If there was ever a year that killed more musical talent, I don’t want to know about it.
Prince,
Keith Emerson,
Bowie,
George Martin,
Jimmy Haskell,
Maurice White,
Leonard Cohen,
Leon Russell,
Glenn Frey,
Dan Hicks,
Gato Barbieri,
Merle Haggard,
Bernie Worrell,
Scotty Moore,
Rob Wasserman,
Pete Fountain,
Bobby Hutcherson,
John D. Loudermilk,
Toots Thielemans,
Pierre Boulez,
Buckwheat Zydeco,
Al Caiola.
Paul Kantner
and Signe Toly Anderson
Mose Allison.
The one thing we can learn from most of these people: to live a longer life, play a musical instrument.