Dead Musicians Top Ten

[ferg]

I don't think this is in particularly bad taste, but with Phil Lynott and Bon Scott appearing in recent threads it got me thinking....

1. Lee Brilleaux - Dr.Feelgood
2. Joey Ramone - The Ramones
3. Phil Lynott - Thin Lizzy
4. Malcolm Owen - The Ruts
5. Bon Scott - AC/DC
6. Ian Dury - The Blockheads
7. Joe Strummer - The Clash
8. John Bonham - Led Zeppelin
9. Johnny Thunders - The New York Dolls
10. Marc Bolan - T.Rex

These placings are purely personal and based around how P:censored:D OFF I was when I heard they died.

[Incorrigible]

I'd bung Lennon and Hendrix in there

And Bonham would be further up the list

[catso]

Hendrix?

[ferg]

catso said:

Hendrix?

I'm too young for it to have worried me..... I like him and he was certainly a loss, but these guys mean a lot more to me.

Edited to say: And I was very bored with Lennon by the time he died....

>> Edited by ferg on Friday 27th May 18:55

[Wacky Racer]

John Lennon
John Henry Bonham
George Harrison
Phil Lynott
Fats Waller..
Sandy Denny
Matt Monroe
Ronnie Lane
Roy Orbison
Elvis.

[v15ben]

Elvis and Hendrix have to be somewhere near the summit for me. Hendrix was a revelation and arguably the best guitar player period.

Bonham should also be higher up the list as well IMO.

[Wacky Racer]

v15ben said:

Elvis and Hendrix have to be somewhere near the summit for me. Hendrix was a revelation and arguably the best guitar player period. Bonham should also be higher up the list as well IMO.

Funny story about Bonham........

I was sat at the bar in a country pub near Kidderminster in 1978, when Bonham came and sat down right next to me.....

As a massive Zeppelin fan I nearly wet myself so after a couple of minutes I plucked up the courage to say,"The beers on form tonight John"....

He downed his pint in five seconds, remarked "Yes", got up and left..............

[puggit]

Michael Hutchence?

[raftom]

Bach
Beethoven
Mozart
Wagner
Chopin
Schubert
Vivaldi
Haydn
Schumann
Purcell

or maybe...

Monk
Coltrane
Davis
Armstrong
Tatum
Parker
Getz
Gillespie
Powell
Evans (Bill)

[ferg]

v15ben said:

Elvis and Hendrix have to be somewhere near the summit for me. Hendrix was a revelation and arguably the best guitar player period. Bonham should also be higher up the list as well IMO.

Well put him on your list then.

I said it was a personal thing, I saw all but two of those people perform live and was 8 when Hendrix died. I remember clear as day where I was when I learned of the death of all ten (and Elvis too, but I worshipped his '60s stuff and hated the jumpsuit era so wasn't AS depressed when he died). This is how I worked out the top ten.........

[beano500]

Jim Morrison



and...

Frank Zappa

Janis Joplin

Sandy Denny

Keith Moon

Karen Carpenter

Stevie Ray Vaughn


...just a few I can think of.

[pwig]

Freddie mercury anyone?

[Trooper2]

v15ben said:

Elvis and Hendrix have to be somewhere near the summit for me. Hendrix was a revelation and arguably the best guitar player period. Bonham should also be higher up the list as well IMO.

Have you ever heard Hendrix play the Star Spangled Banner on his guitar.......Unbeleivealbe!

[ferg]

pwig said:

Freddie mercury anyone?

I liked him until 'The Game' and saw him perform 6 times, but by the time he died I wasn't bothered.

[ferg]

Trooper2 said:

Have you ever heard Hendrix play the Star Spangled Banner on his guitar.......Unbeleivealbe!

Awesome!

[c c]

Just like to add Paul Kossoff.

All Right Now.

[bor]

Keith Richards -really great guitarist with the Stones.

[RichUK]

Frank Zappa
Freddie Mercury

[Wacky Racer]

bor said:

Keith Richards -really great guitarist with the Stones.

He's not dead........

He only looks it..........

[Size Nine Elm]

There's a bit of a drummer theme here...

John Bonham
Keith Moon
Cozy Powell
Rick Allen's left arm

Moving a little wider, we can't forget John Entwistle, died age 57 in Las Vegas full of coke and with a hooker... style.