Favourite dead artists (music)

[cloudstrife]

I know it's a morbid thread in a way but think of all the excellent music those depressed or unlucky people have produced. Here's my top 5 to start you off:

1. Ian Curtis (Joy Division)

2. Elliott Smith

3. Bob Marley

4. Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)

5. Jeff Buckley

RIP everyone of 'em

 

[Galadriela]

I'm still really missing Kurt Cobain, sad, and some others I miss are:

Jimi Hendrix

Jon Bonham

Cliff Burton (Metallica)

Freddie Mercury

 

[done_got_old]

Carmen McRae

Ray Charles

Sarah Vaughn

Dinah Washington

Lou Rawls

 

[cloudstrife]

Good to hear from different generations. Here's another:

Marc Bolan (T-Rex)

 

[done_got_old]

Syd Barrett
Luther Vandross
Obie Benson - the four tops

 

[cloudstrife]

Syd Barrett
Luther Vandross
Obie Benson - the four tops

Oh yeah, forgot about Luther, his silky tones are missed.

Shit, what am i thinking:

James Brown!

 

[SecretLove69]

Patsy Cline
Sam Cooke
Nat King Cole
Jim Croce
John Denver
Glenn Miller
Ricky Nelson
Ritchie Valens

NO - I'm not THAT old.

 

[cloudstrife]

Jim Morrison (The Doors)

 

[Kylan]

1.Ella Fitzgerald

2.Louis Armstrong

3.Nat King Cole

4.Ray Charles

5.Duke Ellington