Click me
Transcribed

The 27 Club

THE 27CLUB NEEDSEATS.COM ROBERT JOHNSON DEATH: AUGUST 16TH 1938 Last Live Performance: August 16th, 1938 near Greenwood, Mississippi Most memorable Concert: Not sure if anyone's certain... Fact: His records didn't do well until after his first reissue of his records in 1961 BRIAN JONES (FORMALLY OF THE ROLLING STONES) DEATH: JULY 3RD 1969 Last Live Performance: December 11th 1968 at The Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus Memorable Concert: December 11th 1968 at The Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus Fact: He named, founded and formed The Rolling Stones JIMI HENDRIX DEATH: SEPTEMBER 18TH 1970 Last Live Performance: September 17th 1970 for an Informal jam at Ronnie Scott's Jazz club in SoHo Most memorable concert: Monday August 18th 1969 at Woodstock Fact: Hendrix learned to play guitar by practicing for several hours a day, watching others play, getting tips from more experienced players, and listening to records. JANIS JOPLIN DEATH: :OCTOBER 4TH 1970 Last live performance: August 12th, 1970 at Harvard Stadium in Boston, MA Memorable concert: June 17th 1967 at the Monterey International Pop Festival Fact: Her band the Big Brother and Holding Company were signed to Columbia records as a result of their performance at the Monterey International Pop Festival JIM MORRISON DEATH: JULY 3RD 1971 Last Live Performance: December 12th 1970 at The Warehouse in New Orleans Memorable Concert: December 9th 1967 at the New Haven Arena in New Haven Fact: First artist to be arrested during the middle of a performance RON'PIGPEN MCKERNAN FORMALLY OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD) DEATH: MARCH 8TH 1973 Last Live Performance: June 17th 1972 at the Hollywood Bowl Most Memorable Concert: Duet with Janis Joplin at the Filmore West in June 1969 Fact: Founding member of the Grateful Dead as well as the lyricist of "Turn on your Lovelight" DAVE ALEXANDER (FORMALLY OF THE STOOGES) DEATH: FEBRUARY 10TH 1975 Last Live Performance: August 7th 1970 at the Goose Lake International Music Festival Most Memorable Concert: All/Any. They were all notorious. Fact: Primarily responsible for composing "dirt" and "1970" on their Fun House album. KURT COBAIN DEATH: APRIL 5TH 1994 Last Live Performance: March 1st 1994 at Terminal 1 Munich, Germany Memorable Concert: Nirvana Unplugged November 18th 1993 Fact: Hailed the "The Voice of a Generation" AMY WINEHOUSE DEATH: JULY 23RD 2011 Last live performance: July 20th 2011 at the Itunes Music Festival in London England. Most Memorable Concert: July 2007 at the Vodafone Somerset House Fact: She borrowed her beehive hairdo and Cleopatra makeup from famous 60's girl group The Ronettes.

The 27 Club

shared by justlux on Jul 24
1,751 views
14 shares
1 comment
This is an infographic about all of the famous musicians that tragically died at the age of 27.

Publisher

Ineedseats

Tags

music rock

Category

Lifestyle
Did you work on this visual? Claim credit!

Get a Quote

Embed Code

For hosted site:

Click the code to copy

For wordpress.com:

Click the code to copy
Customize size