.co.za/shackle/articles/you-tuber.htm
Best wishes, Eric Shackle.(in Sydney, Australia).
Author, The World's First Multi-National e-Book.
http://bdb.co.za/shackle