Sad, early waste of musical talent.

[SpokeyDokey]

Hendrix - who did astonishing things with electric guitars some 50 years ago that are still difficult to play (for evidence look at any number of 'covers' on youtube).

Had his innovation peaked or was it terminated well before he took the playing of the instrument into unimaginable realms?

I liken him to Beethoven really - way ahead of his time.

 

[PK99]

The OP is asking for sad early waste of musical talent.

Lennon, Elvis, Whitney Houston, and Eva Cassidy had long careers, albeit they would have been longer had they not died.

For 'early' you need to look at the likes of Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran, both of whom died in their early 20s.

Eva Cassidy long career? Her recognition and fame were posthumous!

Her (self released) first album was in 1996 - she died in November 1996.

 

[Dirk]

Duane Allman. Only 24 when he lost his life in a motorcycle accident.

 

[Blue Hills]

Hendrix - who did astonishing things with electric guitars some 50 years ago that are still difficult to play (for evidence look at any number of 'covers' on youtube).

Had his innovation peaked or was it terminated well before he took the playing of the instrument into unimaginable realms?

I liken him to Beethoven really - way ahead of his time.

Agree with you. The Hamsters had a very good try at playing him though.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Agree with you. The Hamsters had a very good try at playing him though.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akuiv4udoqw

 

[RoubaixCube]

Prince

David Bowie

 

[Pale Rider]

Eva Cassidy long career? Her recognition and fame were posthumous!

Her (self released) first album was in 1996 - she died in November 1996.

Looks like she was in a band when she was just 11-years-old.

She was playing professionally throughout the 1980s and was playing until her death in 1996.

That's a minimum career length of 10 to 15 years - long in the music business.

Even longer given the records only really started to sell two years after she died.

Or put another way, she was a classic 'overnight sensation', albeit a dead one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Cassidy

 

[Andy in Germany]

Some weeks ago a former drug user from the organisation I worked for played a beautiful set at a local concert of songs he'd written himself about his experience of drug use. It makes me wonder how any of the people who come to us have had similar talents hidden or destroyed by bad choices or circumstances.

 

[Cycleops]

Scores of talented young drill musicians are killed by knife attacks on the streets of London.

If that's the result of this particular type of music maybe we can do without it.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Can't believe we're three pages in and nobody's mentioned Amy Winehouse.
Stunning voice.

 

[Dave7]

Eva Cassidy long career? Her recognition and fame were posthumous!

Her (self released) first album was in 1996 - she died in November 1996.

You miss a manor point. She must have been brilliant cos Terry Wogan kept saying she was.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Can't believe we're three pages in and nobody's mentioned Amy Winehouse.
Stunning voice.

Very talented lady - I think she had a lot more to come as well.

 

[StuAff]

Cliff Burton (Metallica bassist on the first three albums)
Layne Stayley (Alice in Chains)...and his bandmate Mike Starr
Jam Master Jay (Run DMC)
The Abbott brothers (Pantera)
Jeff Hannemann (Slayer)
Adam Yauch (Beastie Boys)....
Now, all of those guys- and many of the others- had recorded mulltiple albums, won critical acclaim, toured the world...but all were taken too soon. Slayer are calling it a day after 37 years, and are on their final round of touring, but Jeff should be up there on stage with them.

 

[slowmotion]

Judee Sill.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Harry Chapin July 16 1981

Sandy Denny