Musicians who died in your lifetime whose output you miss

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I was considering this question whilst listening to World Party's final studio album 'Dumbing Up' (2000) as I did my ablutions this morning.  Both it and the four albums which preceded it are brilliant, and I consider Karl Wallinger to be a (somewhat overlooked)  musical genius.

Ill health stalled his work in 2001 but when he resumed touring 5 years later, I remained hopeful that more new material in the form of an album would follow.  It wasn't to be, and his untimely death earlier this year has drawn a line under World Party.

He was SO creative, so talented... I always felt there was so much more to come and yet it wasn't to be.  We're left with those five superb albums, and I felt incredibly sad as I listened to "You're A Hurricane, I'm A Caravan" first thing today.

Who do you similarly miss who's been taken from us too early?

matt_sefton

Prince. Obviously.

thermionic

Mimi Parker.

Elliot Smith.

Petepassion

Mark Lanegan

Brio

Jeff Beck

mgaw

Amy Winehouse

Aornic

Linkin Park. Not dead as a whole but Chester was so essential that they've been defunct since.

Tannin

Buddy Holly. 

(OK, not quite my lifetime. But almost. And THE biggest loss to music of the 20th Century. (Yes, even including the immortal Glenn Miller.)

M1ck

SRV for me, I know some knock him but for me he was one of the best. 

euan

David Berman 

Grangousier

Tim Smith

FelineGuitars

Freddie Mercury.

Gary Moore

EVH

Litterick

Trish Keenan
Scott Miller
Martin Phillipps

MartinBush

euan said:

David Berman 

Very much this guy...

CHRISB50

Dimebag

Kurt Cobain

Mark Lanegan 

Layne Staley

Scott Weiland

Cliff Burton

Michael Hedges

Chris Cornell

littlegreenman

Zappa

CaseOfAce

I'm reading the responses and I think most of them pretty much gave what they had to give. 

I'd love to have seen Jerry Garcia live - and Stuart Adamson died way too soon... but other than Amy above (of those I've heard of)  I think others pretty much said what they had to say creatively and musically.

Jeff Beck ended up doing duets with Johnny Depp. Gary Moore winded up in a blues rock cul-de-sac?

This all reminds me of the Doug Stanhope bit where he says as much and Hendrix starts doing jams with Elton John on stage... Oooohhhh rocket maaaannnnn... wawwahzingdfdafasdf..."

JEM

Not sure if this qualifies but I only really discovered Frank Zappa after he'd died. I'd have loved to have seen him play live and he did tour the UK while I was a teenager. Sadly I'd never heard of him at the time.

munckee

Would have been interesting to see if Kurt Cobain transitioned into a mainly acoustic playing folk type singer as he was apparently 'tired of the screaming'

Open_G

It’s a tough one, in a way, because those who died early have potentially left behind a greater legacy because of it. Would Nirvana still be going? What would their output be like? Would the quality of the songwriting hold up? The angry musings of a 20 something are a lot different to those of a 50 something. Paul McCartney is still touring his output from the 60’s and 70’s. What may John Lennon have been up to? I’d love to see what Kurt Cobain might have put out but equally there’s a catalogue of work there that can be enjoyed as a discography, we aren’t waiting for the next Nevermind. 

Perdix

I still listen to old Kirsty Macoll songs would have been nice to have the opportunity to listen to current ones. A lovely voice, much missed.