Before I go any further, watch the following video of Tupac Shakur:
This footage was taken from the 2012 Coachella Hip-Hop Festival. WTF? 2012? Yup, they somehow found a way to resurrect Tupac. For sure, the technology used to do this is nothing short of amazing. The digital wizards even had Tupac saying stuff he’d never said before! So it’s entirely possible for them to resurrect any artist, like Jimi Hendrix. It wouldn’t be too hard for a great axe-slinger who can cop Jimi Hendrix to lay down tracks.
But there is a darker side to this: Can you see record labels and music execs salivating over the potential revenue this could generate if they used it for other artists? This article seems to think that’s so…
Hate to rain on people’s parades, but I’m not sure how I feel about this technology. It would be cool to see Jimi once again, but… <loss for words> But no question, with today’s technology, an artist need never die.
Guitar Gear 
Let the dead rest in peace and live on in our hearts and minds.
As long as it’s for purely entertainment purposes and not a way for people to monetize dead people. I saw Dweezil Zappa on the Zappa plays Zappa tour and they did a bit where it looked like Dweezil was playing with his Dad and that was cool. I don’t think anyone payed to see or made money because of that specific effect. Now if someone was trying to promote a whole concert based on a CGI Hendrix, that would be a little too weird if not unethical in my opinion. It would be cool though for maybe one song at the Eric Clapton Crossroads festival to see Robert Johnson, SRV and Hendrix join in on a jam with other living guitarist.
I agree with George Skibicki let the dead rest in peace; he, and they, live on in my heart and mind; and in recordings that have not been released. I am challenged by post death releases such as ‘Crash Landings’ which do not have the imprint of the creator’s (JH’s approval) – there have been live recordings released which, approved or not, are factual in the sense that ‘hey Mr. Artist – you did this’ – it is factual – now the artist may not have thought it to be a good performance but it is what it is….. this is a tough thing; so Dog I’m torn – you raise the idea that a ‘guest artist’ could recreate lines and so forth – bottom line I need to think through this a lot more….. this is an excellent discussion topic I am curious as to what others might say….. — Ron
I’m definitely with George on this. Let the dead rest. But with the amazing response to the Tupac resurrection, I can see music execs hijacking this to make some money. I think it would be cool for a band to do something for a song or two like Dweezil did, but after thinking about this for awhile, I don’t think I’d go to whole concert.