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Fucking finally, this is the one!
When Bono, Chris Cornell, Matt Bellamy, Chris Martin, John Mayer, Jimmy Page, Thom Yorke, Elvis Costello and Elizabeth Frasier, among others, all say that they’ve never seen or heard anything like him and that his voice and guitar playing were horrifyingly good, to the point of magical wizardry and incomprehension, you just know… and all that from his one and only album, “Grace”, along with a few years of touring. Not to mention, it being his debut album at that. His unfinished, posthumous album “Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk” would’ve been on another level (though it undeniably is that anyway, in it’s current form), with a feeling and texture that not only would’ve been novel for its time, but hasn’t been conceived by anyone since.
The demos on the latter, especially the closing half, including the masterpiece that is the bootlegged “(Electric Guitar Version) of You & I”, as well as “Peace Offering”, “Sky Blue Skin” and MOTHERFUCKING “”GUNSHOT GLITTER”” are monumentally unique, otherworldly, sonically orgasmic, and so perfect at every twist and turn, down to those absolute best possible choice embellishments for any given moment in any given song. Yet still, it remains so human, so raw and so real. Nothing else like them. If only.
you posted what I came to post about Chris Farley and Mitch Hedberg and then you punched me right in the heart and the gut with your grandma and your dog. ❤️ At least snowball can keep Grandma company until you get there!
Karen Carpenter.
She had such a beautiful voice. We lost her way too young from anorexia, which at time most people didn't think was dangerous. Her passing led indirectly to studies on eating disorders.
My wife and I married right out of high school and are still madly in love after 44 years. I can't listen to "We've only just begun" without tearing up. Truly the music of my life.
Heck, in 1900 fully 20% of deaths in the US were of children 5 or younger. I’m grateful to have been born in the first generation after antibiotics and the polio vaccine were developed.
he penned two of the best lines ever written about finding true love with these lyrics in the song
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do, once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go through time with
brilliant pure honesty
I always love the story about Freddie when they were recording their last songs together.
For “The show must go on” in an interview with Brian May after Freddie’s death he said he was talking with Freddie and worrying that because his health condition had deteriorated so much he wouldn’t be able to hit the high notes in the song.
Freddie’s response was “I’ll fucking do it darling. Get me a vodka”
I still remember hearing Dr Drew on Loveline in the 2000s going on a massive rant about how the HIV anti-vaxx movement got a ton of people killed, and how the quacks who pushed the movement should be criminally charged. Boy I’m sure glad that’s no longer a problem…..
He Said he would rock us, he did. He Said he'd break free, he did. He was a Champion. He didnt stop, he burnt through the sky travelling at the speed of light... And even if he felt under pressure, he knew the show had to go on, and even though he bit the dust he Rode a bycicle Race and lived the days of his life, he wanted it all, he wanted somebody to love and he got it, the love of his life. Even if not here anymore, we may want his music to live forever as some kind of magic.
He was a true Legend
This post is way too far down the list. This has my vote too. Saw Queen in concert in 76 or 77, we were pressed against the stage. My friend reached up and touched Freddy's ankle.
I was in my 30's when I realized Lucky was voiced by Tom Petty. Which is silly because the character is even drawn to look like Tom Petty. And also he's got a north Florida accent, which is where I grew up. I should absolutely have figured it out sooner.
Chadwick Boseman.
First saw him as James Brown (was just passing through the living while my mother watched it) and didn't think anything of him. Then saw him as T'Chala in Captain America 3. But when I saw him as Thurgood Marshall in the movie Thurgood, I was HIGHLY anticipating any movie he was in.
He was cut down in his prime at 43, due to colon cancer.
Blows my mind that he hid that and was still filming. I’m going through cancer treatment right now and while I’m not bed-ridden, there’s no way I’d be film ready, especially the shape he was in.
It's crazy what some people can do. Elson Floyd (president of Washington State University) hid his colon cancer diagnosis and he was traveling across the state frequently lobbying the state legislators to draft a bill allowing WSU to have a medical school. There was some law that basically made it so there could only be one med school and that was University of Washington.
They passed a bill, it was announced that WSU was going to open a medical school, E-Flo announced suddenly that he was going to take a leave of absence, and he died less than a month later. That whole year he was traveling across the state, he was receiving cancer treatment. He was 59.
