I thought the singer of Nirvana died like a decade ago.

Schubert

Joe Strummer made it to 50, but that's still way too young, especially as he was doing some really good stuff again with the Mescaleros.

Pete DeFreitas, Echo and the Bunnymen's drummer.

Otis Redding.

Charlie PArker.

Mozart.

Eveleyn Preer, African-American blues singer of the 1920's or thereabouts.

Curtis Mayfield

charley parker and bill hicks are good uns

I thought I'd give Fats Waller a proper mention.

Thomas Wright 'Fats' Waller died of pneumonia aged 39. Not only prolific, but also consistently wonderful, he penned a great number of trad jazz standards, as well as several others for which he sold the rights for quick cash ('On The Sunny Side of the Street', for example).

His classics include an early co-written anti-racism piece, "What Did I Do (To Be So Black and Blue)?" (which became a hit for Louis Armstrong), 'The Joint is Jumpin', the frenetic 'A Handful of Keys' and the sublimely lovely 'Ain't Misbehavin'.

A great pianist (and organist), his style varied from the trad jazz for which he is famous, to Bach's organ pieces, to brathtaking improvisations.

ian curtis
&
michael hedges

Nikki Sudden, formerly of the Swell Maps just died this week. There's been no offficial word of how he died even; he apparently played an anti-bush benifit the night before. Seems like so many punk rockers are dropping dead around fifty.

i wonder why....

rolling stone magazine called...

...they have a cease and desist order on the subject of rock n' roll deaths. they also want $10 000 000 in royalties since they own the rights to the mention of the names "jimi hendrix" and "kurt cobain".

AND DARBY CRASH WAS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cool thread.....

Nirvana
Jimi Hendrix
Nick Drake
Elliott Smith

Jeff Buckley.

Elliot Smith
Ian Curtis

and I guess

Kurt Cobain

D Boon

pardon me, monsieur, but you must have been smoking schwag. billy corgan singer of nirvana? in what parallel universe? :D

http://499angels.net/germs/biography.htm Darby Crash

Bill Evans

as a matter of fact I'll put on Live at Montreux right now

more:
tim buckley
nick drake
skip spence
marvin gaye
bob marley
dennis wilson
ODB
hank williams
robert johnson
no one's mentioned gg allin yet?

John Bohnam, Keith Moon. just to name a few

Forgot

Notorious B.I.G.