What band/singer would you have liked to see while they were alive?

[DavidMn]

For me it's John Denver. He came to Minneapolis in 1995 and I'm still kickeing myself for not going.

[goldustsongbird]

Janis Joplin
The Doors (well, Jim. le sigh.)
the Mamas and the Papas, before Cass Elliot kicked it.
The Plasmatics (C'mon, Wendy O Williams?)

[Richard B]

John Lennon
Johnny Cash
Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
Chet Baker
Buddy Holly
Richie Valens
Big Bopper

[SteveMacD]

Gram Parsons
Gene Clark
Clarence White (well, not so much for his singing)
Waylon Jennings
Johnny Cash
Hank Williams
Muddy Waters
Jimi Hendrix
Jerry Garcia (damn summer quarter!)
Janis Joplin
Connie Francis
John Lennon
George Harrison
Tim Hardin

[goldustsongbird]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Gram Parsons
Gene Clark
Clarence White (well, not so much for his singing)
Waylon Jennings
Johnny Cash
Hank Williams
Muddy Waters
Jimi Hendrix
Jerry Garcia (damn summer quarter!)
Janis Joplin
Connie Francis
John Lennon
George Harrison
Tim Hardin

Connie ain't dead yet, yo!

I can't believe I forgot to include Johnny Cash.

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by goldustsongbird

The Plasmatics (C'mon, Wendy O Williams?)

Trash. Just plain trash.

[goldustsongbird]

Originally Posted by Richard B

Trash. Just plain trash.

I dunno, I think it would've been fun to see her rip **** up onstage wearing only shaving cream and boots.

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by goldustsongbird

I dunno, I think it would've been fun to see her rip **** up onstage wearing only shaving cream and boots.

Very true. I'd put her in the performance artist category, she had very little actual music talent. She's certainly a tragic figure, very sad.

[JazmenFlowers]

Phyllis Hyman

[David]

Gieseking
Gulda
Szell
Coltrane

the usual cultural heroes. . . .

[xdreamsunwindx]

Nico
The Clash ( :[ )
The Pretenders with James Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon
Lennon
Harrison
The Ramones
Jeff Buckley
Johnny Cash
The Sex Pistols
The MC5
Warren Zevon
Dusty Springfield
Sublime
Nirvana

[goldustsongbird]

Originally Posted by Richard B

Very true. I'd put her in the performance artist category, she had very little actual music talent. She's certainly a tragic figure, very sad.

Yeah, I never said she had a good voice!

[chiliD]

Buddy Holly
Gene Vincent
Eddie Cochrane
The original lineup of the Allman Brothers Band (w/Duane Allman & Berry Oakley)
Jimi Hendrix
The Beatles (together...and John Lennon individually...he's the only Beatle I never saw play live)
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Warren Zevon
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Charlie Parker
Duke Ellington
Count Basie
Ella Fitzgerald
Mel Torme
Nat King Cole
Frank
Dean
Sammy
Benny Goodman
Stan Getz
Hank Williams
Patsy Cline
Waylon Jennings
Johnny Cash
Gram Parsons
Robert Johnson
Elmore James
Freddie King
Janis Joplin
The (original) Doors
Nirvana


Some who I was lucky enough TO see who aren't here anymore:

Muddy Waters
Albert King
Albert Collins
Junior Wells
The original lineup of the Pretenders (w/James Honeyman Scott, Pete Farndon)
George Harrison
Wings (w/Jimmy McCulloch)
Little Feat (w/Lowell George)
Marlene Dietrich
The Grateful Dead (w/Jerry Garcia, Keith Godchaux)
The Allman Brothers Band (w/Lamar Williams)
The Allman Brothers Band (w/Allen Woody)
Eric Clapton Band (w/Carl Radle)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (w/Howie Epstein)
Buck Owens & the Buckaroos
The Who (w/Keith Moon & John Entwistle)
Led Zeppelin (w/John Bonham)
Fleetwood Mac (w/Doug Graves)
Rick Vito & Lucky Devils (w/Johnny Herron...aka Jerry Lee Domino)

[goldustsongbird]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Patsy Cline

I love her!! God, my original list sucks and certainly needs to be revised. I keep forgetting people.

[Serrart]

Nat King Cole
Bing Crosby
Judy Garland
Ella Fitzgerald
Janis Joplin
Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Glenn Gould (ok, not singers but still...)
Maria Callas

Romy