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Location: Phoenix AZ | Got to thinking about all the talented performers who have been a part of my life and have passed away. It's a long list ...
Not to be morbid, but was wondering who is the ONE dead performer that you miss the most? One answer only, please.
Here's some ideas off the top of my head just to get you thinking, just the tip of the iceberg ...
Elvis, Jim Morrison, Hendrix, Sinatra, John Lennon, George Harrison, Freddie Mercury, Zappa, Joplin, John Bonham, Cobain, Jim Croce, John Denver, Fogelberg, Hartford, Mike Hedges, Johnny Cash, Chet Atkins, Carl Perkins, Marcel Dadi, Jerry Garcia, Billy Preston, Dan Seals, Bo Diddly, James Brown, Harry Chapin, Marvin Gaye, Warren Zevon, Pavarotti, Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker, Lester Flatt, Maynard Fergusson, Buddy Rich, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Dennis Wilson, John Fogerty, Brian Jones, John Entwistle, ... and a lot more.
For me, I'd have to say JOHNNY CASH. Not that I'm a JC fan by a long stretch - he was pretty old and towards the end his performances were really sad (the Roberta Flack and U2 covers were just awful), this best years were decades past. But somehow the musical world just doesn't seem the same without him.
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Location: Cincinnati | When did John Fogerty die?
George Harrison for some great underrated music.
Brian Jones because I am curious to see what effect he would have had on the Stones music. |
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Location: Vernon CT | John Fogerty (CCR) is Dead????? I don't think so.
Probably John Lennon. I would of loved to "hear" and "see" what he could have accomplished. |
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Location: closely held secret | Marty Feldman.
...Fogarty's not dead, man... |
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(best known for the TOY MATINEE album) but his solo stuff was incredible and getting more innovative with each effort. |
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Location: Le Havre (France) | Bob Marley and Jim Morrison.
Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens and Serge Gainsbourg. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by BT717:
John Fogerty (CCR) is Dead????? I don't think so.
Sorry, I was thinking Fogelberg |
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Location: ms | Its hard to say just one but it would have to be Fogelberg. |
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Location: Vernon CT | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Originally posted by BT717:
John Fogerty (CCR) is Dead????? I don't think so.
Sorry, I was thinking Fogelberg
glad it's not ture. |
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Location: WNC-God's Country | Ditto on Kevin Gilbert....I was lucky enough to play drums on some demos and a couple of live shows with him in LA. He was extraordinary on every level whether it be guitar,production etc. His songwriting was unprecedented. I often wonder what he would of accomplished by now.
He's on the TOP of my list.
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Location: Whitecourt, Ab | I think: John Lennon, because he and Yoko would have eventually split. Then he naturally would have hooked up with Cheryl Crow, or one of the Wilson sisters and Ovation would have made a 1537 lennon re-issue with an AAAAAA spruce top for under $1000 available only in Northern Canada. Such chaos would ensue that God would have to re-align the planets and send John Fogerty back to earth. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Losov:
I think Croce and Chapin left too soon. Yeah, that's interesting.....what could those two have come up with if they had 10 more years each? I don't own or really play any of their stuff, but they were good songwriters who just ran short on time. |
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Location: Texas | Jim Croce and Maury Muehleisen.
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | You forgot to mention Layne Staley (Alice in Chains). But as much as I love that band, he wouldn't be my choice. I would have picked Frank Zappa, but he left such a great wealth of music that although I miss him, I can listen to any of the 30 some albums I have, any time I want. So I guess the one I miss most would be Harry Chapin. I was lucky enough to see him in concert a couple of times, and I truly believe each person in the audience felt like a friend had come over and was sitting in their living room, playing just for them. Yeah, I sure wish he had lived a lot longer, so I could hear some more of his stories. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | John Denver; way too soon...I was in shock for a while...big influence on my life and I appreciated his care and activism on behalf of the planet...
(Foggelberg, Croce, and Chapin are right up there as well...big influences and they are missed...A lot of Musical voices silenced too soon...) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Croce--no surprise to anyone who knows me. I'm sure his death right at the start of his popularity and in the middle of my college years had a lot to do with it, but he just seemed like someone I'd like to hang out with. A "regular guy", as he said in Lover's Cross. |
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Location: Paris/France | John Lennon,
He was much more than a musician and he was too young when he's gone.
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Location: East Tennessee | Buddy Holly. He was innovative and in his short career he influenced a lot of performers.
