Carole has come up with a very interesting topic today.

Ten Musicians I Would Bring Back From The Dead.

1. Janis (That's Janis Joplin for those of you under 30 40 50.) My best friend in high school got the nickname Janis because she had some of the same aspects of the woman's personality. Happily, my friend was not self-destructive nor a druggie.
    
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2. Jim Morrison. Although though it is really, really hard to imagine Jim Morrison at 70, the age he would be had he lived. He was the poster child for self-destruction. A friend of mine who was a big fan went into deep mourning at the news of Morrison's death.

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3. Stevie Ray Vaughan. We saw Bonnie Raitt in concert at the Minnesota State Fair the night after the helicoptor crash. She talked about it on stage.

   
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4. Marvin Gaye. I was not much aware of him when he lived, although of course I could sing along with his hits. Elder Son gave me one of his albums a couple years ago and remedied the hole in my life.

5. Otis Redding. Such good blues.

6. Duane Allman. Eat a Peach got a lot of air play in my apartment back in the day, as did their debut album, which contained this song.

7. Johann Sebastian Bach. Wouldn't it be interesting to hear what he would be composing today?

   
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8. Antonio Vivaldi. Ditto.

9. Ludvig Beethoven. Ditto. even though Beethoven piano music always makes me want to say, "Ludvig! Haf you seen da jam spoon?!"
   
   

10. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Yeah, my taste in classical music is shallow. But devoted.

    
    When I searched photopin.com for images of Mozart, this one popped up, and I couldn't resist.
    Smokey, this bud's bear's for you!