Name a musician who died before their time

My choice Bradley Nowell from Sublime.
If you ever heard the Cd "Sublime acoustic Bradley Nowell and friends"
you would understand why

What a voice!

Karen Carpenter was something very, very special... I loved her songs and her voice...and just when I thought there will never be another voice like that...comes someone special from of all places Japan...Her name is Van (Pronounced Ban) Tomiko. She was with a band called Do As Infinity, and has now broken off to do a solo career. If you want to hear something haunting...listen to
Tomikosan... You can hear her for free at www.youtube.com. She makes me cry just to listen to her.


Tomiko, Van

check out this performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a45Bekoibqo&search=van%20tomiko

and this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeoHXnSExOk&search=van%20tomiko

I think her voice is a little better than Carpenter's but maybe that's because I have to go read translations of DAI's songs (The Carpenters were a bit maudlin for my taste).

But I have to admit I have a certain fondness for Boukensha Tachi. But then Do As Infinity was such a versatile and talented band. Most of the stuff they did was incredible.



I can see Van Tomiko (27 years old) going far with her solo career. She even has one song out in English, (Break of Dawn) and though she has a heavy accent..she sounds great. She has star quality that I hope will go beyond the boarders of Japan. When you see the concerts of DAI...They always drew huge crowds. Its too bad they never did a world tour. Maybe some day she will. I hope so.



Here is Shinjitsu No Uta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPBgwk1Whuc&search=Shinjitsu%20No%20Uta

(I think you can guess from my avatar how I first heard of them...) I haven't heard that many of their songs - maybe 5 - but I agree; they're very interesting and her voice is quite, quite good.

Go by Youtube.com sometime and plug in "Do As Infintiy" and take a listen. The band was pretty
incredible, and she was the diamond in the center! I also heard that their concerts were
always sold out. That says alot for a band.

but I have other means! I will definitely add them to my "get more" list.


(And yes, she's also quite pretty.)

eat something.

Huge loss. :cry:

We think of him as *the* archetypical "Classical" composer...but had he lived to, say, 80, he would have survived well into the "Romantic" era, and heard the entire output of Beethoven. Godalmighty--what music might we have gotten from him in his maturity! I can't imagine it, because genius, by its nature, can perceive what lesser mortals cannot...but my guess is, it would have been unlike anything anyone can imagine, music the angels might play...

'nuff said...

from my perspective, he died waaaaay past his.

he can't really help it if his career got started early.

Tim started out writing lovely "folky" tunes but moved on considerably--in very few years. I saw him on his "Greetings from LA" tour & was blown away.

The lead singer of Snot. They could have been a big metal band. He and his dog were killed in a car accident in 1998.

Greatest metal guitarist of all time.

some nutcase barged on stage armed with a handgun. I believe Darryl took multiple shots to the back of the head.
I was never a Pantera fan but there was little doubt that the guy could shred a guitar.

I thought it might have been in the southwestern states somewhere. Not that it really matters. I do know it was an ugly way to go. The police shot and killed the shooter on site.

I was never a Pantera fan, either, but the guy was a hell of a guitarist, and from what I have heard, a genuinely cool guy.

Thanks.

have to mention that he had a wife, a child, and his career was taking off; he decided that heroin was more important to him.

It sucks that we lose so many talented people to drugs. I cannot imagine the music that Sublime would have come out with if Bradley was still with us.

man he could sing

Jim Morrison; those are the ones that come to me off the top of my head.

I think he could have been a tremendous innovator had he lived. He had a couple of terrific songs on wax at an age when Buddy Holly was still playing the skating rink in Lubbock.

a glorious music career. he was basically a DJ who got a big hit out of what was essentially a novelty song.

when Lennon was killed right away.

My grandpa had died earlier that day & I was already dealing with that when my brother who was watching Monday Night Football in the other room yelled, "Get in here!"

I will never forget that day either.

Is that a lot of people who knew him probably saw it coming. He was a fucked up guy.

Not only the loss Of the greatest musician, but the most devastating loss of a person in my lifetime. A huge loss and sorely missed.

way, way before his time.:cry:

November 20, 1946 – October 29, 1971. Died in motorcycle accident.

didn't they?

died in a crash also but a year later.

Duane Allman and Barry Oakley died as a result of motorcycle accidents 3 blocks away from each other, Duane on October 29, 1971, Barry on November 11, 1972. Oakley did not die there. He got up, went home and hung out with his friends. Three hours later he died from a brain hemorrhage. Both were 24. They are buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Georgia, where the band would often jam.

from www.artistfacts.com

Heavily focused on the Allman Brothers.

Thanks for the info!

and I made it a point to go visit their graves one day at lunch. I took pictures too. It was sombering for a blues and southern rock fan.

I remember having a tear come to my eye when I heard on the radio that Stevie Ray Vaughn had been killed in a helicopter crash.

when you listen to his music you can hear his "old soul" playing that guitar.

What an amazing talent.

My fave Blind Melon song- this is about Shannon's experience in rehab.