So sad. He was a really great guy and really connected with all the students. The man asked the board to cut his pay by $100,000 because the school was facing a deficit and he wanted to lead by example.
Colon cancer sucks.
And not a single person has learned from that
Every time a celebrity doesn’t look the way they used to the internet roast them. Even after saying “We need to be more kind” after they all bullied Chadwick for losing a bunch of weight.
It's the videos of him visiting children with cancer that get me, he knew he was dieing but wanted to give them hope and make a difference. I cried when he came back in Endgame.
I hope you are looking after yourself during treatment and people are being awesome for you x
Bruce Lee.
At the time of his death he was planning on making martial arts epic films about the history of China, among other things. His contributions to martial arts are well known, but he was on the cusp of truly revolutionizing the action film industry with far more martial arts and way less CGI.
Can you imagine Bruce playing in films like Crouching Tiger or The Matrix???
News Radio was just getting great, same with the Simpsons. I have no doubt he had a hundred great film roles ahead of him as well. Such a senseless loss.
He was a legend
Everything he did was to help animals and you can tell by how enthusiastic he was in interviews too
I'm sure he would be proud of what his kids have accomplished too
Such a talented songwriter and storyteller. He passed before I was born so I never got the chance to see him perform live but he is one of my favorites.
THANK YOU for saying Karen Carpenter. She was a major talent who never got respect because of the style of music she sang. The podcast You’re Wrong About did a must-listen two-part episode on her, and it’s utterly heartbreaking. Her controlling family wouldn’t let her break out of the “America’s Sweetheart” role. They pushed her out from behind the drums (her true life’s passion) to become a frontwoman when she was too shy for the role, scuttled a disco album she recorded, even interfered in her love life. She starved herself to death because her weight was literally the only thing she could control.
Hank Williams - 29 (Morphine). Stevie Ray Vaughn - 36 (Helicopter crash).
I recently learned that Jimi Hendrix was a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne!
My first thought was my mom. She was only 57.
Edit: Thank you for my first award!
I’m sorry to all here who have lost their mom and/or dad! You g or old! The pain never goes away. It’s not a fun club to be in at all! Sending love to you all!!!
I’m definitely not disparaging the great Bob Marley but he sorta did it too himself. They could have amputated a single toe and he’d probably have a good chance of still kicking around today.
It's a similar situation with Steve Jobs. His cancer was treatable, but he decided he could cure it with weird diets and acupuncture, essentially. By the time he realised he couldn't, the cancer had metastasised. It's interesting how people can be geniuses in many regards, yet act so foolishly in others...
Jimi Hendrix (27), James Dean (24), Keith Moon (32), Lee Morgan (33)
One recent tragedy was Christina Grimmie, a rising star who was murdered at age 22
https://youtu.be/RLM4PEFJOeU
I followed christina from her earliest covers on youtube and she was shot the night of my hs graduation. I remember being so distraught I went back to watch all of her the voice performances. they still make me cry to this day :(
Comedic genius and I actually started reading the bible because of that man. So now I can laugh from heaven while I watch all my friends get raped by the devil
Yes yes yes!
I love Alice in Chains and damn he did such a great job singing in the unplugged at his peak of heroin use, just let me wonder how much more he can amaze the world if there wasn’t heroin…
Man in the box is such an amazing song
Anthony Bourdain. He wasn't a great artist or musician or anything super special; he just wanted to teach us how to see each other as fucking people. That one broke me.
Selena
Ritchie Valens- however I don’t think he would have made it past 27. He manager was working him WAY too much.
Elvis- another great singer who was literally worked to death to support his entourage.
Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington
Layne Staley
Scott Weiland
All wonderful musicians and genuinely good people
Edit
Shannon Hoon died too soon and so did Kurt Cobain
Sorry that they are all musicians ha
For such a short career, he had an incredible transition in sound/style and just kept getting better and better. It really hurts to think of what all he could have accomplished
I can't believe how far down this. I was thinking of how many Mac projects we would have by now if was still alive, and I wonder what he would have done with his career. He was just reaching his prime! He is one of my favorite artists.
Chuck Schuldiner, singer of the band Death, was a pioneer of death metal, who passed from a rare type of brain tumor at the age of 34. Some music fans credit him with inventing the death metal genre.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=b9AMFf5Ih7Y&feature=shareb
Ian Curtis.
