And as many as you like about whom you agonised, and those whom you believe had no more to contribute.
Bob Geldof.
Elliott Smith
Gram Parsons
Jeff Buckley
Jim Morrison
Nick Drake
Kirsty MacColl
Oh, hang on, sorry, prevent?
Oh actually, Marvin takes Karen Carpenter's place now I'm reminded.
Chopin
Hendrix
Buddy Holly
Jeff Buckley
Elliott Smith
Robert Johnson
A Hitler. By getting him that art scholarship early on, it may have prevented his premature demise in '45.
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.