What singers/musicians have you seen live that are no longer with us?

[Tarpon]

Quite a few of the above +

Fela Kuti
Puma Jones

A few more probably but these two came to mind sharpies for some reason

 

[fleet]

Ian Dury, Clarence Clemons, Glen Frey ...

 

[GT49er]

Martin Lamble and Sandy Denny (Fairport)
Paul Kantner (Jeffereson Airplane)
Keith Emerson and Bryan Davidson (The Nice)
Rory Gallagher
Tiny Tim
Freddie Marsdaen (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
Chris Curtis (The Searchers)
Glenn Cornick (Jethro Tull)
Chris Squire (Yes)
Richard Wright (Floyd)
Jimi Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell
Bert Jansch and John Renbourne (Pentangle)
Karl Denver (Karl Denver Trio)
Pete Quaife (The Kinks)
Lou Reed and Stirling Morrison (Velvet Underground)
Robert Palmer
John Rostill (The Shadows)
Stuart Adamson (The Skids and Big Country)
John Bonham (Zeppelin)

RIP all, and those that I missed.

 

[Trevor]

Ian Dury
Richard Wright
Acker Bilk
Humphrey Lyttleton
Michael Jackson

Apologies to those I've missed

 

[Spider]

Magnolia Electric Company

 

[Soulman]

Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson.

 

[pastafarian]

Liam Maher from Flowered Up is another name to add to this thread.

crikey didnt know that....when?

I still have a small sigh when i think of Stuart Adamson

 

[catfish]

Frank Zappa
BB King
Joe Cocker
Lee Brilleaux
Ian Dury
Vi Subversa
Gary Moore
Gil Scott Heron
Kelly Groucutt
Pete De Freitas
Humphrey Lyttleton
Huw Lloyd Langton
John Martyn

 

[The Merry Prankster]

Of those listed 13 plus I'll add The Sensational Alex Harvey and Bob Marley.

Bit apprehensive for Paul Simon who I'm seeing next month.

 

[cheshunt seagull]

Sure there are way more than this but:

Joe Strummer
John Bonham
Lowell George
Prince Far-I
Lou Reed
Dizzy Gillespie
Peter Bardens
Sara Vaughan
John Martyn
Buddy Rich
Gary Moore
Pip Pyle
Peter Tosh
Bill Monroe
Charlie Louvin
Stephan Grapelli
Porter Waggoner

 

[catfish]

Also;

Lonnie Donegan
Vivian Stanshall
Ben E King

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

Luther Vandross, class act live.

That's who I was going to say.
4 times live, a wonderful singer.
Most I have seen are still alive I think, I will have to do some googling and get back.

Can't be bothered to start new thread but an interesting documentary on skinheads on BBC4 at 9pm.

 

[AmexRuislip]

That's who I was going to say.
4 times live, a wonderful singer.
Most I have seen are still alive I think, I will have to do some googling and get back.





Can't be bothered to start new thread but an interesting documentary on skinheads on BBC4 at 9pm.

I only found out a few years back he sung with the group Change.

 

[jakarta]

Two thirds of Motorheads classic lineup...

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

Most have been mentioned that I saw other than Lynyrd Skynyrd

Saw them twice at the Dome before the plane crash.

 

[DJ NOBO]

Shannon hoon in Hawaii . Good times

 

[Bill Cassidy's tie up]

Surprised no mention for Steve Marriott or Paul Kossof . Was gonna mention Jeremy Spencer but been assured by my partner he's not dead just went a bit odd. Must google it later when the skinhead thing finishes

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

Plenty of those already mentioned, surprised nobody has mentioned Marvin Gaye, saw him at the Centre about 80/81

 

[Cian]

Remembered by sheer coincidence of a youtube playlist that I saw Mark Spoon of the top ten scoring Jam & Spoon live before he died. At least they charted, unlike the girlband wan.

I've a feeling the average age on NSC has increased as the site gets older, based on how long ago the bigger names mentioned died.

 

[Gwylan]

Surprised no mention for Steve Marriott or Paul Kossof

Didn't see Kossoff but did see Andy Fraser's band, Sharks. Andy Fraser is also no longer with us

One of the saddest things about this thread is not that so many musicians I've seen are dead, but that I saw most of them with my mate, John, who died a few years back at the age of 54. He was a walking encyclopedia of music, with a record collection that filled a room. This thread is bringing back memories of him