Musicians you wish weren't dead...

[catpower2000]

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Duane Allman

Barry White

Janis Joplin

Hillel Slovak

Marvin Gaye

edit: I'm also adding Nick Drake.

[ima_sinnic]

1. Jerry Garcia and Jimi Hendrix

[Rainbowreflect]

28. And Pigpen.

n/t

[Chef]

36. Muscians

Steve Goodman

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Jimi Hendrix

Minnie Ripperton

[sasquatch]

41. Hendrix will always be missed n/t

[Amaya]

65. Jimi Hendrix

Lennon, Marley, Zappa, Stevie Ray Vaughn

and my fav Jim Morrison

[lastliberalintexas]

83. God yes

Morrison was so damn sexy. *sigh*

Also, in addition to everyone else already named-

Harry Chapin
Janis Joplin
Patsy Cline

Geeze this thread is depressing.

on edit- Yeah, good idea to finish reading the darn thread and not just the titles before posting.

Haven't seen anyone mention Rick(y) Nelson- loved him when I was young! Apparently, it isn't just Shrub's political enemies who need to stay out of small planes.

[Dudley_DUright]

3. My top pick

is your top pick. RIP SRV.

[MadAsHell]

22. Here, here ....

I have to agree on SRV. Everytime I drive Interstate 94 between Madison and Milwaukee, I ask for a moment of silence when we pass the crash site.

I would add to the list -

Jim Croce

[greyl]

4. John Lennon! eos

:)

[MrBenchley]

5. John Lennon

Phil Ochs

Bobby Darin

[trotsky]

6. John Lennon and Buddy Holly

n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

7. I'll Go Along With 1, 2, 3, & 5

Not the biggest Janis fan, and i really don't think Slovak added that much to music overall. (I admit i'm not the biggest fan of the Chili Peppers.)

I won't add anyone who'd probably be dead of old age now, anyway. But, i'd add Jaco Pastorius and George Harrison.
The Professor

[catpower2000]

10. Jaco is a good addition...

Can't believe I forgot Lennon. :dunce:

Cat

[GOPisEvil]

8. Danny Gatton

Kurt Cobain

Marvin Gaye :dunce: How did I miss him in the original list?

[sirshack]

9. I don't really wish that any were dead....n/t

....

[greyl]

12. weenie

;)

[searchingforlight]

11. Jeff Buckley

I think his work was just the beginning of a great career and he was already accomplished.

[StaggerLee]

14. good call

:thumbsup:

[catpower2000]

17. Yes, excellent choice...nt

[tjdee]

50. My choice too.

His voice is amazing, and I think he would have been a major influence.

So sad--it was just some freak accident.

[StaggerLee]

13. Buddy Holly and Richie Valens

To see what they would have done as they matured.

[1monster]

15. Harry Chapin

Great song writer, humanitarian, activist for ending world hunger, showman, and decent singer.

[Aristus]

56. I agree. You made my choice for me.

*

[jayfish]

16. Cliff Burton, Randy Rhodes and Kurt Cobain. -NT-

Jay

[tpub]

18. Bob Marley

[G_j]

67. Garcia, Marley, Lennon,

Keith Moon, Tim & Jeff Buckey...

so many more

[shanti]

87. yes, marley

and so many other reggae musicians: peter tosh, garnett silk, dennis brown, jacob miller...among others.

[MountainLaurel]

19. Mama Cass

Loved her voice.

George Harrison
Sam Cooke
Louis Armstrong
Patsy Cline

[Coffee Coyote]

20. Frank Zappa

We could really use his political satire and insights NOW.

[Drifter]

23. You bet ...

I have been saying since 12/12/00, that if Frank Zappa were alive today, that despite the fact that he hated touring (towards the end), that the 2000 Selection would have force him to put all of his crap in a truck and tour.

Cheers
Drifter

[Kat45]

54. Agreed.

FZ, we miss you.

[Bat Boy]

82. The only one I really miss...

Always got the feeling he wasn't quite done yet.

[Drifter]

21. Hello Frank Zappa ...

Truly one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century.

Cheers
Drifter

[catpower2000]

24. I put my original post together in about five seconds...

Frank Zappa, of course. Brilliant man and musician.

Cat

[jonnyblitz]

25. KURT COBAIN!! n/t

[BlueJazz]

26. Paul Desmond, Stan Getz

.

[Braden]

27. John Lennon

he would be making the most beautiful music to this day.

[mac56]

29. All of the above

plus Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Nat "King" Cole, and Louis Jordan.

Add on edit: Bleeding Gums Murphy.

[catpower2000]

35. I purposefully didn't post people who died or would have died of old age..

Tho' that is a very nice group of musicians you have there.

Cat

[SiouxJ]

30. Bob Marley, John Lennon, Freddie Mercury

Miles Davis
George Harrison
Joe Strummer
Patsy Cline
Marc Bolan
Karen Carpenter
Roy Orbison
Benjamin Orr
Michael Hutchence (purely selfish, I loved drooling over him)
Pete Farndon
James Honeyman-Scott
Joey Ramone
Dee Dee Ramone
Townes Van Zandt
Wendy O Williams

That's all I can think of off the top of my head but needless to say I really hate when any talented people who give us great music die.

