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

digitalkettle

wesker123 said:

Jeff Buckley

or Clapton 

Half a wiz there!

DB1

guitars4you said:

Easy to say some obvious big names - Bowie, Prince, Elvis, Lennon and even Jimi H - But 'd pick Buddy Holly - Not because I'm his biggest fan - But 'pop music' as we now know it, that is guitar based, was only a couple of years old when Buddy was around - He created many great songs in such a sort time - Massive influence on The Beatles - It would have been great to see what more he could have come up with and how he'd have changed his own career/writing when the Brit Pop explosion arrived 

That's something that I've always wondered, Mark. I grew up with Buddy Holly as my first idol - although he died a year before I was born, his music was always on on our record player, and I loved his songwriting and guitar skills.

He embraced new ideas as well and I can't help thinking that he would have gone on to be a master writer and producer, possibly even aligning with the country scene. He'd 'only' be around 85 now as well - what a talent we were deprived of.

hollywoodrox

My obvious ones would be  EVH etc
  but I’d like to put forward Jeff Porcaro 

Rocker

Rory Gallagher. 

Waylon Jennings. 

Karen Carpenter.  

StormshadowGuitars

Chris Cornell

Teyeplayer

rlw said:

I'm just pondering a band comprising Jimi Hendris, Jack Bruce and Keith Moon.....................

I have often thought that the rumoured Hendrix, Lennon, Brian Jones band would have been interesting. Iirc there has even been mention of Steve Marriott on vocals -so if we could raise those four, wow what a super group. 

Philly_Q

Teyeplayer said:

rlw said:

I'm just pondering a band comprising Jimi Hendris, Jack Bruce and Keith Moon.....................

I have often thought that the rumoured Hendrix, Lennon, Brian Jones band would have been interesting. Iirc there has even been mention of Steve Marriott on vocals -so if we could raise those four, wow what a super group. 

I'm not too struck on the rhythm section....

Jonathangus

We've already had Bon Scott and Freddie, so I'll throw Steve Clark into the mix.  Leppard might still be a rock band.

Philly_Q

Jonathangus said:

We've already had Bon Scott and Freddie, so I'll throw Steve Clark into the mix.  Leppard might still be a rock band.

I was reading an interview with Vivian Campbell the other day, talking about the differences between playing with Last in Line and Def Leppard.  He says the Leppard show is very much "set", he and Phil have to be spot on with their respective guitar parts and vocals, there's no room for improvisation.  I'd imagine Steve Clark was a bit more free-form (I did actually see them on the first Hysteria tour, but I don't remember much about it).

Funkfingers

Back to life - John McGeoch

Restored to full health - Jason Becker

hollywoodrox

Funkfingers said:

Back to life - John McGeoch

Restored to full health - Jason Becker

Jason Becker in full health would be stupendously awesome

thumpingrug

Im surprised no one has mentioned Robert Johnson.  Those early blues tracks seem to form a basis for so much.

+1 for Rory Gallagher 

robgilmo

Elvis , just to put everyones mind at rest.

Philly_Q

robgilmo said:

Elvis , just to put everyones mind at rest.

And by the same token, Tupac.

robgilmo

Philly_Q said:

robgilmo said:

Elvis , just to put everyones mind at rest.

And by the same token, Tupac.

Elvis and Morrison in a bar, Elvis says to Morrison 'so they dont believe you either'?

digitalkettle

munckee said:

I think they should all stay dead to preserve their legacy as per @LastMantra otherwise they'd all bring out a frog song at some point.

If Paul was still alive, he'd never have done that!

Sesh

Definitely Zappa would be interesting.

Also Warren Zevon to see how many comeback albums he would have released. 

Kilgore

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. 

RocknRollDave

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:(

Hootsmon

Rod Stewart