Which deceased musicians you miss the most and wish were still alive?

[Pearljam5000]

I'd say Kurt Cobain , Jimi Hendrix and Michael Jackson

 

[TonyJZX]

i think someone like Michael Jackson largely fulfilled their life work... ie. they died when they were done with their career?

and so with that, I would Amy Winehouse

she had a lot more than 2 albums in her

also 27 y.o?

 

[SIY]

Roland Kirk, Eric Dolphy, Clifford Brown, Jaki Byard, Art Tatum, Sun Ra, Dizzy Gillespie... damn, just about everyone I saw in concert when I was young.

 

[Sokel]

That would be my bigger post ever if I had to mention everyone.
I'll only choose one instead:

The one and only Jussi Björling,there's no other male voice in the world who speaks in my soul as much as his.
And that through the crappy recordings of the era.

(and now I'm gonna go and listen to him,can't help it )

 

[Hollywood_Bob]

Lowell George - died at 34 years of age, after ony one solo album.

I never really connected with Little Feat, But Thanks I'll Eat It Here is in my top ten all-time favourite albums

 

[MRC01]

The first that come to mind...

Franz Schubert, a brilliant and creative composer who died far too soon. At least I wish he lived a full life, even if wouldn't be alive today we would have more of his music.

John Coltrane, taken before his time, though largely due to his own lifestyle. However, one wonders if he didn't have those psychological demons how different an artist he would have been.

Lars Vogt, a classical pianist who played a lot of music with Christian & Tanja Tetzlaff, died in 2022. Over the years they played some of my favorite performances of Dvorak and Schubert, among others.

 

[beefkabob]

I'd say Kurt Cobain , Jimi Hendrix and Michael Jackson

Suicide, overdose, and overdose?

Mozart, Tupac, Freddie Mercury. Unclear, murdered, AIDS.

 

[Anton D]

Loved the mention of Lowell George!

I’ll try not to duplicate and go with…

Buddy Holly

Nick Drake

Hank Williams

I forgot Elvis: if he had lived, I think we’d be eating Elvis’s light cuisine instead of Jenny Craig and going to Elvis fitness centers.

 

[Shorty]

James Jamerson

Jaco Pastorius

Glen Campbell

 

[Cecill]

Kurt Cobain, Ian Curtis, Jeff Buckley, Jim Morrison, Hendrix, Chopin, David Bowie, Prince.

 

[diddley]

Amy Whinehouse Leonard Cohen David Byron John Lee Hooker John Belushi B.B.King Nina Simone
And eventually me.

 

[Dundas]

Bob Marley

 

[Robin L]

Suicide, overdose, and overdose?

Mozart, Tupac, Freddie Mercury. Unclear, murdered, AIDS.

Mozart died of a disease that was common at the time. There are legends surrounding this, amplified by Amadeus the play and movie, but Mozart died as did so many others of his time, of a disease that doctors did not know how to cure. Schubert suffered a worse fate, dying penniless of syphilis, age of 31. He had only just developed his mature voice as a composer, was unbelievably prolific.

Sandy Denny died too soon, falling down the stairs at the age of 31. However, that was something she did quite often, apparently, as a parlor trick of sorts. She was of the same generation as Richard Thompson, so she could still be among us. In a similar vein, Linda Thompson is still with us but can no longer sing, the same being true of Linda Ronstadt.

 

[Timcognito]

Jimmy Hendrix

 

[spigot]

Elvis in the 90's could have been interesting. Would've been nice for Lennon and McCartney to hang out in their dotage, make a few records. Kirsty MacColl is missed.

 

[jkasch]

Keith Moon and John Entwistle

 

[Tremolo]

Bach and Bacharach

 

[HoweSound]

Roy Byrd (Professor Longhair)
Mac Rebennack (Dr. John)
Allen Toussaint
Janis Joplin
Maggie Roche
John Lennon
Harry Nilsson
Jerry Garcia
Tom Petty

John Fahey

 

[Chaconne]

+1 for Franz Schubert.
And, of course, Ludwig Van Beethoven, who I would argue also died far to young.

 

[solderdude]

Leonard Cohen
J.J. Cale
Freddie Mercury
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Elvis
Johnny Cash
Joe Cocker

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