When The Music Dies

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Eddie's passing got me to thinking. I'm wistful and a little sad, but I'm not crushed at his passing. I guess it's a function of one's like/love of an artist that drives the level of emotional loss when they pass.

I had a much different reaction when Elvis checked out- shock and deep sadness. When Lennon got murdered, I was totally crushed for weeks. When Eddie Money went last year, I felt like one of my close friends died. Same with one's old sports idols. When Tom Seaver recently passed, I felt like someone punched me right in the gut. Dennis Johnson's death still saddens me after all these years.

Whose demise affected you powerfully, or maybe much less?

disclaimer- I believe our soul/spirit/energy lives on in some form after the physical body dies,
 
When Gary Moore died it affected me way more than I thought it would. Holdsworth same thing. Not sure why.

When the jazz greats die its pretty tough too. Miles especially.
 
Bowie. I woke up to the news and text my dad (mega fan) practically identically to the way I did when I woke up to social media letting me know one of his best friends had passed away.

Clarence too. I'm going to be in bits when Bruce goes.
 
Tom Petty too. I was reading a biography of his when he passed and never brought myself to finish it.
 
Definitely Neal Peart.

On a much deeper level when a Christian artist named Rich Mullins died I was inconsolable for several days. One of my all time favorite song writers, and a real mentor in many ways.
 
Bowie and Peart for sure, those were gut punches.

Prince and Petty were out-of-nowhere-WTF shocks.

John Prine broke my heart. Johnny Cash was another big one too.
 
For me it was October 4, 1994 when Danny Gatton took a gun to his head and committed suicide. After his death, I stopped playing guitar for about 8-9 months and was in complete funk.
 
I've been following Eddie on line for a long time. He'd post time to time on his Facebook page. When it was revealed he was going to Germany for treatments I guess I prepared myself for what was coming soon.

I'm not even into the Dead big but, when Jerry passed, it got to me.

I was a huge Dale Earnhardt from early on. Watching the race when he wrecked and then later died. I literally cried.
 
Was very saddened by Bowie and especially Prince but the one that truly shocked me was Kurt Cobain. I was 20 years old and right in his demographic so it was a real kick in the gut.

I have childhood memories of Lennon and Bob Marley. Bob in particular I remember being a big deal in my family and even as a child I was saddened.
 
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