Also Carl Perkins was another Rockabilly guy. |
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Location: VENISE-EN-QUEBEC CANADA | Well me it's
Hank Williams sr.
my love for country music and writting music
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R.I.P. Hank
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Location: Carle Place, NY | Originally posted by Beal:
Duane +1
Lowell George (Little Feat) too. |
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Location: South Windsor Connecticut | Harry Chapin, always.. |
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Location: Michigan | Croce, he was just hitting his stride. I think he would have a following like Taylor or Buffet now. It would have been interesting to see where Lennon could have gone. So much talent. |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | I agree with Toby.....Johnny Cash is timeless and he blended well with other genre of music not just country......
Jerry Reed also come to mind.....Very talented and somewhat overlooked....He always made me smile! |
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Location: Vernon CT | Originally posted by Beal:
Duane Forgot about Duane! :eek: :( |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by War Eagle:
Ditto on Kevin Gilbert....I was lucky enough to play drums on some demos and a couple of live shows with him in LA.
ka Keith, that is awesome!
I have a bunch of bootlegs and demos. Maybe you are on some of them. We'll have to talk one of these days! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Mozart.
Just imagine the kind of stuff he'd be writing with the tools available now!
and Lonnie Donegan, of course. |
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| Well I do miss hearing from Cliff, but I am pretty sure he ain't dead.
And that group of musicians is a tough thing to choose from as they all have their place in great music.
I guess I'd have to say Lennon......I might be wrong but out of that list I believe he was the only one who was Murdered. As tragic a loss as they all are John's life was taken away deliberately. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | I'll add Patsy and Jimi... |
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Location: Melbourne Australia | Where do you start? After tossing it around and initially selecting Ray Charles I plucked Cass Eliot out of left field.
I just had to checked out the Righteous Brothers song Rock and Roll Heaven on YouTube.
Rock and Roll Heaven |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by TOPDOGJIM:
Harry Chapin, always.. Yeah... I was in prison, and none of the dozens of Baltimore/Washington/Annapolis radio stations even did a tribute to him... And we were being force-fed 'Double Fantasy' in honor of John Lennon.
Gallerinski Quote-- "JOHNNY CASH. Not that I'm a JC fan by a long stretch - he was pretty old and towards the end his performances were really sad (the Roberta Flack and U2 covers were just awful)"
Hey, "Hurt" is better than the original (in a sad sorta way).
And I just watched Glen Campbell covering REM.
There are so many, but I do miss Harry Chapin's storytelling.
We need more of that kind of music. |
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| There are so many, but I do miss Harry Chapin's storytelling.
We need more of that kind of music. [/QB] +1 I heard "Cats in the Cradle" a few days ago. The song still holds up well.
As for me, I'd also like to add John Denver to the list.
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Location: Round Rock, TX | There's a ton of 'em I really miss, but Warren Zevon most of all. I think it was Jackson Browne who said, "He can say more in one line than I can in a song". |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I wish Louis Armstrong wasn't dead. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | The person most responsible for where I am as a musician today: my blue-eyed carpenter.
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Location: Wichita, KS | More votes for Jim Croce and Warren Zevon.
Terry Kath, too. I think Chicago needed him more than the other band members ever realized. |
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Location: Scotland | Michael Jackson and Elton John |
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Location: Scotland | Oops...wishful thinking probably doesn't count. |
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Location: Colorado | I would agree with the original list and many of the additions since. John Denver would probably top my list of those mentioned. He was just starting to get really popular when I was a kid and my parents really liked him, too.
Brad Delp is another one that I will miss. Boston's first album was the first album I ever owned. "More Than A Feeling" will always be THE song I remember his voice and talent for. |
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Location: enid, ok | Zappa, Reed, Hedges, Hendrix. All ground-breaking artists that inspired people that don't even know it. That's where it's at. |
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Location: Western PA | I guess I'd have to say Lennon......I might be wrong but out of that list I believe he was the only one who was Murdered. Marvin Gaye was also murdered. Tragically, he was shot by his own father on April Fools' Day 1984 (and only one day before his 45th birthday).
One artist who left us way too soon is Eva Cassidy. She was relatively unknown when she died of melanoma at age 33. But, her posthumous recordings have sold around eight million copies (including three UK #1 singles).
Eva Cassidy sings "Over the Rainbow"
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I put some thought into this, and while many of the artists as was put were "ground-breaking artists that inspired people that don't even know it," one artist in particular just wasn't done when his time came up, and that was Harry Chapin. |
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Location: Georgetown, KY | For me it would be Stevie Ray Vaughan, Hendrix, and Duane Allman. In that order. |
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Location: PDX | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Not to be morbid, but was wondering who is the ONE dead performer that you miss the most? One answer only, please.
