Of all the musicians that died early, which one would you really want to bring back to life in their day. Let's set a guideline that they had to be 35 or younger, and have played on no more than 4 albums. I'll start:
1st: Jim Croce. why? His only 2 records were chock full of songs that we all know and sing along to this day. His musicality and lyricism are at the pinnacle of singer/songwriter craft.
close 2nd: Bradley Nowell of Sublime.