If you could bring back one great artist that has

Joe, I remember that Rolling Stone Magazine voted Keith Richards the rock star most likely to die in the coming year. That was like 30+ years ago.

Assuming they resume at age and performance level at the time they passed, John Lennon no doubt.

Janis Joplin? Really?

Duke Ellington would also be a contender.

Jim Morrison could have been an interesting choice assuming he also cleaned up his act from what it was at the time of his death.

Gotta put a vote in for Buddy Holly also.

I think a lot of people really miss Johnny Cash as well including myself.

One way we might still receive something of the better part of Johnny Cash as artist/conservator of traditional American music would be for Rosanne to record a second installment of "The List".

I don't know if anyone considered him great, but I don't see anybody mentioning his name, Jim Croce.

I've been passing over this thread for while now. At so many different points in my life, I would have picked so many different artists, including most of the above. As of today, right now, I'd bring back: Johann Sebastian Bach.
If he doesn't show up, I reserve the right to change my mind.