The biggest loss

[xwhatsit]

Wolfgang Amadeus Motzart.

As avente garde as any musician of our time.

Apparently died of the plague in his mid to late 20's

Mozart made it 'til 35 -- not plague, I think it was some kind of fever.

I'm not fussed about him, to be honest. He wrote terrible horn parts that are a complete bore to play (his Horn Concerto no.3 notwithstanding, but one doesn't get to play horn concertos every day). That's not enough to wish him death, of course, but I personally would say that by his late 20s he'd already found his niche or `groove' and was churning out scores with nothing really new. Debussy, on the other hand, kept up the innovation right until his death. He lived much longer.

[Harry33]

O.k here's a few that I wish where still with us.

Kurt Cobain
Jim Morrison, Jimmy Hendrix, Keith Moon

Brandon Lee, Bruce Lee

John Britten

All for selfish reasons of wanting to see what more they could have done if they had more time.

[janno]

Stevie Ray Vaughn.

I was truley sad when I heard the news that he'd been killed in 1990.

And that was when I was attempting to be a goth, and blues WAS NOT COOL . . .

[Indiana_Jones]

Steve McQueen

-Indy

[forkoil]

Definitely Jimi Hendrix..... Totally dominated my impressionable years (still there). Could make his guitar talk, wow, still by far the greatest....

[Devil]

'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott, guitarist for Pantera, Damageplan and Rebel Meets Rebel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimebag

He was a wizard on guitar, co-wrote some of the greatest metal songs in history and by many accounts was a pretty cool guy on top of it all.

I was in complete disbelief when I first heard the news that he had been shot and killed. Once I had figured out that the news wasn't a joke in bad taste, I was quite taken aback by how shocked and horrified I was to hear of his untimely passing. I never met the guy, never even got to see him play live, but his death was so pointless and it is a real tragedy that his soul and gift is now lost to this world - though some part of it is preserved in his recordings.

So long brother, we miss you.

On a personal side, me too. I met the guy, talked for a while and he was such a genuinely nice dude (as is his brother). Couldn't believe it when I heard the news. That date is always on my calendar for a drink!

[Pillick]

Jeff Buckley - just made his debut album, just about to hit it huge, and he decides to go for a swim in steel cap boots >.< d'oh!

[Lias]

'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott, guitarist for Pantera, Damageplan and Rebel Meets Rebel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimebag

He was a wizard on guitar, co-wrote some of the greatest metal songs in history and by many accounts was a pretty cool guy on top of it all.

I was in complete disbelief when I first heard the news that he had been shot and killed. Once I had figured out that the news wasn't a joke in bad taste, I was quite taken aback by how shocked and horrified I was to hear of his untimely passing. I never met the guy, never even got to see him play live, but his death was so pointless and it is a real tragedy that his soul and gift is now lost to this world - though some part of it is preserved in his recordings.

So long brother, we miss you.

I second that motion.. RIP Dimebag

[Finn]

Stevie Ray Vaughn.

I was truley sad when I heard the news that he'd been killed in 1990.

And that was when I was attempting to be a goth, and blues WAS NOT COOL . . .

2nd that. SRV was a god. Okay, he couldn't sing but he could make a guitar do things they're not designed to do.

[Angusdog]

Jeff Buckley - just made his debut album, just about to hit it huge, and he decides to go for a swim in steel cap boots >.< d'oh!

Ditto - too much talent to live, perhaps.

[MisterD]

Cliff Burton - what might Metallica have become without his loss?
Randy Rhoads.
Buddy Holly

and I'll second Jimi and John Lennon

[What?]

John Bonham
Jimi Hendix
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Tommy Bolin
Otis Redding
Rory Gallagher
Paul Kossoff

Where to stop????

Dimebag maybe. Sorry, but I don't rate him at all.
And Freddy showed us why you shouldn't go putting bits of your anatomy in places they weren't meant to go...

[Big Dave]

Now the green guitar pick is missing.

[Maha]

Roy Orbison....that voice will take some beating