{"id":4776,"date":"2023-11-03T17:51:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T17:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=4776"},"modified":"2023-11-03T17:51:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T17:51:12","slug":"phil-collins-says-he-can-barely-hold-a-drumstick-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=4776","title":{"rendered":"Phil Collins says he can \u201cbarely hold a drumstick anymore\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Collins, the acclaimed Genesis drummer and singer, admits his health challenges have impacted his musical career, saying, \u201cI can scarcely hold a stick with this hand.\u201d Collins, whose legacy includes eight Grammy wins and over 100 million records sold both solo and with the band, started drumming at five and joined Genesis in the 1970s, eventually becoming their lead singer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/superduperior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BFT-5.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite his reluctance to take the role after the original lead left, Collins thrived, producing hits like \u201cIn The Air Tonight.\u201d Decades later, after leaving Genesis, he rejoined for The Last Domino tour, which was postponed due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/superduperior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/B4-1.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now, facing physical limitations, Collins expresses sadness over his inability to drum alongside his son Nicholas, who fills in as the band\u2019s drummer. Genesis member Tony Banks praises Nicholas, noting, \u201cNic is a superb drummer.\u201d Yet, Collins hints at retirement, reflecting on his future: \u201cI believe it\u2019s probably putting it to bed to some extent. I\u2019m not sure if I want to go out on the road anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Collins, the acclaimed Genesis drummer and singer, admits his health challenges have impacted his musical career, saying, \u201cI can scarcely hold a stick with this hand.\u201d&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Phil Collins says he can \u201cbarely hold a drumstick anymore\u201d - Usa Press<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=4776\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Phil Collins says he can \u201cbarely hold a drumstick anymore\u201d - Usa Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Phil Collins, the acclaimed Genesis drummer and singer, admits his health challenges have impacted his musical career, saying, \u201cI can scarcely hold a stick with this hand.\u201d...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=4776\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Usa Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-03T17:51:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/usapress.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/02.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"657\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"397\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"login\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"login\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/?p=4776#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/?p=4776\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"login\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d99436907b8f2930b8780b08e26ae9ed\"},\"headline\":\"Phil Collins says he can \u201cbarely hold a drumstick anymore\u201d\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-03T17:51:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/?p=4776\"},\"wordCount\":181,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/?p=4776#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/02.png\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/?p=4776#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/?p=4776\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/?p=4776\",\"name\":\"Phil Collins says he can \u201cbarely hold a drumstick anymore\u201d - Usa Press\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/?p=4776#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/?p=4776#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/02.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-03T17:51:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d99436907b8f2930b8780b08e26ae9ed\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/?p=4776#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/?p=4776\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/?p=4776#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/02.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/02.png\",\"width\":657,\"height\":397},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/?p=4776#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Phil Collins says he can \u201cbarely hold a drumstick anymore\u201d\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/\",\"name\":\"Usa Press\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d99436907b8f2930b8780b08e26ae9ed\",\"name\":\"login\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5979e4d211c2fa7e02f7a02c3678015b771805b95fac95f156b546febb0bbb33?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5979e4d211c2fa7e02f7a02c3678015b771805b95fac95f156b546febb0bbb33?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5979e4d211c2fa7e02f7a02c3678015b771805b95fac95f156b546febb0bbb33?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"login\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usapress.info\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Phil Collins says he can \u201cbarely hold a drumstick anymore\u201d - Usa Press","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=4776","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Phil Collins says he can \u201cbarely hold a drumstick anymore\u201d - Usa Press","og_description":"Phil Collins, the acclaimed Genesis drummer and singer, admits his health challenges have impacted his musical career, saying, \u201cI can scarcely hold a stick with this hand.\u201d...","og_url":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=4776","og_site_name":"Usa Press","article_published_time":"2023-11-03T17:51:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":657,"height":397,"url":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/02.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"login","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"login","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=4776#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=4776"},"author":{"name":"login","@id":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/#\/schema\/person\/d99436907b8f2930b8780b08e26ae9ed"},"headline":"Phil Collins says he can \u201cbarely hold a drumstick anymore\u201d","datePublished":"2023-11-03T17:51:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=4776"},"wordCount":181,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=4776#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/02.png","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=4776#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=4776","url":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=4776","name":"Phil Collins says he can \u201cbarely hold a drumstick anymore\u201d - Usa Press","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=4776#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=4776#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/02.png","datePublished":"2023-11-03T17:51:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/#\/schema\/person\/d99436907b8f2930b8780b08e26ae9ed"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=4776#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=4776"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=4776#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/02.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/02.png","width":657,"height":397},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?p=4776#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Phil Collins says he can \u201cbarely hold a drumstick anymore\u201d"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/#website","url":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/","name":"Usa Press","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/#\/schema\/person\/d99436907b8f2930b8780b08e26ae9ed","name":"login","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5979e4d211c2fa7e02f7a02c3678015b771805b95fac95f156b546febb0bbb33?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5979e4d211c2fa7e02f7a02c3678015b771805b95fac95f156b546febb0bbb33?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5979e4d211c2fa7e02f7a02c3678015b771805b95fac95f156b546febb0bbb33?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"login"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/usapress.info"],"url":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4778,"href":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776\/revisions\/4778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usapress.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}