Monday, December 21, 2009

Tuesday Tuneday #7

This Tuesday I bring you death!!! Well, not really, but if you don't know about the famous "27 club" then know this. Some of the greatest musicians in time shared death in one particular way, and thats the age they died at. The most popular names I hear are Janis Joplin, from Big Brother & The Holding Company, who died from a heroin overdose; and Jimi Hendrix, from The Jimi Hendrix Experience, who died from choking on his own vomit after an overdose of sleeping pills.

A few others you may not have known are Jim Morrison, from The Doors, who died from heart failure; (although no autopsy was performed) Kurt Cobain, from Nirvana, who died by shooting himself with a shotgun; Brian Jones, Rolling Stones founder, and guitarist, who died by drowning in a swimming pool.

The first musician recorded to the "27 club" was one of the greatest blues players of all time, Robert Johnson, a very influential bluesman, (you can here the style and technics ALOT in Keith Richards and Eric Claptons music) who died from strychnine poisoning.

Here are 5 samples from each of the following.