> As the discussion has unfolded on one of the places I xposted my blog,
> some other names have bubbled up in what I guess I'll call the "What if
> they hadn't died too soon" category. I can credit Zevon with masterpieces
> 27 years apart, and while he probably had a couple clunker moments in the
> middle of things, how many more brilliant records did he have in him? And
> what about George Harrison?

Flip the coin...how many people who DID die would we still revere if they 
had lived. Assuming you don't believe McCartney is dead, what if he, and not 
Lennon, was killed in 1980? No Macca latter day dilution (from lukewarm 
albums to videos with jacko to Starbucks) and would Lennon have continued to 
be iconic? Or would Yokoism have killed through osmosis? Would Janis have 
been ruined by hip producers and bad song selection? Would even Jimi have 
gotten bored, and (like Clapton) dog-paddled for a while, searching for 
inspiration?

(If I was only still in my college dorm room with cold beer, good friends 
and tasty bud...these are the conversations all-nighters were made for.)

The Rockets beat the Lakers and baseball starts tomorrow...cheers on a 
beautiful saturday morning,
b