This past week saw the 50th anniversary of the passing of Jimi Hendrix. He died Sept 18, 1970, as one of the “27 Club.”
Considered the best electric guitarist of all time, he left behind a huge collection of songs.
“Hey Joe” is one of my favourites.
Do share your fave if you have one, and enjoy your week,
~eden
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Kurt Cobain was best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter of Nirvana. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” was their biggest hit.
This is my final post for the Club of 27. Though there are many other wonderful musicians I’ve not included, these were some of my favorites—all who passed away at the age of 27.
Thanks for following this special series of Music Monday posts and remembering some great musicians gone too soon.
To recap, here were the artists covered:
Amy Winehouse | Brian Jones | Janis Joplin
Robert Johnson | Jim Morrison | Alan Wilson
Kurt Cobain died April 5, 1994.
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When Jimi Hendrix headlined Woodstock in 1969, he was the world’s highest-paid performer at the time. A year later, he died from an accidental drug-related overdose.
No list of great musicians who perished at age 27 would be complete without Hendrix, considered the best electric guitarist of all time.
Here is one of his best known songs, “Purple Haze.”
Jimi Hendrix died Sept. 18, 1970.
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Last week, I blogged about Jim Morrison from The Doors. He passed away at age 27.
Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson died shortly before him at the same age. Co-founder, leader, and primary composer for the American blues band Canned Heat, he played guitar, harmonica, and sang. I featured him once before for his harmonica virtuosity as he’s one of my favorite blues harp players.
Enjoy “Going up the Country” from a unique voice, sadly, gone too soon.
Alan Wilson passed away September 3, 1970.
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Last week, I blogged about Robert Johnson, blues great who died at age 27 in 1938.
Jim Morrison, poet, songwriter, and lead singer for The Doors met the same fate at 27.
Here’s one of my favourites, the title track from the album LA Woman, released only three months before Jim Morrison’s death in Paris, France.
To this day, a cloud of mystery hangs over the way he died. Was it a heroin overdose, negligence on his girlfriend’s part, or heart failure as cited on the death certificate?
No autopsy was ever performed.
Jim Morrison died July 3, 1971.
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Last week, I blogged about Janis Joplin who passed away at age 27.
Now, I’ll take you way back to another legendary figure who died at this tender age. Robert Johnson was an American blues singer who played mostly on street corners and juke joints. He enjoyed little commercial success or public recognition in his lifetime. It was only after his death that his work reached a wider audience. Many artists, including Clapton, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, and Fleetwood Mac cited Johnson as a huge influencer on their music.
I am the proud owner of his double-disc box set called The Complete Recordings—a great buy if you want to listen to more of this important blues singer and guitarist.
Here is “Cross Road Blues,” a song later popularized as “Crossroads” by Eric Clapton with Cream.
Robert Johnson died August 16, 1938, almost 77 years ago.
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Last week, I blogged about Brian Jones who passed away July 3, 1969 at the age of 27.
He’s one in a long line of musicians who belong to the “Club of 27.”
This week, memories of Janis Joplin and this performance in Monterey of “Ball and Chain.”
She died October 4, 1970.
Have a bright week ahead,
eden
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Last week, I blogged about Amy Winehouse who passed away July 23, 2011 at the age of 27.
She is one in a long line of musicians who belong to the “Club of 27.” It’s uncanny how many of the greats died at that age. Over the next weeks, I’ll revisit their music, which fortunately did not die with them.
Here’s “Ruby Tuesday” with the Rolling Stones, and Brian Jones on the flute.
He passed away July 3, 1969.
Hope you have a sunny week ahead,
eden
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Amy Winehouse passed away July 23, 2011. I blogged it here, and it’s hard to believe she’s been gone almost four years.
A new documentary called AMY releases this month, and I’m looking forward to seeing it.
Here’s “Love is a Losing Game.”
Hope you have a sunny week ahead,
eden
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