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If a rockstar could come back to life who would it be?

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  • digitalkettledigitalkettle Frets: 2587
    RocknRollDave said:
    Kilgore said:
    thumpingrug said:
    Im surprised no one has mentioned Robert Johnson.  Those early blues tracks seem to form a basis for so much.


    No chance. He made that deal at the crossroads, his soul is staying where it is.  ;)
    Sad to think he sold his soul at a dour Midlands motel with shaky walls:(

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  • OffsetOffset Frets: 9212
    Gram Parsons

    Jeff Buckley

    Sandy Denny
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  • boogiemanboogieman Frets: 11742
    edited August 2023
    The only thing about the likes of Hendrix, Jim Morrison etc. is they became legends partly because they died young.

    I reckon, with a bit of therapy, Kurt Cobain could still be writing good songs. Even if his voice was knackered. 
    Not so sure tbh - they were both groundbreaking. Jimi reinvented rock playing and blew the (high quality competition) out of the water and Morrison to me came along and combined the beat poets approach with jazz rock and the whole wild tortured rock star cliche to a tee.
    I think Jimi still had a lot of gas in the tank in terms of musical potential. He was already moving away from the blues and into jazz and was getting pissed off with having to play his “old” material like Purple Haze, even though it was only 4 or 5 years old when he died. I would’ve loved to see what direction he went in.

    Jimmy Dewar went too young, he was a phenomenal singer who never really got the recognition he deserved, he’ll always be known as Robin Trower’s bass player by the majority, assuming they even know who he was in the first place. 
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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 20197
    If Hendrix had moved into jazz I wouldn't have wanted to listen to him any more.  Still sorry he's no longer with us, of course.
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  • mudslide73mudslide73 Frets: 2921
    edited August 2023
    Kilgore said:
    Im surprised no one has mentioned Robert Johnson.  Those early blues tracks seem to form a basis for so much.


    No chance. He made that deal at the crossroads, his soul is staying where it is. 
    Sad to think he sold his soul at a dour Midlands motel with shaky walls:(

    Come on in my kitchen, Miss Diane.
    "A city star won’t shine too far"


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    boogieman said:
    Jimmy Dewar went too young, he was a phenomenal singer who never really got the recognition he deserved, he’ll always be known as Robin Trower’s bass player by the majority, assuming they even know who he was in the first place. 
    Absolutely.  He had a wonderful voice, and he wasn't too shabby on the bass either.  Very sadly missed.
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  • ReverendReverend Frets: 4649
    What would have been worse?

    Hendrix's late 70s coke-fuelled AOR album that took 18 months to record and near bankrupted the label? Or his 97 comeback produced by Wyclef, with guest appearances by Mel B, the singer from Creed and Nigel Kennedy?
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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 20197
    Reverend said:
    What would have been worse?

    Hendrix's late 70s coke-fuelled AOR album that took 18 months to record and near bankrupted the label? Or his 97 comeback produced by Wyclef, with guest appearances by Mel B, the singer from Creed and Nigel Kennedy?
    I think the 1989 tour with Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood - with Phil Collins on drums and occasional guest appearances by Dave Mason - would've been pretty grim.
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  • digitalkettledigitalkettle Frets: 2587
    digitalkettle said:
    Robertson!..and he's still alive ;)
    ...
    Doh! ;-/
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  • LPManicLPManic Frets: 1005
    I haven't been reading the thread, but it's mad to imagine how much music we have lost with the deaths of Hendrix, Lennon, Kurt Cobain and everyone else. I think that is genuinely the saddest of all.
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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 20197
    digitalkettle said:
    digitalkettle said:
    Robertson!..and he's still alive ;)
    ...
    Doh! ;-/
    Wasn't that weird?
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 13312
    I suspect that digitalkettle meant Brian, formerly of Thin Lizzy.
    Be seeing you.
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  • digitalkettledigitalkettle Frets: 2587
    Funkfingers said:
    I suspect that digitalkettle meant Brian, formerly of Thin Lizzy.
    Nope, I was correcting the OP's reference to 'Robbie Robinson' 11 days ago ;-/
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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 20197
    digitalkettle said:
    Funkfingers said:
    I suspect that digitalkettle meant Brian, formerly of Thin Lizzy.
    Nope, I was correcting the OP's reference to 'Robbie Robinson' 11 days ago ;-/
    And Brian Robertson's not dead either.  At time of writing...
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  • digitalkettledigitalkettle Frets: 2587
    Philly_Q said:
    digitalkettle said:
    Funkfingers said:
    I suspect that digitalkettle meant Brian, formerly of Thin Lizzy.
    Nope, I was correcting the OP's reference to 'Robbie Robinson' 11 days ago ;-/
    And Brian Robertson's not dead either.  At time of writing...
    Uh oh...someone had better warn Brian!
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  • digitalkettledigitalkettle Frets: 2587
    Philly_Q said:
    digitalkettle said:
    Funkfingers said:
    I suspect that digitalkettle meant Brian, formerly of Thin Lizzy.
    Nope, I was correcting the OP's reference to 'Robbie Robinson' 11 days ago ;-/
    And Brian Robertson's not dead either.  At time of writing...
    Doh! Better response: don't believe a word!
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  • TanninTannin Frets: 4394
    Buddy Holly, of course.

    Plenty of others worth mentioning, but Buddy stands alone as the greatest loss of talent due to early death since the world lost Mozart.

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