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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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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Kevin Gilbert
(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: SoCal | Reed.... |
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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.
:( :cool: ;) |
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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
is from is leggacy
R.I.P. Hank
Daniel ;) |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | Originally posted by Beal:
Duane +1
Lowell George (Little Feat) too. |
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