So twenty-eight years ago today, Bob Marley died of cancer. He was 36 years old. Why is it that great musicians always die young? I mean, this isn't some new phenomenon. It's been happening this way since...well since a really long time ago. There was (in no particular order) Motzart, Patsy Cline, Kurt Cobain, Bob Marley, Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sid Vicious, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, John Lennon, Duane Allman, Karen Carpenter, Jimi Henxrix, Freddie Mercury, Elvis Presley.
I'm sure there's others that I haven't listed, but you get the idea. Most of these guys died before they were 30. All of them died before 50. Frankly, it makes me glad I'm not famous!
Anyway, I'm giving a big shout out to them all. They were all good, and most of them were great. They would have been great for a long time if they hadn't died young.
Here's a pic of my kids playing this weekend:
"Motzart"? Your music degree shall be revoked.
ReplyDeleteOther than that, great blog post, and I share your appreciation for the ones who died way too young. Just the other day I was thinking about how much more music Lennon could have contributed. Or maybe he would have turned out a bunch of shite. Who knows?
Cute pic of the kids.
of those folks, each of these died at the age of 27: Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Kurt Cobain.
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Mozart. don't slam me because I can't spell, Brian. Don't you have something more important to do...like taking a picture of yourself with you head as the center of a big daisy or somehting (hint hint)?
ReplyDeletehow is it possible that i made a musical trivia reference and have been completely ignored?!
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