Steve Hideg was never rich, or particularly famous, but music always carried him. He refuses to let go of his drumsticks.
It was around midnight when Steve Hideg made a trip to his bathroom, got dizzy and took a fall.
California is about to be hit by an aging population wave, and Steve Lopez is riding it. His new column will focus on the blessings and burdens of advancing age — and how some folks are challenging the stigma associated with older adults.Hideg ended up flat on his back on the kitchen floor in considerable pain. He reached for a nearby water jug, but he’d badly injured his right shoulder and was too weak to open it.
“I am a guy who works with what I have, and this doesn’t mean I’m going to give up” music, he said. “This is the reason I came to America.”Steve Hideg came to the United States with nothing and still has nothing. Despite poverty and health problems, the 85-year-old drummer is happy to live out his American dream, his self-described wonderful struggle.
Hideg is all smiles as he waits to get into the studio at Stein on Vine for his Saturday jam session.unlocked the back music studio where Stan Getz, Ray Brown and a host of all-stars once gathered. Hideg set up his snare drum in the company of pianist Cengiz Yaltkaya, alto saxophonist Jay Golden and guitarist Leo Vaz. This outfit, which Hideg calls the Harmony club jazz study group, was tuning up when Densmore walked in.
Former Doors drummer John Densmore, left, greets Steve Hideg at Stein on Vine. Hideg told Densmore he could no longer play the drums, but that wasn’t true. A month or so after his fall, Hideg had begun playing again at home.
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