The Redneck Rockers thread made me remember doing a poll on a whiteboard at work years ago. I was amazed at how fast the whole board filled up.
I'll start with a couple obvious ones
1. Elvis
2. Jimi Hendrix
Joey Ramone
Lou Rawls
Buddy Holly
Uhh... I think most of them are, these days.
Freddy Mercury
Layne Staley
Joe Strummer
QuoteUhh... I think most of them are, these days.
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Nope, it's just that Keith Richards has impersonated a corpse for 30 years.
Aw. Unfortunately, we can add Dio to this list now.
Quote from: claws on June 22, 2010, 04:37:12 PM
Lou Rawls
Lou Rawls is dead? :bluesad:
For me, there are a bunch, but Freddie Mercury was the first name that came to mind. Absolutely unique voice. Irreplaceable.
JOHN LENNON... BRIAN JONES...
ALEX CHILTON... ELVIS PRESLEY... JIMI HENDRIX... BUDDY HOLLY...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD9mCp8SifM
JIM MORRISON... MICHAEL JACKSON... KURT COBAIN... JANIS JOPLIN... RICK NELSON... johnbonhamkeithmooncasselliott
John Lennon
George Harrison
Brad Delp
Freddie Mercury
Jim Croce
He made music and that's all that matters to me.
hi
My all time fav:
bon scott.
Bradly Nowell, the singer/ guitarist from Sublime
Nobody mentioned Frank Zappa yet?
Stevie Ray Vaughn and most of the original Lynyrd Skynyrd
Here's a Dead Rock Stars related website:
http://www.av1611.org/rockdead.html (http://www.av1611.org/rockdead.html)
Brian Jones definately. The Stones were so good with him and soon after he died they became terrible for many decades.
George Harrison.
Also:
Bo Diddley
Joe Strummer
Buddy Holly
and, if he counts, which he should to a degree, although he wasn't "rock", Michael Jackson.
No Jim Morrison yet?
Hendrix
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Definitely Jimi Hendrix, I used to listen to his stuff all the time. A true musical genius.
Cliff Burton
(http://www.hessian.org/heavy_metal/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cliff_burton.jpg)
Quote from: Criswell on June 24, 2010, 12:34:25 AM
No Jim Morrison yet?
I mentioned him on the last page... :lookingup:
I'll add John Entwistle, AKA "Thunderfingers"- Bassist for The Who and probably greatest bassist ever.
Another trivia question- Which three musicians were pictured on Fender's "Fiftieth Anniversary of the Stratocaster" catalogue? Large hint: only one is still alive.
OK, nobody got the trivia question so I'll take care of ya... The three rockers who made it onto the cover of the Fender Strat 50th anniversary catalog were: JImi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. I thought somebody would've at least guess Eric Clapton since he's still alive- at least last time I checked. :tongueout:
Quote from: Oscar on June 27, 2010, 08:43:25 AM
OK, nobody got the trivia question so I'll take care of ya... The three rockers who made it onto the cover of the Fender Strat 50th anniversary catalog were: JImi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. I thought somebody would've at least guess Eric Clapton since he's still alive- at least last time I checked. :tongueout:
I never even saw the post with the question. If I had, I'd have thrown out Clapton. :bluesad: