Posted on 03/12/2021 8:17:09 PM PST by DoodleBob
Many of the world's greatest musicians remain highly respected even in death. The world often mourns the loss of the artist and the songs that the artist never got to write. If you go looking through your iTunes or Spotify libraries, you will likely find dozens of those dead musicians. You'll probably want to bring back more than a few, even if it's just so that they can write one more song.
In the whirlwind world of music, numerous rock stars die before their prime. Their untimely demises pose a difficult question, one that needs an answer.
We asked you, our audience, "Which artist would you bring back from the dead to write one more song?" And your answers have been both surprising and satisfying. Artists who died before ever reaching thirty, from Kurt Cobain to Aaliyah, are among your choices but a few prolific artists who had time on their side, such as Johnny Cash and Leonard Cohen, also showed up in your responses. Some people believed that these legends were still capable of genius even in their old age.
While no one determined for certain which dead artist needs to make one more song, each answer still reminds us of how much these musicians continue to impact the world.
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Karen Carpenter. I do not care for any on the list.
Franz Schubert
Kurt Weill
Indeed, I do mean John Denver. Thanks.
Handel
Which artist would I bring back from the Dead to write one more song? Why, Jerry Garcia, naturally.
Mahler, Freddy Mercury, Janis Joplin.
NONE. They have earned their respite from this mortal coil, and are gone to their reward, be it with G_d, or that other place.
David
Jon Hendricks or Eddie Jefferson.
She’s #14.
Buddy Holly
Davy Crockett.
He’d burn DC to the ground and we’d get a fiddle song to boot.
I second the Terry Kath suggestion. There were rumors he was seriously considering a solo career before his death. I would have never been a fan of early Chicago without Kath.
Freddie Mercury
John Denver
Dittos to that! ‘Byblos’ is my all time favorite Chicago/Terry Kath, (written by and lead vocals by Terry), song.
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Jim’s #57.
Jeffrey Hunter played a remarkable Jesus and then died... Think he may have fallen down the stairs...
Edvard Grieg
My bad...she’s #21.
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