well if you really think about it, you are your soul, so you would be trading bodies, or places I supose. I go for Janis Joplin, but she was fairly miserable, so maybe trade places with her during the whole festival express train trip. How amazing would that be?
George Harrison for sure...Cat Stevens...as much as I love John Lennon and his music, i wold never want to switch places with him cause of his hard life and the relationships he had with Cynthia and Yoko.....
I was thinking about listing him too, hahaha... let's see, well shit, I'll just make a list... Keller Williams, Eric Clapton, Jimmie Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Bob Weir, Neil Young, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jerry Garcia, Michael Hedges, Robert Cray, Hubert Sumlin, Bob Dylan, Shannon Hoon, Eddie Vedder, Neil Schon, Ginger Baker, Mitch Mitchell, Billy Preston, Ray Charles, Scott Henderson, Billie Holiday, Billy Gibbons, John Mayer, Carlos Santana, Doyle Bramhall, Doyle Bramhall II, Cat Stevens, Robert Randolph, J.J. Cale, James Taylor, Joe Walsh, Tommy Emmanuel, Leo Kottke, Peter Frampton, John Coltrane, Dave Amato, Dan Tyminsky, Louis Armstrong, Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Albert King , James Cotton, Albert Collins, Eric Johnson, Doyle Dykes, Michael Franti, Ani DiFranco, John Fogerty, Steve Vai, Jonny Lang, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Son House, Howlin' Wolf, Jimi Hendrix, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Larry Carlton, Robert Lockwood "Junior", Jerry Douglas, Lester Flatt, Ernest Scruggs, Roger McGuinn, Charlie Parker, George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, John McLaughlin, Wes Montgomery, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Les Paul, B.B. King, Buddy Holly, Victor Wooten, Jelly Roll Morton, Phil Lesh, John Denver, Nick Drake, Jimmy Buffett, Les Claypool, Tracy Chapman, Lightnin' Hopkins, Muddy Waters, T-Bone Walker, Little Son Jackson, Itzhak Perlman, Blind Willie McTell, Frankie Lee Sims, Django Reinhardt, Stephen Bennett, Livingston Taylor, Trey Anastasio, Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, John Prine, Bruce Hornsby, Nils Lofgren, Pat Methany, Jimmy Page, Adrian Belew, Frank Zappa, Erin Smith, Bela Fleck, Jaco Pastorius, Miles Davis, Dan Fogelberg, Neil Diamond, Duane Allman, Derek Trucks, Micky Raphael, John Popper, Stevie Wonder, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Sphere Monk, Herbie Hancock, Edgar Meyer, Chet Atkins...
Sure, I could just edit it and save it for future reference... I have another list, but I decided to just type it all out anyway...
Oh.... I suppose I'll throw in Dave Matthews... well, specifically, I think I like Tim Reynolds more for his playing, but Dave is very good lyrics-wise...
just bein' a smart-ass that's quite a list ....oh, my answer to the original question-- Bono HAHA just kidding! I'd say B.B. King or Sam Cooke