Archive for October 20th, 2009
The Righteous Brothers broke up in 1969 then reunited to record Rock And Roll Heaven in 1974 which turned out to be a big hit. As the title implied it made reference to several artists who had died prematurely to that date.
The song named Jimi Hendrix with “Foxy Lady”, Janis Joplin singing “Piece Of My Heart”, Otis Redding for 
ock Of The Bay” as well as Bobby Darins’ “Mack The Knife”, Jim Croce had “Leroy Brown”, and Jim Morrison with “Light My Fire”.
Since 1974 there have been a host of artists that have died long before they should have, I like to refer to them in packages, like Janis Joplin,Jim Morrison, Bobby Darin being joined by Elvis Presley and of course the incomparable Freddie Mercury. These greats I have together for their singing and showmanship. Next I have what I call my guitar packages, one includes Jim Croce, John Denver, John Lennon and the second guitar package boasts the best of the best George Harrison of The Beatles, Terry Kath of Chicago, and Jimi Hendrix, with the last two the best of all time.