And as many as you like about whom you agonised, and those whom you believe had no more to contribute.
a fair question, mac. but: this is Merriam Webster:
<<1 : a skilled adept public performer; specifically : a musical or theatrical entertainer
2 : an artistic or creative person>>
so I included creative musical people.
apart from that, all (?) of those guys were at least conductors, I think. and certainly some were performers on instruments. for example, Gershwin was a piano player, and did a heck of a job on the keyboards. the world premier of rhapsody in blue (at the then-swanky ballroom of the St. George hotel in Brooklyn Heights) is often played, and that's George himself on piano.
as to Tchaikovsky, donk, I did an arbitrary cut-off at age 49.
It would be helpful to classify into the categories, I think - i.e. saved; NMTC; agonised. Not obligatory though.
#14 Bah! Beat me to it
Do we get to choose who has to take their place?
as to Tchaikovsky, donk, I did an arbitrary cut-off at age 49.
Bugger. I've got a few weeks to knock out some banging tunes and snuff it.
I'm sure we'd count your JtT postings as artistic keyboard productions.
Bela Bartok
Benjamin Britten
Maurice Ravel
John Lennon
Nick Drake
Tim Buckley
Buddy Holly
Sam Cooke
Johnny Burnette
Eddie Cochran
Les Harvey (Stone The Crows)
Duster Bennett
Tragedy - definitely, all for the sake of a fuckin' clean shirt, ffs.
Did I mention, as a kid I saw him with the Crickets) at Walthamstow Empire?
With Deso Connor as compere?
He did compere a lot of their UK tour, apparently - reckons he and Charles got on like a house on fire, (genuinely, I believe).
Mind you, both seemed fairly affable blokes.
With Deso Connor as compere?
Must have wiped that from my mind. Perhaps Marty Wild was on the bill too though.
I think we should leave well alone. They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old etc etc
If Nico hadn't fatally fallen off her bicycle she'd be 75 now, and probably a husky chanteuse in the Dietrich style.
I'm afraid there is a strong argument that Buddy, Eddie and Elvis (into the army) had to be out of the way for what had to happen next...
But The Man reckoned without some greasers from Liverpool keeping the flame.
