Five Other Musicians I Miss

The other night I had a conversation with a friend about the night John Lennon was shot and the shock of that moment. I remember the day that Elvis died. I was at Mike R's house with some buddies, screwing around. We all had a brief moment and then agreed that our parents would be upset, then we went back to screwing around.

And in hindsight, my sympathy level for Elvis falls in to the "Jim Morrison Category". You did it to yourself dude.

The following is my list of great musicians who left us too soon. Who do you miss?

1. Jimi Hendrix

Contrary to popular belief, Mr Hendrix does not belong in the Jim Morrison/ Elvis Category. He was a fine human being who changed the way that people thought about the electric guitar. He was being worked to death and wasn't being paid. He essentially died of exhaustion and medical incompetence and he never got anywhere near his unbounded potential. A very humble and decent man who I dearly miss. And still the greatest guitar player who ever walked the planet, IMHO.




2. George Harrison

While Mr. Harrison died in his mature period and was philisophical enough to come to terms with his demise, his presence is sorely missed by this writer. Also, I am firmly convinced that his solo work will outshine his fellow Beatles in the long run.



3. Peter Tosh

Yeah, we all know Bob Marley (another man who left us too soon), but did you ever wonder about who "The Wailers" were? Peter Tosh released an album in 1983 entitled Equal Rights, which I consider to be one of the finest albums ever made, reggae or otherwise. Sadly, he was gunned down in a robbery at his home in Jamaica on September 11th, 1987.



4. Joe Strummer

The leader of the seminal band The Clash, we lost Joe suddenly in December, 2002 of a congenital heart defect. A man who used his music to stand up for what he believed in, I am pretty sure that he would be mortified to look at the vacuous empty headed meaningless garbage that passes for musical art today. "Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls".



5. Otis Redding

Probably the most melancholy single ever released, this iconic tune went on to become the only number one ever achieved by the brilliant Otis Redding. Sadly, the song was recorded only days prior to his tragic death in a car accident that silenced the most passionate voice in the history of R + B. Mr. Redding was not present at the moment of his greatest commercial success.



How I wish, how I wish they were here.

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