The Great Gig in the Sky

This group is to honor all the amazing musicians over the years who have sadly passed away. Please join this group as a tribute to them. These are the musicians that I have added so far, if there are any more people would like me to add, just post a comment:
Jimi Hendrix - November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) RIP
Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) - 6 January 1946 - 7 July 2006 RIP
Jim Morrison (The Doors) - December 8, 1943 - July 3, 1971 RIP
Clifford Lee Burton (Metallica) - (February 10, 1962 – September 27, 1986) RIP
Freddie Mercury (Queen) - (5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) RIP
Rick Wright (Pink Floyd) - (28 July 1943 – 15 September 2008) RIP
Per Yngve Ohlin aka Dead (Mayhem) - (January 16, 1969 – April 8, 1991) RIP
John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) - (May 31, 1948 – September 25, 1980) RIP
John Lennon (The Beatles) - 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) RIP
Kurt Donald Cobain (Nirvana) - (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) RIP
Elvis Presley - (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) RIP
Tomas “Ace” Börje Forsberg, aka Quorthon (Bathory) 17th February 1966 - 3rd June 2004). RIP
Johnny Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 - September 12, 2003) RIP
Øystein Aarseth, aka Euronymous (Mayhem) (March 22, 1968 - August 10, 1993 RIP
Randy Rhoads - (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) RIP
Ian Kevin Curtis (Joy Division) - (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) RIP
Daniel Paul "Danny" Federici (Bruce Springsteen's E-street band) - (January 23, 1950 – April 17, 2008) RIP
Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003) RIP
Layne Thomas Staley(Alice In Chains) - (August 22, 1967 – c. April 5, 2002) RIP
Dee Dee Ramone, born Douglas Glenn Colvin (Ramones), (September 18, 1951[1] - June 5, 2002) RIP
Jeffrey "Joey Ramone" Hyman (Ramones) - (May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001), RIP
John William Cummings(Johnny Ramone, Ramones) - (October 8, 1948 – September 15, 2004) RIP
Darrell Lance "Dimebag" Abbott (Pantera) - (August 20, 1966 – December 8, 2004) RIP
Chuck Schuldiner (Death) - (May 13, 1967 – December 13, 2001) RIP
Jon Andreas Nödtveidt (Dissection) - (June 28, 1975 – August 13, 2006 RIP
Frank Zappa - December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) RIP
Darby Crash (born Jan Paul Beahm) (The Germs) (9/26/1958 - 12/7/1980 RIP
Hideto Matsumoto (X Japan) (December 13, 1964 – May 2, 1998) RIP
Bradley James Nowell (Sublime) (February 22, 1968 – May 25, 1996)
Ryszard Henryk Riedel (Dżem) born September 7 1956 - died July 30 1994 RIP
Terje „Valfar“ Bakken (Windir) born September 3, 1978, died approximately January 15, 2004 RIP
Jason Matthew Thirsk(Pennywise) born December 25, 1967,died July 29, 1996 RIP
D.Boon (born Dennes Dale Boon, April 1, 1958 – December 22, 1985) RIP
Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970)
Stephen "Stevie" Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) RIP
Ronald Wayne "Ronnie" Van Zant(Lynrd Skynard) (January 15 1948 – October 20 1977) RIP
John Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997) RIP
Richard Shannon Hoon (September 26, 1967 – October 21, 1995) RIP
Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (The Rolling Stones) - (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) RIP
Andrew Wood (January 6, 1966 – March 19, 1990), RIP
Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), RIP
Nicholas Rodney Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974) RIP
Michael Kelland John Hutchence(INXS) - (January 22, 1960 – November 22, 1997) RIP
Hillel Slovak (RHCP) (April 13, 1962–June 25, 1988) RIP
Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (Grateful Dead) - (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995)
Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) RIP
Orlando 'Cachaíto' López, (Buena Vista Social Club) bassist, (2 Februrary 1933 - February 9, 2009) RIP
Lars Gustav Gabriel Hollmer 1948-2008 RIP
Keith John Moon - (The Who) - (23 August 1946 – 7 September 1978) RIP
Gar Samuelson (February 18 1958 - July 22, 1999) RIP
Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) RIP
George Harrison (the Beatles) (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) RIP
John Graham Mellor(Joe Strummer, The Clash) (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002) RIP
Ronald Belford "Bon" Scott (AC/DC) - (1946 - 1980) RIP
Stephen Maynard Clark(Def Leppard) - (April 23, 1960 – January 8, 1991) RIP
Charlie Cooper (Telefon Tel Aviv) - (1977 - January 22, 2009) RIP
Ronald Frank Asheton (The Stooges) - (July 17, 1948 – January 6, 2009) RIP
Mary Hansen (Stereolab) - (November 1, 1966 – December 9, 2002) RIP
Jeremy Michael Ward (Mars Volta, De Facto) sound technician (May 5, 1976 – May 25, 2003) RIP
Ronald Wayne "Ronnie" Van Zant (January 15 1948 – October 20 1977) RIP
William Norris "Billy" Powell (June 3, 1952 – January 28, 2009) RIP
Larkin Allen Collins Jr..(July 19, 1952 – January 23, 1990) RIP
Leon Russell Wilkeson (2 April 1952 - 27 July 2001) RIP
Denis "Piggy" D'Amour (Voivod) (September 24, 1959 - August 26, 2005) RIP
Witold "Vitek" Kiełtyka (Decapitated), born January 24, 1984, died November 2, 2007 RIP
John "Mitch" Mitchell (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (9 July 1946 – 12 November 2008) RIP
Thomas Richard 'Tommy' Bolin (Deep Purple) (August 1 1951 - December 4 1976) RIP
Philip Parris Lynott (Thin Lizzy)(20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986) RIP
Rory Gallagher (2 March, 1948– died 14 June, 1995) RIP
Noel Redding (25 December 1945 – 11 May 2003) RIP
Rozz Williams (Christian Death)Real name Roger Alan Painter, born Nov 16th 1963, died April 1st 1998 RIP
Frank Navetta (Descendents), March 6, 1962–October 31, 2008 RIP
Wesley Willis, May 31, 1963 – August 21, 2003 RIP
Lisa Nicole "Left Eye" Lopes (TLC), May 27, 1971 – April 25, 2002 RIP
Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld) (T-Rex) 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977), RIP
Wayne Knupp (Devourment) Died Sep 15th 2007: Multiple organ failure RIP
Paul Francis Kossoff (Free) 14 September 1950–19 March 1976 RIP
André "Dédé" Fortin Nov. 17th 1962- May 8th 2000 (Les Colocs) RIP
Joseph Gaétan Robert Gérald (Gerry) Boulet Mar 1st 1946- Jul 18th 1990 (Offenbach) RIP
Czesław Niemen (February 16, 1939 – January 17, 2004) RIP
Howard Duane Allman – Alman Brothers Band (November 20, 1946 – October 29, 1971) RIP
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) RIP
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) RIP
Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) RIP
John Francis Anthony "Jaco" Pastorius III – Weather Report(December 1, 1951–September 21, 1987) RIP
Kelly Groucutt – E.L.O(8 September 1945 – 19 February 2009) RIP
Tom Fogerty – C.C.R (November 9, 1941– September 6, 1990) RIP
Danny Ray Whitten – Crazy Horse - (May 8, 1943 - November 18, 1972) RIP
Bruce Palmer – Buffalo Springfield (September 9, 1946 – October 1, 2004) RIP
Dewey Martin – Buffalo Springfield (September 30, 1940 – January 31, 2009) RIP
Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe (23 June 1940–10 April 1962) (The Beatles), RIP
McKinley (Muddy Waters) Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), RIP
Carl Dean Radle, Derek and the Dominoes (June 18, 1942 – May 30, 1980) RIP
Steve Peregrin Took – Tyrannosaurus Rex with Marc Bolan (28 July 1949 – 27 October 1980) RIP
Edward Earl "Eddie" Hazel – Parliament, Funkadelic (April 10, 1950 – December 23, 1992) RIP
Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones – The Rolling Stones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) RIP