I Wonder

All along the broadening skies
Under thee every night I lie
Scratch and claw and grip the rails
Every day in my living hell
Oh god you know I try
I know how hard I try
You know I try
(Shannon whispers "Get me out of here, get me out of here Man, get me out of here")
Hey I'd like to daze away to a
Place no one has known
In a state of mind I could call
Mine, that only I could own
Where I could hum a tune anytime
I choose, and theres no such
Thing as time
Where I can feel no pain just
Calm and sane, what a place
For one to find
Now ya see I'm watching everything I do
And they're watching everything I say
Why won't they leave me be?
Why am I even here? I wonder
You leave me wondering
Won't you stop watching me
I said they're watching me, watching me, watching me
Now in my corner I got the celing in my eyes
Arms holding up my knees, and rocking
Back and forths my life
I didn't mean to feel this way when
I walked into the door, lord
Then they ripped away my memories
And I can't remember who I was before
I only wanted to be sixteen and free

Hank Williams was scheduled to play a concert in Canton, OH, on January 1, 1953. He was scheduled to fly out of Knoxville, TN, on New Year's Eve, but the weather was so bad he had to hire a chauffeur to drive him to Ohio in his new Cadillac. Before they left for Ohio, Williams was injected with two shots of the vitamin B-12 and morphine by a doctor. Williams got into the backseat of the Cadillac with a bottle of whiskey and the teenage chauffeur headed out for Canton. The driver was stopped for speeding when the policeman noticed that Williams looked like a dead man. Williams was taken to a West Virginian hospital and he was officially declared dead at 7:00 AM on January 1, 1953. Hank Williams had died in the back of the Cadillac, on his way to a concert. The last single released in his lifetime was "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive."

http://www.alamhof.org/williamh.htm

:P

He was only 71. I sure do miss Johnny.

JC lost the will to live. I think he was ready to die.

of the Minutemen. Johnny Thunders was fairly young, but most people didn't think he'd live as long as he did.

Joplin
Keith Moon
Brian Jones
Lynryd Skynyrd (a couple of 'em)

That's just three.

'Tis sad.

:cry:

:P

Brownie, at 26, was already at least the equal of any trumpet player there ever was. God knows what we would have had had he lived...

Died June 26, 1959 - nearly 50 years ago......

yeah, 1956 would have been 50 years ago........

--group...I heard it as a kid...wow...just incomparable...not even the Bird-Dizzy group matched it...

born Vienna, 31 January 1797; died there, 19 November 1828

A great jazz bass guitarist. Some say the best bass guitarist overall!
Like a number of names put up on this thread the circumstances of his passing was less than pleasant.

:cry:

you're the only person who has listed someone I honestly think actually died before their prime.

i was greatly saddened by her death...

Karen Carpenter died just as she was finally coming out from under the Carpenters and just starting to explore her own personal musical visions. In that spirit I listed her.

The Gits- Second Skin. What a voice. Murdered.

he had lived as long as Duke Ellington.

I LOVE "Bradley Knowell and Friends." GREATTTT cd. Sublime is amazing.

The Traveling Wilburys.

I mean really!

:bounce: :bounce:

No I mean really. :bounce::bounce: I think he died shortly after this picture was taken.

only dance he does now is the "Monster Mash"

Dead at 32.

Although he, along with Bill Hicks, probably would have climbed to the top of the watchtower by now.

and then some.

he packed a lot of living and a lot of great music into his years.

died from a heart attack on-stage in rome ... hard to argue with the way he went ...

:(

:)

Died aged 29 serving in the French army during the Nazi invasion.

Jacqueline du Pré - died at 42 following M.S. which destroyed her ability to play the 'cello. I can barely listen to her famous recording of the Elgar 'cello concerto without a few tears welling up.

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

I feel like crying when I hear his songs. Such a sad tragic man.

The only other artist that makes me still want to cry to this day after learning of their death is John Lennon.

Although I was only 7 when he died, I still mourned his death as he had such an impact on me at such a young age.


Mrs. Gatorboy

His two solo albums were absolute perfection.

The underappreciated member of Big Star. Listening to his solo song I Am the Cosmos now and wishing he would have lived long enough to produce more magical pop moments

RIP, Jeffrey Lee.

Stop being dead, dammit. It's annoying. :(

Oh wait. That's just wishful thinking...

who died when his car hit a pole on North Main Street in Dayton, Ohio a few years back. Took him in his prime right when brainiac was garnering critical praise and lots of buzz.

John Lennon could have been a big influence on pop culture today. Unfortunately he is no longer with us. But his legacy lives on, and there would again be great interest if a missing recording of his ever turns up again as it did in the past.

Mark.

Only 29 years old when he died in a car wreck. His playing changed small-group jazz.

His big band was the house band for the Savoy in the 30s. He hired Ella Fitzgerald and brought her to fame. His band also won many "Battle of the Bands" contests against other great bands of the time: Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Benny Goodman (wish there were recordings of those contests!). He died at 30 of spinal tuberculosis, which had stunted his growth at an early age.

If you saw Ken Burns' miniseries "Jazz," there was a nice section in it about Chick Webb.

She mezmerized me singing in Spanish on a Mexican tv show as I was channel-surfing one day. Great voice, great beauty, more natural stage charisma than anyone I've seen.

