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If you could bring a dead rock star back to life


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Hope its cool to leave this link…(a lot of these guys played a Gibson).

 

If you could bring a dead rock star back to life for one gig, who would

it be?

 

John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis, Kurt Cobain, Buddy Holly, Freddie Mercury? Or someone else?

 

This Day in Music are carrying out a world-wide survey to see which dead rock stars people would want to see again - for one night only!

 

Who would you pick? You can see a full list and vote on

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com

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I'm not one for ressurections.

Btw' date=' wouldn't they smell?[/quote']

 

You'd have to spend days trying to explain to them where they are and what the he** is going on. A Robot Les Paul? Whats a "Robot"?

 

But in the spirit of fictional entertainment. I'd say Bob Marley. I'd really like to sit and see that guy play in a laid back jam setting.

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I haven't looked at the link yet - but I can tell you who some of mine would be... (pretty much sticking to guitar here)

Jimi, SRV, Paul Kossoff, Clarence White, Toy Caldwell, Steve Gaines, Gram Parsons, Randy Rhodes, Joe Strummer, Rory Gallagher, Tommy Bolin... I'm sure I left out someone important to me since this was off the top 'o the head.

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In complete agreement with Surf Pup with one addition.

Steve Clark of Def Leppard.

Don't laugh, any ability to rock left Def Leppard with his death.

 

Check out High n Dry with him and Pete Willis dueling on Les Pauls.

 

Another favorite of mine was Doug Hopkins of Gin Blossoms.

Not really a rocker, but did some good pop/rock stuff.

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You'd have to spend days trying to explain to them where they are and what the he** is going on. A Robot Les Paul? Whats a "Robot"?

You're absolutely right! I'd probably just get frustrated at the guy and end up killing him again...

 

Btw slimjimdom, that isn't a real Les Paul in your avatar. :)

Who does that remind you of...

lol

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Scotty Stoneman. A fiddle player.

 

Jerry Garcia credits him saying, "I got my improvisational approach from Scotty Stoneman, the fiddle player, who is the guy who first set me on fire. Where I just stood there and don't even remember breathing."

 

Garcia wrote much more on the Scotty Stoneman, live in L.A. cd/album.

 

He was the Jimi Hendrix of the fiddle, and in 1965 I think he started a whole lot of this stuff.

 

Best of luck.

 

Murph.

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there have been so many good choices on here - I especially like the Rory Gallagher call.

 

I'll add Mike Bloomfield to the list...he's not my first choice, but I've been listening to a lot of him lately, so it's kind of fresh in my mind...very underrated and not discussed enough.

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Unfortunately though they wore the Fender badge proudly, the names Hendrix and Vaughn come to my mind first.

 

Hendrix for what he started under the conditions he started it. Vaughn for showing how to literally attack a guitar.

 

All of my favorite LP players are still with us, thank god.

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Btw slimjimdom' date=' that isn't a real Les Paul in your avatar. O:)

Who does that remind you of...

lol[/quote']

 

I almost miss jonston/jonst0n...............almost!

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Jimi. I have GOT to hear what he would sound like today with better amplification.

 

.....not to mention an onboard tuner.O:)

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You're absolutely right! I'd probably just get frustrated at the guy and end up killing him again...

 

Btw slimjimdom' date=' that isn't a real Les Paul in your avatar. O:)

Who does that remind you of...

lol[/quote']

 

YES IT IS MAN!! It's a Zakk Wylde Flame Top Custom I bought from Craigslist :)

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