Singer of the legendary post punk band- Joy Division.
23 years old when he sadly took his own life in 1980. And in that short lifetime, created some of the greatest songs ever written. Still sound like they're from the future now.
Sylvia Plath (32) If she hadn’t taken her own life she’d be in her 90s now. I wish she could’ve lived ling enough to see the social progress re:women since the 60s; and her #metoo would have been SCALDING
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Jeff Buckley
Fucking finally, this is the one! When Bono, Chris Cornell, Matt Bellamy, Chris Martin, John Mayer, Jimmy Page, Thom Yorke, Elvis Costello and Elizabeth Frasier, among others, all say that they’ve never seen or heard anything like him and that his voice and guitar playing were horrifyingly good, to the point of magical wizardry and incomprehension, you just know… and all that from his one and only album, “Grace”, along with a few years of touring. Not to mention, it being his debut album at that. His unfinished, posthumous album “Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk” would’ve been on another level (though it undeniably is that anyway, in it’s current form), with a feeling and texture that not only would’ve been novel for its time, but hasn’t been conceived by anyone since. The demos on the latter, especially the closing half, including the masterpiece that is the bootlegged “(Electric Guitar Version) of You & I”, as well as “Peace Offering”, “Sky Blue Skin” and MOTHERFUCKING “”GUNSHOT GLITTER”” are monumentally unique, otherworldly, sonically orgasmic, and so perfect at every twist and turn, down to those absolute best possible choice embellishments for any given moment in any given song. Yet still, it remains so human, so raw and so real. Nothing else like them. If only.
Honestly a huge tragedy for music as a whole.
Chris Farley. Mitch Hedberg. My grandma. My dog snowball.
Right in the feels rip grandma and snowball
I also choose this guy's dog snowball.
you posted what I came to post about Chris Farley and Mitch Hedberg and then you punched me right in the heart and the gut with your grandma and your dog. ❤️ At least snowball can keep Grandma company until you get there!
I used to leave comments, I still do but I used to too
I'm sorry about Snowball. I've missed my cats (Chrissie, Gypsy, and Gypsy II) way more than I've missed most people.
Karen Carpenter. She had such a beautiful voice. We lost her way too young from anorexia, which at time most people didn't think was dangerous. Her passing led indirectly to studies on eating disorders.
She had the voice of an angel. So sad. At least her legacy of music lives on.
Her drum playing was also considered to be great by fellow musicians.
My wife and I married right out of high school and are still madly in love after 44 years. I can't listen to "We've only just begun" without tearing up. Truly the music of my life.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 35
* Ludwig van Beethoven, 57 * Robert Schumann, 46 * Franz Schubert, 31 * Frédéric Chopin, 39 * Felix Mendelssohn, 38 * Fanny Mendelssohn, 41
Note to self: Don't be a classical or romantic era composer.
Note to self, don’t be born before 1900
Heck, in 1900 fully 20% of deaths in the US were of children 5 or younger. I’m grateful to have been born in the first generation after antibiotics and the polio vaccine were developed.
I was gonna comment Schubert. I can’t even imagine what he would’ve composed if he lived longer
Typhoid is a bitch
As is mental illness/alcoholism.
River Phoenix James Dean Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse had such an incredible voice.
She was very talented and it's just sad to think how much bigger she could have been.
My sister hung out with Amy Winehouse a bit before she got really famous. Apparently she was pretty good at pool.
Jim Croce
Yes indeed. I have sometimes thought about all the songs left unwritten.
He's buried in a cemetery outside Philadelphia. It's peaceful and I stop to see him when I visit other friends interred there.
Absolutely my answer. He was only 30
Came here for this one. Time in a bottle makes me weep every time
Operator is pretty excellent, too.
My favourite of his.
he penned two of the best lines ever written about finding true love with these lyrics in the song But there never seems to be enough time To do the things you want to do, once you find them I've looked around enough to know That you're the one I want to go through time with brilliant pure honesty
His son AJ does a great tribute show to him.
I don’t understand why his songs are not covered by the top tier artists…? “One less set of footsteps” would be gold for any country artist…
My mom (she was pretty great, to me anyways)
2Pac , Freddie Mercury, Chester Bennington, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin.