Jennifer Lopez could only dream of being this good.

What do you mean he's not dead? Just look at him! He's been dead for years!

Wrote two operas, three string quartets, a symphony, and a bunch of other stuff. Died at 19.

http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/default.asp?pn=Composers&char=A&ComposerID=4152

It's all top-notch, I especially like the symphony.

Not that it really surprised anyone, man but that guy came on loaded.

Boogie Til You Puke

Put a quarter in the juke
And boogie 'til you puke
Pop that Locker Room
Let's really zoom
Shootin' and a-tootin'
All night long
The party lasts
'Til your brain cells gone
Get on down and boogie tonight
Don't know nothin' but
You know it's alright
Whaaa, whaaa- somebody help me
Whaaa, got to boogie
Really got to boogie
Get on down and boogie tonight
Don't know nothin' but
You know it's alright
Whaaa, whaaa- somebody help me
Whaaa, got to boogie
Really got to boogie
Get on down and boogie tonight
Don't know nothin' but
You know it's alright
Whaaa, whaaa- somebody help me
Whaaa, got to boogie
Really got to boogie
I start with port
Drink two or three quarts
I drank Pernod
Then boogie some more
Speeding two weeks
On Wyamine
Don't mix too good
With ice box wine
Get on down and do it right
Really got to boogie
Got to boogie tonight
Whaaa, got to boogie, whaaa, got to boogie
Whaaa, got to boogie, whaaa, whaaa, whaaa
Somebody got to boogie
Everybody gots to boogie
Put a quarter in the juke
Boogie 'til you puke
Form a big boss line
It's puking time
Cleaning woman
Found me on the floor
Can't wait 'til tomorrow
To boogie some more

34 and addicted to absolutely everything.

:cry:

Oh, jazzers, you break my heart!

of the Gun Club...



Tikki

I don't know but I surely miss him.


OK, another Jeffrey...


Jeffrey Hyman AKA Joey Ramone





Tikki

And I obviously can't complain about your initial post -- that's a great picture of Jeffrey Lee.

Paul Kossoff of Free. One of the true greats.

He could've done so much more with Nirvana.

Henry Purcell, a seventeenth-century English composer, who wrote operas, church anthems, and lots of other stuff, was considered the last great English composer before the 19th century. He died at 36. No one is sure what the cause was, but the descriptions seem to indicate tuberculosis.

Felix Mendelssohn, a nineteenth-century German composer of such works as A Midsummer Night's Dream (written when he was 17--it contains the famous wedding march recession: DA-DA-duh-dut-dut-dut-dah-dee-deedy-dee-deedy-dee-lalalala-DA-DA-duh-dut-dut-dut-dah...) and the Hebrides Symphony died at 39 of a cerebral hemorrhage. He was a child prodigy who was lucky enough to have wealthy parents who encouraged him, and the music he wrote in his teens is just as amazing as Mozart's.

Lili Boulanger: Early twentieth-century French composer, the first woman ever to win a major composition prize. Unfortunately, she was never able to fulfill her early promise, because she died at 24. However, her sister Nadia went on to teach composition and taught just about everyone who was famous in the twentieth century, including Aaron Copeland.

Fritz Wunderlich: Wonderful German tenor whose career was just taking off (he had been signed to sing at New York's Metropolitan Opera) when he died at age 36 after falling down the stairs.

Jacqueline Dupre: Although she lived to be about 50, her amazing career as a cellist was cut short by multiple sclerosis when she as only 28.

It is the Hebrides Overture, aka Fingal's Cave. Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, op. 56, is called the "Scottish" Symphony. They are often played together. Minor points to correct the record.

I remember riding the train from London to Glasgow in 1991, listening to Mendelssohn's "Scottish" Symphony on my Walkman CD as we crossed over into Scotland. I was in the bar car with a wee dram of whiskey and a tasty Monte Christo #5 Cuban cigar. It doesn't get much better than that! I was headed to the Pearsland Lodge in Troon, the ancestral home of Johnny Walker, of Scotch whiskey fame.

:blush:

Just my opinion...

Maybe the greatest operatic tenor of all time.

the award for greatest musician who died before is a tie between cobain and lennon.

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LOL!!!

oK...IF your talking about the conspiracy thing that Paul McCartney was replaced by a look alike
after the Beatles did Sargent Peppers heart club band, I am not sure that can be sufficiently proven, though I have seen all the material on it.

Other wise, I know Paul is pretty much alive, since he's on all the magazine covers with
the breaking up of his present wife, and now a custody suite over the child. SO..as far as most people believe Paul is alive and well.

Again, unless you go with the so called conspiracy theory that Paul was killed years ago and replaced.

I suppose that could be true. I haven't listened to Paul lately ...well give or take 20 years.
I am now so much into Jpop..I don't much care for Western Music any more.

Cut off my talent and I dont' want to live. i am dead.

LOL...

thems walrus toofs.

and Keith Moon.

A man of many talents.

also Harry Chapin.

'nuff said. The four I miss the most.

Khash.

RIP

of Canned Heat