1. Jimmi Hendrix
2. Janis Joplin
3. Curt Cobain
4. Stevie Ray Vaughan
5. Jerry Garcia
2007-11-29 09:58:38 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
For those of you wondering, Hendrix and Joplin would both be 65 by now. SRV would be 52, Cobain would be 40. As for Garcia, unfortunately I'm not sure. I was never a Dead fan but I decided to throw him in there because you should never piss off Dead fans!
2007-11-29 10:12:23 · update #1
Jim Morrison and John Lennon. I knew I'd forget some important ones.
2007-11-29 10:18:07 · update #2
none of them.
like fine artists, they're much more revered once they're dead. with nothing new coming out, their music becomes "rare" or "classic", instead of just "old" or "early work". whether they were popular while living, or not, all of these musicians are influential and celebrated in large part BECAUSE they are dead. no one wanted to buy Van Gogh's sh*t while he was still breathing...
these musicians are dead, and so people treat them like they belong in another, more transcendent category of artist--if they were alive, they'd just be another Aeorsmith. Old and out of touch.
2007-11-29 10:26:36 · answer #1 · answered by ____ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jimmi would be very old by now, as would Janis Stevie and Jerry, but I have to say that Curt was getting so disenchanted with the music industry I think he would have hidden himself away a long time ago so would not have made much more of an impact than he already had done.
So if it isn't Curt, I think Jimmi was the most influential on other artists and listeners alike and it would have continued.
2007-11-29 10:06:19 · answer #2 · answered by pagey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jimi Hendrix
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Jerry Garcia
John Bonham
Rory Gallagher
Steve Marriott
2007-11-29 11:38:02 · answer #3 · answered by Peepaw 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jimi Hendrix..most definatley
Honorable mention Jim Morrison and Sid Barrett
2007-11-29 11:44:32 · answer #4 · answered by Muzikgoddess 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Kurt. But anyway, I'd /like/ to think Cobain would be more celebrated, however i regret to admit that this would probably not be the case.
I love Stevie Ray Vaughan - but i'm not sure about how celebrated he is already [i don't know many Blues fans].
I'll say Jimi Hendrix.
2007-11-29 10:04:28 · answer #5 · answered by Cinny [1334♀] 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kurt Cobain or Jimi Hendrix
2007-11-29 10:03:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a tough one. My vote would be either Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughn. The men were guitar gods.
2007-11-29 10:03:35 · answer #7 · answered by Dani G 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Right now, like today, kobain would be the most popluar with the rock community. But Jimi is not close behind, think of the works he could have wrote. Its just amazing to think about the music he could have written. Jerry is Jerry, but if he almost died but survived he would be celebrated the most.
2007-11-29 10:15:48 · answer #8 · answered by Joe32 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it would be Jimi Hendrix by a wide margin, Vaughan a respectable but distant second place.
2007-11-29 10:09:45 · answer #9 · answered by Rckets 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Morrison and Lennon....but from your list probably Hendrix.
2007-11-29 10:13:09 · answer #10 · answered by Socks 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