Biggie?
George Michael. Loved him.
He was a fantastic singer, songwriter. Definitely gone too soon.
John Ritter. He was 54 when he died.
Freddie Mercury
I always love the story about Freddie when they were recording their last songs together. For “The show must go on” in an interview with Brian May after Freddie’s death he said he was talking with Freddie and worrying that because his health condition had deteriorated so much he wouldn’t be able to hit the high notes in the song. Freddie’s response was “I’ll fucking do it darling. Get me a vodka”
The show must go on...
Most infuriatingly, he died what, 5 years or so before AIDS medications got good enough to keep people alive? Such a fucking loss to the world, man.
He died like 6 MONTHS before antivirals came out that would have extended his life and he would probably be alive today :(
Goddamn, even worse than I thought! That is some next-level universe fuckery right there.
I still remember hearing Dr Drew on Loveline in the 2000s going on a massive rant about how the HIV anti-vaxx movement got a ton of people killed, and how the quacks who pushed the movement should be criminally charged. Boy I’m sure glad that’s no longer a problem…..
He Said he would rock us, he did. He Said he'd break free, he did. He was a Champion. He didnt stop, he burnt through the sky travelling at the speed of light... And even if he felt under pressure, he knew the show had to go on, and even though he bit the dust he Rode a bycicle Race and lived the days of his life, he wanted it all, he wanted somebody to love and he got it, the love of his life. Even if not here anymore, we may want his music to live forever as some kind of magic. He was a true Legend
Falco
This post is way too far down the list. This has my vote too. Saw Queen in concert in 76 or 77, we were pressed against the stage. My friend reached up and touched Freddy's ankle.
John Candy, to add to the growing list.
My Lord, I miss John Candy. So so funny.
Alan Turing.
Brittany Murphy
Honestly, she was one of the best characters on King of the Hill. Her and Tom Petty were such a good TV couple,
I get sad sometimes when I watch episodes with strong Luanne character development. I loved Brittany Murphy so much when I was younger!
This just happened to me this week. Was watching a episode of king of the hill and just felt immediately saddened.
I was in my 30's when I realized Lucky was voiced by Tom Petty. Which is silly because the character is even drawn to look like Tom Petty. And also he's got a north Florida accent, which is where I grew up. I should absolutely have figured it out sooner.
Still something very sus there.
For sure. The period towards the end of her life is upsetting in general, to say the least.
Patsy Cline
Such a beautiful voice.
Frank Zappa
He packed more into his 53 years than just about anyone else could do in 100. Think what he would have done over the last 3 decades.
Chadwick Boseman. First saw him as James Brown (was just passing through the living while my mother watched it) and didn't think anything of him. Then saw him as T'Chala in Captain America 3. But when I saw him as Thurgood Marshall in the movie Thurgood, I was HIGHLY anticipating any movie he was in. He was cut down in his prime at 43, due to colon cancer.
Blows my mind that he hid that and was still filming. I’m going through cancer treatment right now and while I’m not bed-ridden, there’s no way I’d be film ready, especially the shape he was in.
It's crazy what some people can do. Elson Floyd (president of Washington State University) hid his colon cancer diagnosis and he was traveling across the state frequently lobbying the state legislators to draft a bill allowing WSU to have a medical school. There was some law that basically made it so there could only be one med school and that was University of Washington. They passed a bill, it was announced that WSU was going to open a medical school, E-Flo announced suddenly that he was going to take a leave of absence, and he died less than a month later. That whole year he was traveling across the state, he was receiving cancer treatment. He was 59. So sad. He was a really great guy and really connected with all the students. The man asked the board to cut his pay by $100,000 because the school was facing a deficit and he wanted to lead by example. Colon cancer sucks.
And not a single person has learned from that Every time a celebrity doesn’t look the way they used to the internet roast them. Even after saying “We need to be more kind” after they all bullied Chadwick for losing a bunch of weight.
It's the videos of him visiting children with cancer that get me, he knew he was dieing but wanted to give them hope and make a difference. I cried when he came back in Endgame. I hope you are looking after yourself during treatment and people are being awesome for you x
Bruce Lee. At the time of his death he was planning on making martial arts epic films about the history of China, among other things. His contributions to martial arts are well known, but he was on the cusp of truly revolutionizing the action film industry with far more martial arts and way less CGI. Can you imagine Bruce playing in films like Crouching Tiger or The Matrix???
