Musicians who died in your lifetime whose output you miss

Humboldt

Jimmy McCulloch

I first saw him at Greens Playhouse in 1971 when he toured with John Mayall. He must have been about 18 at the time and the general reaction to his appointment had been extremely negative so, before the concert started, Mayall came on stage to "explain" why he was in the band (ie just a great blues guitarist). Anyway, after some booing, on walks Jimmy on his own and lets fly with some stunning blues solo. Of course, the place erupted and a star was born (or so we thought anyway).

I then saw him with Stone the Crows but it was that first night which still gives me goosebumps.

strumjoughlamps

Damn cannot believe I forgot about Dolores O’Riodan, such a wonderful live vocal with a perfect Irish twang in her voice.

RocknRollDave

Richey Manic. The band were never the same after he went.

I’d be interested to see what John Bonham would have gone on to do.
I suspect he’d have stuck to his style of playing and become more and more outdated as the 80’s and 90’s went on, but …it’s just tantalising to imagine what might have been. And the thought of actually being in a room in person to witness his playing live….wow.

bluecat

SRV, Jim, Tom Petty,George Harrison. I could go on and on.

bobeffect

Jeff Buckley...Paul Hester - Crowded House Drummer.

spev11

Trying not to sound too cynical or grumpy/miserable but I’m struggling. Those that died young( or early ) had achieved enough for us to wonder what may have come next, and the allure and fascination is that we will never know. 

 Having said that I do wonder what Randy Rhodes would have gone on to do if he’d used his time with Ozzy as a springboard to other things? He was an astounding all round player. Might have been awful though. 

ICBM

Not mentioned so far...

Elvis Presley
Jim Morrison
Janis Joplin

Strat54

Chris Whitley

Jeff Buckley

Sean Costello

SRV

Danny Gatton

BillDL

Has anybody mentioned Karen Carpenter?  I loved the tone and phrasing of her voice.  So easy to listen to.

Muddy Waters (died 1983) and it's not like he was active up until his death or that I grew up listening to him when he was around, but I first heard his songs being played on the radio by Alexis Korner between about 1979 and 1981 and later again by Paul Jones on his Radio 2 blues show.  I was really into old style blue then and bought loads of the re-released Chess albums, and it was Muddy Waters songs and playing style I kept being drawn back to.

guitarmanessex89

Gary Moore, Jeff Beck, Warren Zevon, and less famously, Michael Casswell. The fact I could drive a couple of miles down the road to hear him tear it up on a Saturday night was always a huge source of inspiration. 

matdotcodot

Mark Linkous

equalsql

Andrew Gold
Karen Carpenter
Steve Marriott 
Ronnie Lane
Keith Moon
Phil Lynott 

Offset

BillDL said:

Muddy Waters (died 1983) and it's not like he was active up until his death or that I grew up listening to him when he was around, but I first heard his songs being played on the radio by Alexis Korner between about 1979 and 1981 and later again by Paul Jones on his Radio 2 blues show.  I was really into old style blue then and bought loads of the re-released Chess albums, and it was Muddy Waters songs and playing style I kept being drawn back to.

Yep.  Johnny Winter produced 1977's 'Hard again' and effectively kick-started Muddy's career again (which I'm sure you knew!)

Tannin

Can I mention Mozart?

Offset

Tannin said:

Can I mention Mozart?

Not unless you're Connor MacLeod.

digitalkettle

Offset said:

Tannin said:

Can I mention Mozart?

Not unless you're Connor MacLeod.

Alright, alright...don't lose your head!

Besides: there can be only one!

nick79

Cliff Burton for me. I think he was only just getting started, Metallica would certainly have been a different band if he hadn’t passed so early on.

Haych

Robert Palmer
Lowell George

Haych

Offset said:

Tannin said:

Can I mention Mozart?

Not unless you're Connor MacLeod.

Or Keith Richards.

ICBM

guitarmanessex89 said:

Warren Zevon

Can’t believe I didn’t think of him first!

Also Edgar Froese (Tangerine Dream).