Not to take away from this or his fire, but there’s plenty of great rock and metal guitarists that have died way too young.
Stevie Ray Vaughan who got cleaned up, died in a helicopter crash.
Criss Oliva, guitarist for Savatage, who died because of a drunk driver. (If you want to hear passionate metal guitar, check out Savatage from Sirens to Edge of Thorns - heaviest tone I’ve ever heard)
-—Stevie Ray Vaughan who got cleaned up, died in a helicopter crash.——
I miss Stevie. I tell my girls, who don’t really get him, that “it’s manly music for men.” ;-)