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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.
I don't "miss" them like I do my friend. |
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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
...followed by Sonny Terry and SRV |
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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: south east Michigan | Cliff |
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Location: SoCal | Not just Reed, but Buster B as well..... |
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Location: Chicago | Jimi, Jim Morrison, Layne Staley (Alice in Chains is ripe for the 90s revival; sad) |
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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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Location: SoCal | Donna?
The only Donna I remember is Donna Reed. And I miss her too..... |
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Location: closely held secret | Paul, it's what I was thinking, but I didn't want to say it... |
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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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Who Do You Miss The Most