Toby John Coltrane.
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| Well, let's be realistic. I lost a friend who was one of the most imaginative and creative guys I could ever think of meeting. Smoked too much, died of a heart attack at age 36. THAT was true loss.
Frankly, these other folks were just strangers whose work product I was familiar with.
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Location: NJ | john lennon
i often think about what he would be saying and doing in these times. along with the great music we never got to hear. (but maybe we did heard all we were supposed to)
the one I think about also is hendrix. i wonder how he would have morphed. I know he would not have just given it up. he was so damn creative.
the one i miss the most is my friend john aka nightwolf with whom I shared the staged countless times. I think i finally figured out why he was sent to me at the time he was. |
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Location: GA USA | I didn't answer this one the other day because I couldn't think who I really MISSED, or whose passing made me feel empty. It hit me this morning.
Keith Green
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Location: south east Michigan | John Entwistle for what he brought to live performances. |
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Location: Indiana | I've mentioned this name here before-- Mickey Newbury.
I met Mickey nearly 30 years ago, and until his death in '02, he was both a mentor and a trusted older brother figure in my life.
I traveled with him, played on many of his albums, and ate his dust on the golf course.
And I miss him the most.
Mickey was never a household name as a performer, but was legendary in the industry for his writing brilliance. He was the only writer to have three number 1's, and a number 5, on four different charts at the same time... Easy Listening, R&B, Country, and Rock. A Hall of Famer with 1000+ covers, it's ironic that he is best known for an arrangement of three public domain tunes he didn't write, morphing them into a medley titled "An American Trilogy".
Also ironic that Elvis' over the top version is so far away from the spirit of Mickey.
He was not a flashy performer by any means. But with just a straight back chair and a guitar, he could suck all the oxygen out of the room in 8 bars.
Here is Mickey's retelling of how and why Trilogy came to be.
Trilogy Story
Mickey, Emmylou, Fred Rose & Don Everly
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Location: los angeles | Probably not a popular response here but Jerry Garcia. I loved the way he could improvise his way through anything including his own compositions, and I miss not being able to see/hear that again. Bob |
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Location: Texas | yep.....I really miss John too...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuEOKK8d43c&feature=related
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by fillhixx:
Mozart. Just imagine the kind of stuff he'd be writing with the tools available now!
. . . and if he had live beyond age 35. |
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Location: Chicago | Yes, Enders, I really miss Jerry, Keith G. and Pig, too. My time of bonding with the Dead was '69 - '73. I got to see some of the last shows with McKernan. It was a magical era, even if Donna got in the way at times :) |
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Location: Michigan | Some were already covered by others like Duane, Reed, SRV, Jimi etc so I can go on to a others.
I know you said one but hey its like a potato chip, ya can't just have one.
For me maybe
Muddy or Little Walter
What do you expect from a blues guy, more so after taking the wife to see "Cadillac Records" the movie about Chess Records, even my wife enjoyed it, even asked me to get the recently released DVD, I think I'm converting her :D
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Location: los angeles | Dobro,
Don't even mention Donna. (LOL) My wife cringes every time she hears her voice. :eek:
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The only Donna I remember is Donna Reed. And I miss her too..... |
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Location: Gig Harbor, Washington | Mega Ditto on Eva Cassidy who helped make this a "Wonderful World"!
And of course John & George...
But perhaps mostly Rich Mullins ( You're Awesome, Man! ) |
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Location: southeast michigan | John and George, the lads were wonderful. I keep seeing thr reference to the Lennon Model Ovation. Are you folks refering to the one John was pictured with shortly before his untimely death? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | There was a John Lennon reissue that was sold overseas in very limited quantities that a few OFCers had as well. I think Al managed to find a few of them. Based on the nutmeg colored Legend that John was pictured with. Great sounding guitar. |
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Location: Tennessee | Truly must be one of the very best, if not THE best, round hole Ovations ever produced. Got the mojo in spades. Some of the original six that stayed here in the US have changed hands, and the owners tend to regret the decision to sell.
As far as the "missing" part, I'd too have to say Lennon and Harrison. Yes, for the music part. But just as much for their social awareness part, and what they did for the human side of life. They would still be relevant today, and giving us perpective on life in ways that would continue to astound us, whether we fully bought into them or not.
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