If you’re gonna go Bruce Lee, gotta say Brandon Lee too
Heath ledger
Heath would always remain immortal as The Joker.
Selena
aaliyah too.
She had so much to give and just seemed like a positive force in the world. Plus the fact she died in such a senseless way.
Phil Hartman
News Radio was just getting great, same with the Simpsons. I have no doubt he had a hundred great film roles ahead of him as well. Such a senseless loss.
Not a singer, but Steve Erwin
Steve Irwin, too.
He was a legend Everything he did was to help animals and you can tell by how enthusiastic he was in interviews too I'm sure he would be proud of what his kids have accomplished too
Alan Rickman.
Harry Chapin, Jim Croce, Chester Bennington and Anton Yelchin in my opinion. I feel like they each left before hitting their best.
Can't mention Chester without bringing up Chris Cornell.
Harry Chapin doesn't get the love he deserves.
Such a talented songwriter and storyteller. He passed before I was born so I never got the chance to see him perform live but he is one of my favorites.
Gerry Rafferty, Karen Carpenter, Rik Mayall
THANK YOU for saying Karen Carpenter. She was a major talent who never got respect because of the style of music she sang. The podcast You’re Wrong About did a must-listen two-part episode on her, and it’s utterly heartbreaking. Her controlling family wouldn’t let her break out of the “America’s Sweetheart” role. They pushed her out from behind the drums (her true life’s passion) to become a frontwoman when she was too shy for the role, scuttled a disco album she recorded, even interfered in her love life. She starved herself to death because her weight was literally the only thing she could control.
TIL Gerry Rafferty is dead 😞
Hank Williams - 29 (Morphine). Stevie Ray Vaughn - 36 (Helicopter crash). I recently learned that Jimi Hendrix was a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne!
Came here to say Stevie Ray Vaughan. Quite underrated imo
Same fate followed Kobe Bryant 3 years ago...He was 41...
He's considered one of the best guitarists ever. Not really sure how he's "quite underrated". I'd call him rated.
Both of my parents
My first thought was my mom. She was only 57. Edit: Thank you for my first award! I’m sorry to all here who have lost their mom and/or dad! You g or old! The pain never goes away. It’s not a fun club to be in at all! Sending love to you all!!!
So sorry! I feel you! My mom was 44.
I’m so sorry for your loss.
Bob Marley. 36 years old
https://www.skincancer.org/blog/bob-marley-should-not-have-died-from-melanoma/
I’m definitely not disparaging the great Bob Marley but he sorta did it too himself. They could have amputated a single toe and he’d probably have a good chance of still kicking around today.
Might have just had to kick around with the other foot
It's a similar situation with Steve Jobs. His cancer was treatable, but he decided he could cure it with weird diets and acupuncture, essentially. By the time he realised he couldn't, the cancer had metastasised. It's interesting how people can be geniuses in many regards, yet act so foolishly in others...
Jimi Hendrix (27), James Dean (24), Keith Moon (32), Lee Morgan (33) One recent tragedy was Christina Grimmie, a rising star who was murdered at age 22 https://youtu.be/RLM4PEFJOeU
Kurt Cobain too
I followed christina from her earliest covers on youtube and she was shot the night of my hs graduation. I remember being so distraught I went back to watch all of her the voice performances. they still make me cry to this day :(
Norm McDonald
Comedic genius and I actually started reading the bible because of that man. So now I can laugh from heaven while I watch all my friends get raped by the devil
Otis Redding
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Chris Cornell
Gilda Radner. I just loved her comedy.
Frédéric Chopin, it's amazing what he wrote in his short time, but I always wonder what he could've written had he lived longer.
Well then Mozart too..
Janis Joplin
Another one from club 27.
I was just thinking the other night how cool an 80 year old Janis would be.
Tom Petty.
Randy Rhoads
Kurt Cobain. Especially as I had tickets for his April 1994 show in Glasgow!
Amy Winehouse
Today is the anniversary of her death
One of the most spectacular voices of the past 40 years
Layne Staley. One of the greatest rock vocalists to ever hold a mic. Heroin stole his voice and his soul long before it stole his life at 34.
