Music legends who died young who you still miss?
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Billy Mackenzie (Associates). Not that his solo material is worthy of note but the Associates put out some amazing stuff,the vast majority of it flying under the radar. Some find his vocal style too much,each to their own I guess.
He was an incredibly charismatic and likeable fellow to boot,such a shame depression claimed another victim.
My others would be Joe Strummer and Bowie,a bit too obvious though.
He was an incredibly charismatic and likeable fellow to boot,such a shame depression claimed another victim.
My others would be Joe Strummer and Bowie,a bit too obvious though.
BadBull said:
Was pretty gutted about Chris Cornell.
Likewise.I've seen him twice on solo tours, in great venues on both occasions. Just Chris and a rack of guitars, sitting on a stool on a huge rug, belting out great songs - what a voice.
Seemed like a nice guy too, and the gigs always felt very intimate and personal - not like some musicians who go through the motions and move onto the next town.
Can't say that I actually miss any of them but I felt sorry for Marc Bolan. What a waste and all because your girlfriend cant manage to steer a Mini over a bridge.
But I was surprisingly moved when Rick Wright died - he was still youngish and I was shocked when Bowie died. The only person I really miss is Chris Squire but at 68 he wasnt young.
On the other hand I am surprised that Pete Doherty and Peter Perrett are still alive.
But I was surprisingly moved when Rick Wright died - he was still youngish and I was shocked when Bowie died. The only person I really miss is Chris Squire but at 68 he wasnt young.
On the other hand I am surprised that Pete Doherty and Peter Perrett are still alive.
Penelope Stopit said:
liner33 said:
Penelope Stopit said:
Stuart Adamson 43 years old
yep, do you think that's young? He was older than Elvis who also didn't die young IMO 70 to 80 is to be expected
Within 10 yrs of joining FM he and his career were over in the music industry, and let's be frank, so was his life. Finished at just 28 years old, just a year above the legends who were and had been buried at that fateful age number of just 27 yrs old.
Yet he'd written some superb songs and his guitar playing was sublime throughout. Of 14 tracks on Then Play On, he wrote 7. Bare Trees he wrote 5 of the 9. Future Games and Kiln House, Kirwan was probably the strongest influence. He could even take a Rupert Brooke war poem and turn it into a bit of musical genius or he could stun with fantastic vibrato, or even emulate Hendrix wah wah.
I first watched him at Bournemouth ritz near the pier seafront in 68/69.
Miss him? I'd just love to know how much he would have achieved had he 'lived' and 'played on' and not ended literally in the gutter for the next 40 yrs of his life.
He was playing blues guitar like this at 18.
Bit late to this thread, recently (been renting a cottage on the Dorset / Somerset border with little internet access)
I wouldn't call them "legends" as per the OP, but two recent deaths that were too young and I miss are:-
i) Cornell
ii) Dimebag
i) For his soaring, searing, pitch-perfect vocals
and
ii) For his uncanny ability to churn out crunching, foot-stomping riffs with VH-esque solos brimming with wide vibrato / pinch harmonics / chromatic scale runs
I wouldn't call them "legends" as per the OP, but two recent deaths that were too young and I miss are:-
i) Cornell
ii) Dimebag
i) For his soaring, searing, pitch-perfect vocals
and
ii) For his uncanny ability to churn out crunching, foot-stomping riffs with VH-esque solos brimming with wide vibrato / pinch harmonics / chromatic scale runs
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