I think that Wade is about 99 years old. Wade Mainer was honored last summer in Nashville, TN. He played on the Grand Old Opry, and was inducted in the Hall of Fame. The next day, a saturday, he performed at the Uncle Dave Macon Festival in Murfreesboro, TN. There were 45,000 people there at Uncle Dave's. His grandsons have a band, and they played too!
    There was a fiddler here in my area, Uncle Bob Douglas, who died last year, at age 101. He performed on the Grand Old Opry at age 100, and he wouldn't quit after his alloted two songs. Figured that he waa 100 years old, and it could be the only time he played there, so he just kept playing fidle tunes!!!