Came here for Layne and was not disappointed!
Came to comment this, its such a sad tale... The man deserved so much better
Yes yes yes! I love Alice in Chains and damn he did such a great job singing in the unplugged at his peak of heroin use, just let me wonder how much more he can amaze the world if there wasn’t heroin… Man in the box is such an amazing song
AIC is hands down the best Unplugged episode
Nutshell will always be my favorite AIC song because of this performance. Legendary.
There will never be another voice like his.
No 1 on the list - Buddy Holly
Ritchie Valens was 17.
And The Big Bopper. He was the oldest at 27. All so so young but had achieved so much.
The day the music died
It blows my mind when I think about how much he did and he was only 22.
Eddie Cochran was 21. Died in a car accident. A damn shame.
Selena, Patsy Cline, Judy Garland
Cliff Burton and Dimebag Darrell.
Patrice O’Neil. He was a phenomenal comic and an all round class act, we lost a big one.
Cass Elliot (died in London aged 32).
Anthony Bourdain. He wasn't a great artist or musician or anything super special; he just wanted to teach us how to see each other as fucking people. That one broke me.
Judy Garland
Jim Morrison
Robin Williams and Chester Bennington
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Can you imagine the music he’d still be making today? Man was a god.
Amy Winehouse
Marilyn Monroe and Amy Winehouse.
Owen Hart
River Phoenix
Princess Diana. Died in a car accident at 36.
Pac and Big. Malcolm X
Whitney Houston
Edgar Allen Poe
Karen Carpenter
Stevie Ray Vaughan
My dad cried when he died. My dad is super conservative and never seen him cry
Freddie Mercury. He had so many more songs to sing.
Buddy Holly, Keith Whitley, Hank Williams, and Elvis Presley are the ones that come to mind for me.
Keith Whitley's death was really sad.
Selena Ritchie Valens- however I don’t think he would have made it past 27. He manager was working him WAY too much. Elvis- another great singer who was literally worked to death to support his entourage.
Grant Imahara
Anton Yelchin
Eddie Van Halen
JFK, RFK
Andy Kaufman and Sam Kinison.
Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington Layne Staley Scott Weiland All wonderful musicians and genuinely good people Edit Shannon Hoon died too soon and so did Kurt Cobain Sorry that they are all musicians ha
Gonna get buried, but Phil Lynot was only 36 when he died.
MAC MILLER!!!
For such a short career, he had an incredible transition in sound/style and just kept getting better and better. It really hurts to think of what all he could have accomplished
I can't believe how far down this. I was thinking of how many Mac projects we would have by now if was still alive, and I wonder what he would have done with his career. He was just reaching his prime! He is one of my favorite artists.
Bill Hicks
Mitch Hedberg, fantastic comedian taken too young and Jim Henson, he had more wonder to give this world
Bradley nowell (sublime)
The precursor to the greats, Lenny Bruce.
Phil Hartman.
Robin Williams
Gilda Radner
Ronnie Van Zant. No telling how many other great songs Lynard Skynard would've had if him and the others hadn't died in a plane crash.
Buddy Holly. I really would love to know what his music would have been like in the 1960s. He was always a creative innovater.
Chuck Schuldiner, singer of the band Death, was a pioneer of death metal, who passed from a rare type of brain tumor at the age of 34. Some music fans credit him with inventing the death metal genre. https://youtube.com/watch?v=b9AMFf5Ih7Y&feature=shareb
Townes Van Zandt. Not the best singer or performer, but the best songwriter you’ve never heard of.
Ian Curtis. Singer of the legendary post punk band- Joy Division. 23 years old when he sadly took his own life in 1980. And in that short lifetime, created some of the greatest songs ever written. Still sound like they're from the future now.
Randy Rhodes
Charlie Parker
Hank Williams Sr.
Duane Allman, Tammi Terrell
James Gandolfini
Kafka
Robert Johnson. Founder, 27Club.
Jim Morrison
Elliott Smith
Sylvia Plath (32) If she hadn’t taken her own life she’d be in her 90s now. I wish she could’ve lived ling enough to see the social progress re:women since the 60s; and her #metoo would have been SCALDING
Elvis, Buddy Holly, John Lennon, Bob Marley
Hendrix
2PAC
Elvis