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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!
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Joe Strummer for one last Clash show.
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For me, it would have to be Freddie Mercury and John Lennon. I miss them both. Also, bring back George Harrison for one last Beatles reunion.
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Definitely Freddie Mercury, followed by Bonham. I would've loved to see Queen live with Mercury but I was too young the last time they toured my area.
I can't forget Stevie Ray Vaughn, either.
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While my pick would be Freddie Mercury, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Elvis is leading the poll.
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Jaco Pastorius - bass player for the jazz fusion band of the 70s and 80s Weather Report, whose bass solos in the higher register (and other talents) granted his being voted "The Greatest Bass Player that ever lived" in 2006. Although rock was not his genre, still an outstanding musician.
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Lennon - easy choice...
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Hendrix...I'd love to see what he could do with all the guitar toys thesedays.
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Freddie Mercury. Queen was my very first concert in 1980.
Phil Lynott. His death broke my heart more than any other musician.
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I would have to say Buddy Holly. It would have been really interesting to see what he would do next and how he'd continue to influence others. Now I have to dig up my Buddy Holly records.
All do respect to all those that passed on the list but Sid Vicious being listed? Other than having "the look" he didn't contribute to the Sex Pistols. Not really a musician.
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Well, for one day only, I'd have to say Bonham, for the day of the Led Zep reunion last year, but I'd actually be more interested in what Lennon would have achieved, had he lived till now.
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I don't know if I'd call them rock stars, but important performers for sure
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I thought about this for awhile.....and there are just too many obvious choices that are way too-easy (Morrison, Moon, Bonham, Joplin, Hendrix, Cobain, Bon Scott, etc.....)
I'm going to go slightly off of the beaten path and say Cliff Burton. At this point there is nobody else that can possibly rescue Metallica from the pit of irrelevance in which they have been residing for nearly 20 years.
....or to go really off track, why not Mozart? He was certainly a rock-star of his era. I couldn't imagine what he would think of today's music.
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Milton Brown died as a result of a car wreck at age 32.
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So many, but I'll give mention to Duane Allman because he hasn't been mentioned yet.
But if I could play God this one time, no doubt I'm bringing back Stevie Ray Vaughan.
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That would make for one hell of a duet.
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