Musicians' passings that hit you hard

[bruno]

Although he wasn't exactly a musician... Sam Kinison hit me pretty hard... I was a huge fan of his comedy...

bill hicks had a similar effect on me.

Bill Hicks and George Carlin - love em both!
Gary Moore (one of the first album's that I bought as a kid was Coliseum II, Jon Hiseman, Gary Moore, Don Airy - fantastic band) and Phil Lynott.

[chip]

It was John bonham for me ...the end of Zep.....

Me too- plus John Peel, Marc Bolan and indeed many others mentioned already. When JB died it was a very sad day, I knew the band that I had been raised on would be no more, I saw Led Zep at knebworth not once but twice, not their greatest moments but still fantastic. The last night, they played for around 3 hours, I may be wrong but I think that was their last gig before theirs and our tragic loss.

[Blooby]

The last night, they played for around 3 hours, I may be wrong but I think that was their last gig before theirs and our tragic loss.

I believe they did some dates in Denmark and Germany to close out their career with Bonham.

I also remembered two others that affected me.  I was super shocked when both Allen Woody (Allman Brothers & Gov't Mule) and John Entwistle passed.

Blooby

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[Oldrottenhead]

sadly looks like robin gibb doesn't have long to go, he seems to have been around my entire life.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9204362/Robin-Gibb-in-coma-and-fighting-for-his-life.html

[bruno]

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[Roytoy]

Randy Rhoads. Man, that shook me up. I still play "Dee" at least once a week.

[Lurker]

I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard about John Lennon.  It took me a long time to get over it -- years.  It meant that The Beatles were really gone.  He'd just started recording music again.  It was so meaningless.

I was still busy delving into Stevie Ray Vaughan's music when his helicopter went down.  That was hard.

When George Harrison died, I went through the funk again, but was better able to handle it by then.  I loved his post-Beatle work more than any of the others.  Few understood how deeply I felt losing him.

[64Guitars]

sadly looks like robin gibb doesn't have long to go

Levon Helm too.

http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/04/18/band-stars-reunite-on-deathbed

http://www.nme.com/news/the-band/63299

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/levon-helm-in-final-stages-of-his-battle-with-cancer-20120417