An accounting of 14 musicians under 40 who died but not before they played Canada

February 28, 2019February 26, 2019 Alan Cross 3 Comments

Cameron Gordon of Completely Ignored culled through data on Setlist.fm to create this list of artists who died young but managed to play Canada before they passed.

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3 thoughts on “An accounting of 14 musicians under 40 who died but not before they played Canada”

Mike Milner

February 28, 2019 at 9:49 am
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How could compile a list like this and leave out Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, or Jim Morrison?
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- Jay A
  
  February 28, 2019 at 11:20 am
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  “Completely Ignored”
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Joe

March 1, 2019 at 3:40 pm
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And I just added that Elliott Smith Horseshoe Tavern show to setlist.fm just 6 weeks ago. It seemed to be forgotten. Also, didn’t Amy Winehouse perform at the Virgin Festival in Toronto?
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