Steven Earl Gaines – Lynryd Skynyrd (September 14, 1949 – October 20, 1977) RIP
Holmes Sterling Morrison, Jr. – Velvet Underground (August 28, 1942 – August 30, 1995) RIP
Nico (born Christa Päffgen) – Velvet Underground (16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988) RIP
Hillel Slovak (RHCP) (April 13, 1962–June 25, 1988) RIP
Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 , June 25, 2009) RIP
Sky "Sunlight" Saxon(The Seeds) (1946– June 25, 2009) RIP
Mindy Jostyn (* 5. Juni 1956 in Long Island City; † 10. März 2005 in Hudson, New York) RIP
Miika Tenkula (6 March 1974 – 19 February 2009) RIP
Teemu "Somnium" Raimoranta (Impaled Nazarene, Finntroll) (1978–2003)
Midnight (John Patrick Jr. McDonald) Crimson Glory, 1962-2009
Paul Samson (Born, 4 June 1953, died 9 August 2002) RIP
Ronald C. "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) (September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973) RIP
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) RIP
Charles Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955) RIP
John William "Trane" Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) RIP
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) RIP
Carl Dean Wilson (Beach Boys) (December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) RIP
Dennis Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) (December 4, 1944 – December 28, 1983) RIP
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) RIP
Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (Dusty Springfield) (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999) RIP
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971) RIP
Pete de Freitas (2nd August1961 - 14 June 1989) - Drummer of Echo & the Bunnymen RIP
Mary Hansen - Stereolabs (1st November 1966 - 9th December 2002) RIP
Billy Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) RIP
Mia Zapata (The Gits) August 25, 1965 - July 7, 1993 RIP
criss oliva, Savatage (april 3rd 1963 - october 17, 1993) RIP
Colin "Cozy Powell" Flooks, MSG, Rainbow, The Jeff Beck Group, Emerson Lake and Palmer (December 29, 1947 - April 5, 1998) RIP
Christian "Chris Witchunter" Dudek - Sodom, RIP
Michael "Destructor" Wulf - Sodom, RIP
Lester "Les Paul" William Polsfuss(June 9, 1915 – August 13, 2009) RIP
Gram Parsons (born Cecil Ingram Connor III) 5 November 1946 - 19 Sept 1973 RIP
Gene Clark - The Byrds (born Harold Eugene Clark) 17 November 1944 - 24 May 1991 RIP
Richard Manuel (The Band) 3 April 1943 - 4 March 1986 RIP
John Martyn (born Ian David McGeachy) 11 September 1948 - 29 January 2009 RIP
Michael Hutchence, INXS(January 22, 1960 – November 22, 1997) RIP
Maarten "Ploegbaas" Luijsterburg (R.I.P.* June 16th 1981 -† October 24th 2006, suicide) (Brutus ) RIP
Josef Erich Zawinul (born July 7, 1932 in Vienna, Austria, died September 11, 2007) RIP
Charles Mingus (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) RIP
James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974–February 10, 2006) RIP
Jon Lee (Feeder) (March 28, 1968 – January 7, 2002) RIP
Jeffrey Lee Pierce (Gun Club) (june 27 1958- March 31 1996) RIP
Bradley Nowell of Sublime (Feb 22 1968- May 25 1996) RIP
John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) RIP
Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) RIP
Charles Hardin Holley (Buddy Holly) (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959) RIP
Samuel "Sam" Cook ( Sam Cooke) (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964) RIP
Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. (Marvin Gaye) (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984 RIP
Ellen Naomi Cohen (Cass Elliot) (The Mamas & The Papas) (Sept 19 1941 – June 29 1974) RIP
Mark Sandman (Morphine) - September 24, 1952 – July 3, 1999 RIP
John Lee Hooker - August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001 RIP
Tupac Amaru Shakur ( 16 June 1971 - 13 October 1996) RIP