[Coffee Coyote]

32. Townes!

I just got his live album "Rear View Mirror" for my birthday. I have so many covers of him, I needed the originals. He is one of the overlooked geniuses of all time.

[SiouxJ]

33. Yeah but

what do you know? ;-)

[Coffee Coyote]

34. I have accumulated much knowledge!

But my senile mind forgot where I put it! :think:

[DinahMoeHum]

31. Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Phil Ochs, and of course, Frank Zappa

n/t


:-(

[deutsey]

37. Lennon, Marley, Zappa, Stevie Ray Vaughn

Paul McCartney (just joking...y'all have heard about the "Paul is Dead" thing, I hope; otherwise, you won't get the joke).

Seriously, I was devastated when John Lennon was shot. Oddly, I even woke up early (around 5 am) the morning after...as a high school student who always got up late, this was very unusual for me.

I turned on my radio and scanned the dial looking for something to listen to when I heard "A Day in the Life." Cool, one of my favorite Beatle tunes. I lay there in the dark listening as the song's final cacophony crashes in that thundering piano chord and the DJ said somberly, "John Lennon, dead at age 40."

:-(

[commander bunnypants]

38. Sir Entwhistle and Sir Moon

IMHO


DEMMAN

[Terwilliger]

39. John Lennon

and Jerry Garcia

[RandomKoolzip]

40. D. Boon, Lennon, Zappa, Otis Redding

just a few....of the far too many.

[Character Assassin]

49. Totally forgot: ditto to the mighty D. Boone. This ain't no picnic, baby

[AnnabelLee]

42. Definitely Jimi Hendrix

Everyone that has been so far listed. Adding to the list:

Shannon Hoon
Layne Staley
Randy Rhoads
Glenn Miller
Otis Redding
Tommy Dorsey
John Bonham
Sam Cooke
Dinah Washington

Many, many more...

Chances are good
We spread blasphemous lies
Safe to say nobody knew what was inside
Of course there is grace
And those halos of pain
Maybe he sang what he came here to sing

[Character Assassin]

43. Musician I wish weren't dying: Warren Zevon. Love him while he's here

He won't be around much longer.

Other than that, Allman, Zappa and Mercury for his sheer chutzpah.

[mitchum]

44. John Fahey....

along with the many who have already been named

[OneBlueSky]

45. my first choice would be Louis Armstrong . . .

followed closely by

Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
Miles Davis
John Lennon
George Harrison
Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
and many, many others . . .

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

46. George Harrison, John Lennon, Bob Marley nt

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

57. BUDDY HOLLY nt

[athos1126]

76. George!

:(:(:( I'm still not over that :(

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

77. Me either

I cried when he died. ;(

[Augspies]

47. Woody Guthrie

Joe Hill

:) Ok, I know they wouldn't be working even if they were alive, but hey, dare to dream.

Also
Pete Seeger, Zappa, Lennon, SRV, Janis, and Marvin Gaye

[playahata1]

71. Pete Seeger.

When did he die? I could have sworn I saw him on TV recently.

[Coffee Coyote]

75. He is still alive

He is 88 this year, and still touring. :-)

[smiths_fan_21384]

48. Joe Strummer

:-( Come back, Joe.

[wtmusic]

51. Kurt Cobain

x

[Michael Daniels]

52. Phil Ochs and Sandy Denny

Phil's political stuff is pretty pedestrian compared to other artists although he had a good handful of songs in that category that rank up there at the top.

Personally, I found the more personal and experimental stuff he did after leaving Elecktra to be more individualistic and less dated and it would have been interesting to see where he would have gone had his talent not dried up in the late 60's.

-------------------------

Sandy Denny- Only just one of the best female voices of her time and one great songwriting talent as well.

A shame that most people probably only really know her as the writer of "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" and have only heard her as the background vocalist on "Battle of Evermore.

[welshTerrier2]

93. excellent call on Sandy Denny ...

i forgot to put her on my list ...

welcome to DU, Michael !!

nice to see another folkie on DU !!

[ronnykmarshall]

53. Florence Ballard

The original Supreme.

Marvin Gaye
Patsy Cline
John Lennon
Minnie Ripperton
Billie Holiday

[CanuckAmok]

55. WHAT?! NO JOEY RAMONE POSTS?!

Joey, we hardly knew ye--Gabba Gabba Hey!

Joe Strummer--my idol as a teen. He never compromised.

Nina Simone

Frank Zappa (don't love his music, but there's no arguing with his genius and his resolute beliefs).

Phil Ochs--I'm only now discovering his music.

Kurt Cobain--just a waste. What would he have accomplished had he lived?

Marc Bolan--"The Slider", 'nuff said.

John Lennon, of course.

[CanuckAmok]

58. Oh, and Frank Tovey from "Fad Gadget"...

... an obscure 80's Goth band, but one of the finer ones.

[SiouxJ]

62. I had him on mine

him and Dee Dee.

