Your most missed music stars

Robert Heaton, Jack Bruce, and MCA.

 

Keith Richards. The guy was the backbone of the Stones sound and his riffs are legendar-

Whut? Really? No kidding. Never mind.

In that case . . . Warren Zevon.

 

It is 100% Warren Zevon. Every new development in communication, politics, sexuality and pop culture would benefit from his wry lyrics. I deeply miss him at least once a week.

 

Paul McCartney

 

Andrew Wood. Had such a bright future ahead of him. A talent gone way too soon.

 

Harry Chapin
Rick Wright
Jimmie Spheeris
Warren Zevon
Jon Lord
and many others...

 

Let's not forget Lou Reed....

 

Layne Staley and Tom Petty

 

John Lennon
George Harrison
Layne Staley
Chris Cornell (still hurts)
Phil Everly
And many more
The list is getting longer and longer..

 

Keith Moon, Warren Zevon, John Lennon...

 

Dave Swarbrick
Lemmy
Tom Petty

That's my teenage years represented above....all gone....

 

Clarence Clemons
David Bowie
Joe Strummer

 

Jimmy LaFave,

Tom Petty,

Jackie Leven,

Arthur Lee,

John Lennon.

 

Petty
Bowie
Don Williams
Larry Norman
Petty.
And umm Petty. :-(

 

so many ... i didn't see Levon Helm or Lowell George back there i don't think

 

stevie ray

 

Carl and Dennis Wilson

 

Bonzo
Chris Cornell
Jeff Buckley
Bowie

and Rory Gallagher & Eddie Cochrane come to that

 

Have not seen anybody else mention them in this thread, but RL Burnside, Jesse Mae Hemphill, Junior Kimbrough. The great ones of the hill country blues.

Also the great Beau Jocque, who I thought was going to be the present and future of zydeco music, IMHO the whole genre is just not the same without him.

 

Johann Sebastian Bach

 

Here is three that never played a theater in Philly since the 1970's to my best recollection, and I never got to see play -- Chuck Berry, Roy Orbison, and George Jones.
One that I am glad I did see -- Chris Cornell.

 

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Walter Becker
Tom Petty
George Harrison

 

Bi....lly...Shears

 

I have been sad about the loss of a great many artists, but the ones I miss the most are the ones that were still making new music that was relevant to me at the time of their deaths. Going back I'd say John Lennon, George Harrison & Kurt Cobain. More recently Prince & Tom Petty. Their most recent work was very good. But the artist I miss the most is Elliott Smith. He was at the peak of his songwriting powers & I very much looked forward to many years of new music.