Jimi Hendrix
Bon Scott
Kurt Cobain
Elvis
Janis Joplin
John Bonham


in that order

I don't think I've seen these yet:

Ronnie Lane.

STEVE MARRIOTT

Lowell George

Marvin Gaye

Joe Tex

O.V. Wright

Andy Gibb

boston2006 Wrote:
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> 1 . John Lennon ( he was genious )
> 2 . Brian Jones ( give him any instument, he'll
> figure a way to play it !! )
> 3 , Janis Joplin ( amazing voice )
> 4. Jim Morrison ( what else can be said ? )

but No1 is Hendrix. He was still the genius when he died. And he really was a musical genius.

SRV

If rock is defined a little wider, Marleys & Tosh's tragic
deaths in the 80s was quite a loss.

Baboon Bro Wrote:
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> If rock is defined a little wider, Marleys &
> Tosh's tragic
> deaths in the 80s was quite a loss.



An even WIDER definition would include John Belushi and Sam Kinison

THEY WERE ROCK N ROLL DUDES TO THE BONE

Robert Johnson........his musical "reverberations" are still felt today

From a Southern man:


Duane Allman
Berry Oakley
Ronnie Van Zandt
Steve Gaines
Allen Collins
Toy Caldwell
Tommy Caldwell

ChelseaDrugstore Wrote:
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> Andrew Ridgeley!!!



Did he die?

i'm surprised more people didnt mention Buddy Holly.......only 22 when he died...and already accomplished so much......helped kick-start the singer/songwriter role in popular music....and heavily influenced the Beatles.....who knows what else he wouldve done

yeah, Buddy is key.

Buddy
Elvis
Otis
Lennon
Nicky H
Ian
Mick Ronson
Kurt
Freddie Mercury

Lukester Wrote:
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> From a Southern man:
>
>
> Duane Allman
> Berry Oakley
> Ronnie Van Zandt
> Steve Gaines
> Allen Collins
> Toy Caldwell
> Tommy Caldwell



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rock includes otis? i thought otis was a soul singer?

if we include otis we got to include sam cooke....

i mean if we broaden rock to include all music, which is what i see on this thread, then we have to include nick drake too.. jeff buckley...

i'm often suprrised about all the broohaha about buddy holly..his music is so tame..so easy listening... anyone actually listen to songs like peggy sue? the sound is NOT rockin'!

for me bon scott was a huge loss.... the stuff he would have done... i hate to think about it...

stoned_in_dc Wrote:
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>
>
...
>
> i'm often suprrised about all the broohaha about
> buddy holly..his music is so tame..so easy
> listening... anyone actually listen to songs like
> peggy sue? the sound is NOT rockin'!
>
>


you forgot to put it into historical perspective.....some of those tunes were "rockin" for their time



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Jimi
Janis
Jimbo
John
Otis (yeah, he rocked...)

...the rest were painful, but not as much so...

i don't know leonard keringer.. i mean compare the buddy holly to little richard/chuck berry and all those guys with that rockin' new orleans sound or even elvis' first two rca lps (1254 and 1392 or some such) and buddy holly is not as rockin'....i collect lps and i've purchased some buddy holly here and there and when i put it on it does not rock to my mind..it sounds really tame actually

again, i'm nobody... i'm glad buddy holly influenced a lot of people but i mean i have peggy sue in my head and the "peggy sue uh uh my peggy sue" sounds kinda gay to me..

i put on a fats domino record and thats rockin'..

like i said even elvis rocks more... or jerry lee lewis..

not sure what the buddy holly thing is.. maybe i need to listen to it more but maybe it is a lot of marketing and myth making....the sensitive white young rocker..but how rockin was he really?

i do love that keith quote about comparing buddy and elvis with the ladies..



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buddy rocked. listen some more.

stoned_in_dc Wrote:
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> i don't know leonard keringer.. i mean compare the
> buddy holly to little richard/chuck berry and all
> those guys with that rockin' new orleans sound or
> even elvis' first two rca lps (1254 and 1392 or
> some such) and buddy holly is not as rockin'....i
> collect lps and i've purchased some buddy holly
> here and there and when i put it on it does not
> rock to my mind..it sounds really tame actually
>
> again, i'm nobody... i'm glad buddy holly
> influenced a lot of people but i mean i have peggy
> sue in my head and the "peggy sue uh uh my peggy
> sue" sounds kinda gay to me..
>
> i put on a fats domino record and thats rockin'..
>
> like i said even elvis rocks more... or jerry lee
> lewis..
>
> not sure what the buddy holly thing is.. maybe i
> need to listen to it more but maybe it is a lot of
> marketing and myth making....the sensitive white
> young rocker..but how rockin was he really?
>
> i do love that keith quote about comparing buddy
> and elvis with the ladies..


true enough Stoned in DC....there were wilder rockers.....buddy was more of a jangly pop tunesmith/performer.........ps it's supposed to be "sounds gay to me (not that there's anything wrong with that)"



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We lost Mick Taylor to cheeseburgers and small London clubs.

CindyC Wrote:
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> ChelseaDrugstore Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> > Andrew Ridgeley!!!
>
>
>
> Did he die?


He should have

RadioMarv Wrote:
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> Baboon Bro Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If rock is defined a little wider, Marleys &
> > Tosh's tragic
> > deaths in the 80s was quite a loss.
>
>
>
> An even WIDER definition would include John
> Belushi and Sam Kinison
>
> THEY WERE ROCK N ROLL DUDES TO THE BONE



Thats an INCREDIBLY wide definition if youre evaluating their 'contribution' or potential one to the genre

Robert Johnson.

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Did he die?

He should have



Gazza - Tsk, Tsk

I once lost a rock. Get it lost a rock. Hilarious.

jimi hendrix
jim morrison
john lennon
keith moon
curt cobain
brian jones
george harrison
elvis
jerry garcia

Mick Ronson
Brian Jones
Jimi Hendrix
Marc Bolan
Robert Johnson
Keith Moon
Buddy Holly
Muddy Waters
Rick Danko
Richard Manuel
John Lennon
George Harrisson
Elvis
Gram Parsons
Janis Joplin
Bon Scott
Random listing. I refuse to number them.

.... cant believe no one has mentioned any engineers or producers.. i can think of a dozen easily.... i miss nicky hopkins too

I have a hard time calling many of these truly great people, artists 'losses'. Isuspect that original Q means "Who do we miss the most?" I have seen so many names I had forgotten about. EG Richard Manuel, Ronnie Lane and Marriott, Kosoff,Mick Ronsosn, Berry Oakley, (no one mentioned) Jimmy Miller.
But the one thing I agree with that is a real loss is the loss of attitude that I think radioMarv wrote. Rockers have either mellowed out, become WAY too PC, or put on this fake MTV-ized tough-guy-act. Like Motley Crue. there are way too little true rockers out there with a genuine @#$%&-all attitude. Everytinme we see sonmeone come down the pike sooner or later they are bending over to the allmighty dollar.

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

Stu for trying to keep the Stones in line

Marv Peck

Y'all remember that rubber legged boy