[Kat45]

59. So many, so many

Frank Zappa
Hendrix
Janis
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Bon Scott
Jim Morrison
Rory Gallagher
Duane Allman

edited for typo

[LynneSin]

60. Only one I can think of - JOHN BONHAM

Oh to have Led Zeppelin back in it's entirity!!

I also wouldn't mind have Kurt Cobain back, he started a great musical movement with the grunge.

Edit note: Geez, I can't believe I forgot Freddie Mercury, the singer of my second favorite band of all time. I would love to have Freddie Mercury back with us!!!

[Kat45]

70. How could I forget John Bonham?!

And Freddie Mercury?!

They definitely belong on the list.

[bif]

61. Stan Getz, Sarah Vaughan

Ella Fitzgerald. John Lennon and George Harrison

[MiddleRiverRefugee]

63. Johnny Paycheck, Donny Young, Donald Eugene Lytle

Also Wynn Stewart, Jaco Pastorius, and Felix Pappalardi.

[Iris]

64. Jim Morrison

[playahata1]

66. Mine....

Bob Marley
Barry White
John Coltrane
Miles Davis
Billie Holiday
Marvin Gaye
Tupac Shakur
John Lennon

[leftofthedial]

68. Lowell George

Roy Huskey Jr.

[monkeyboy]

69. Keith Richards

There was a billboard in S.F. some years ago for a local radio station that said "If Keith Richards were alive today, he'd be listening to KFOG". Too funny.

[playahata1]

72. May I also add....

Ronnie Van Zant
Steve Gaines
Cassie Gaines
Allen Collins
Leon Wilkeson

Y'all know who I'm talkin' 'bout here.

[jobycom]

94. You may, and thanks for doing so.

I remember that day.

[SPICYHOT]

73. Janis Joplin big time

Jimy Hendrix
Bob Marley
John Lennon
Barry White
Kurt Cobain

[SmileyBoy]

74. I'm gonna say Kurt Cobain.

Nirvana would've been the next-generation beatles in terms of popularity if the guy didn't escape from that California detox centre in March 1994.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

78. please!

nirvana was fine, but next generation beatles, no. I think Grohl's Foo Fighters are better than Nirvana was. Sorry :)

[jobycom]

92. Very underrated

Cobain was genius. When the Beatles first came out, no "experts" could understand why such simple ditties and bad harmonies could be thought of as music. Throughout their careers, Lennon had terrible rythym, Ringo was an average drummer, and Paul couldn't sing a lick. George Harrison became a great guitarist, though.

Nirvana was like that. The whole was greater than the sum of the parts. Cobain had a passion and a genius for music that cut away a lot of the garbage that mediocrities dress their music up with. "Experts" ridiculed him, but missed the point. He could connect musically. It wasn't an intellectual exercise for him, it was just about the music, the feel and the sound and the emotion.

Sad sad loss.

[-..__...]

79. Bon Scott

I like Brian Johnson but... he ain't Bon.

[Darth_Ole]

80. Too many to mention.

Frank Zappa, Jim Morrision, Barry White, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, George Harrison, John Lennon, Jim Croce... The list is endless...

[the_sam]

81. Ian Curtis

Of Joy Division fame. Also, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Phil Ochs, and Frank Zappa.

[ForrestGump]

84. No ELVIS? Can't have that!

And if I was only allowed to pick one more, it'd be John Lennon.

If I were allowed to have spared even more, most of the people listed above would be on the list.

[Kat45]

85. Michael Hutchence

[I AM SPARTACUS]

86. Mozart, Handel, and Vivaldi

[thebeaglehaslanded]

88. Johan Sebastian Bach

[Breezy du Nord]

89. Harrison

I liked here comes the sun.

[jobycom]

90. Tupac Shakur, Conway Twitty, Waylon Jennings, Ailiyah, Doug Sahm

Bit of variety there.

[welshTerrier2]

91. my top ten ...

kate wolf, jerry garcia, steve goodman, roy orbison, john lennon, george harrison, richard and mimi farina, phil ochs and mama cass ...

and probably many more i can't think of right now ...

[jobycom]

95. Anyone mention Randy Rhoads yet?

.

[AnnabelLee]

97. Yup

I did.

[electricmonk]

96. D. Boon

Joe Strummer
Kurt Cobain
Johnny Thunders

and dozens of others plus most of the others mentioned above.



www.starcitypunk.com

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

98. Jim Croce-- he died WAY too young. He had a lot of music in him yet.

Also:

Janis Joplin
Cass Elliott (The love of my life)
Keith Moon
Terry Kath
John Lennon
Wolfgang Amadeus Motzart
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Jimi Hendrix

not necessarily in that order....

[UrbScotty]

99. George Harrison. (nt)

[WEagle]

100. John Coltrain, Sun Ra, Jerry Garcia

[RevolutionStartsNow]

101. Jerry Garcia, Jeff Buckley and Stan Rogers (1st mention here?)

Stan Rogers was a tremendous baritone-voiced folk singer from Canada who died in a plane crash in 1984 or 1985. Sad.

[shave_your_bush]

102. John Lennon and Kurt Cobain