Ronnie James Dio joined Rainbow when he was 33

>>127145784 (OP)
Al Pacino was 31 and an out of work theater actor before the Godfather.
Oh wait, this isn't /tv/.
But Dio had been a hard working musician for sometime. Just not very successful.

Roberta Flack didn't record anything until she was 32.

>>127145784 (OP)
Albert King's first record was 1953, he didn't really find success until the late 60s.

Mark Knopfler looked pretty old when he made it, could just be the nalding tho

>>127145784 (OP)
I would call Black Sabbath the peak of his career and that was in his late 30s. Dio was a truly inspirational man
Mark Lanegan also was in Queens of the Stone Age in his late 30s as well

>>127145977
a lot of bluesmen got started kinda late i know Muddy Waters was in his 30s by the time he recorded anything

Debbie Harry would be kind of late since she was 30 when the first Blondie album came out.

The drummer of Spirit (bald one with shades) was an old jazz guy who was in his mid 40s when the band started

>>127145784 (OP)
He was a professional singer for like 20 years at that point

>>127146281
His career path was truly unique

>>127146180
Wow waring black really does make you cool, but only if you're surrounded by colorful goofballs

>>127146281
He dropped some bangers in the 60s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHgcFXcY_yo

>>127145784 (OP)

>>127146077
Queens of the Stone Age is a far inferior band to Screaming Trees

Hard mode: weren't already gigging as nobodys for years before they hit big

>>127145784 (OP)
gerard way didn't start mcr until he was 24
ryo fukui didn't learn piano until 22 and released his red album at 28
m.i.a.didn't start her music career until she was 29

Link Wray was around 30 when Rumble came out

>>127146745
I dont agree, but there's no denying qotsa is more popular

>>127145803
Him and Eric Adams were in do wop groups when they were teens

>>127146180
That has to be a photoshop