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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by Mauvais Beal:
Allman Brothers A friend from back home plays for Greg when he tours.
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by AlexJW:
Originally posted by Damon67:
Rush A man with impeccable taste ;) ... Thats been my answer since I was 14, and my Dad played 2112 in the car :D
Alex Lifeson has always been my #1 influence on the guitar though. I can pretty much say it was those dudes that got me excited about buying an electric guitar... and for me, that's kinda where it all started. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Just one! That's hard ...
The Bear Brother's Band. Bluegrass, Jam, Folk, Blues and Rock from Northern NJ, late 1970's, they showed me the way and are now defunct.
Current favorite indie touring band:
Packway Handle Band
Oldies major touring band:
Allman Bros.
Newbies major touring band:
Robert Randolf
Major defunct band:
Tie, The Clash, The Ramones, Violent Femmes and Devo, Old and in the Way ...
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Just one! That's hard ...
The Bear Brother's Band. Bluegrass, Jam, Folk, Blues and Rock from Northern NJ, late 1970's, they showed me the way and are now defunct.
Current favorite indie touring band:
Packway Handle Band
Oldies major touring band:
Allman Bros.
Newbies major touring band:
Robert Randolf
Major defunct band:
Tie, The Clash, The Ramones, Violent Femmes and Devo, Old and in the Way ...
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Location: Indiana | Originally posted by Steve:
The original windy-city 7..."Chicago"
(originally called the Chicago Transit Authority..)
Lamm
Kath
Parazaider
Loughnane
Cetera
Seraphine
Pankow I saw this band as a warmup band way back when. Thought they stole the show. The headliner? Jimi Hendrix.
Back to the question. Lotta great bands mentioned that at one time or another I was heavily in to(Yes, Three Dog Night, Pink Floyd, Toto, Dregs, Stray Cats). Others like Kansas, Leroux, ZZ Top and Journey also made an impression. But to pick one alltime fave, well, uh, I guess the name says it all. Beatles.
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Location: Whitecourt, Ab | Anybody who plays those: funky-plastic-backed guitars is my favorite. |
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| Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers |
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Location: Michigan | I guess it would be hard to declare just one.
Since I have gone through full circle in my life starting with early rock-n-roll/blues, rock, then rock turned metal & I hated that direction so I turned country for a decade, got tired of that went classic rock when that came back on strong but got burned out on that fairly quickly & went back to blues.
If I could only pick one, it just may be
John Mayall, at over 70 years old still going & over 50 albums. Assembling more people in bands & recordings than anyone I know. The original Blues Breakers from Clapton to people like Peter Green (From the original Fleetwood Mac when they were a blues band & the girls came in & they turned to crap, yes my opinion)
Yeah he dosen't play guitar but has played with the finest in the business.
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Location: NJ | I always liked his "Wake-Up Call" album . . . |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Originally posted by Damon67:
Originally posted by AlexJW:
Originally posted by Damon67:
Rush A man with impeccable taste ;) ... Thats been my answer since I was 14, and my Dad played 2112 in the car :D
Alex Lifeson has always been my #1 influence on the guitar though. I can pretty much say it was those dudes that got me excited about buying an electric guitar... and for me, that's kinda where it all started. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I change my vote. UP WITH PEOPLE.
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
UP WITH PEOPLE. My goodness, where did ya dig that one up?
Curses, now I've got that "Up, up with people..." echoing in my mind. Hell, that's as bad as "It's a Small World After All".
Just for that, here... 
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Location: North Carolina | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
I change my vote. UP WITH PEOPLE.
Dave Have you seen Polyphonic Spree? Kind of like UWP joins an acid cult. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | In the same genre as UWP, the Cowsills. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | You mean Billy (I moved to Vancouver for the beer & drugs) Cowsill and his family? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Probably the same, but I never kept in touch with the family. |
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Location: Atlanta GA | If I had to pick one, it would probably be the Eagles. But it's not fair to ask me to pick just one... |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Life ain't fair.
That's why Madonna had a career and Cindy Lauper had an album.... |
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Location: NJ | . . and Celine became a (ahem)"diva". |
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by fillhixx:
Life ain't fair.
That's why Madonna had a career and Cindy Lauper had an album.... Cindy's awesome. She's got some pipes on her and gives it her all when singing live.
I think her "look" did her career in.
As for Celine... As Al would say, "I just threw up a little bit... in my mouth" |
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| Marshall Tucker Band. If you ever get to N.E.Indiana (Wabash IN) free concert at the Harley store sat. sept 6th 2008 visit www.brandtshd.com |
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| I guess I need to change my vote as well. I found my favorite old tune on you tube today.
These guy's even blow YES away. Well there blowing something.
Check it out. Enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFGzGfym-7Y |
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Location: Jet City | that's funny indeed. A new one for my setlist. Now if I can only find a suede coat with fringe that fits me |
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Location: NJ | looks like SlipKid's old band . . . |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I begging my mom for the $5 to see up with people, it was my first big concert, I was 11 and went with my friend Kent. By ourselves! That would never happen today, kids let lose at a concert. Imagine. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Northcountry:
Check it out. Enjoy Borak on keyboards?!?1? 
In spite of the vid I still love that song! 
an4340, I watched "Up With Peaple" performing in an USAF hanger in '68. The show happened to coincide with the 250,000 hours of accident free flight hours celebration at the base. The next day a student pilot pancaked a F-102 upon 'landing'. So much for 'up with landing gear'... :D |
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Location: Montana | WoW! A lot of young folks here. For me it's The Royal Guardsman. Cheers to all. Nuff said. |
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Location: Tennessee | Cyndi Lauper plays an Ovation. Like the rest of us, just doesn't get no respect.
I think G-inski was serious. We've got another slothead owner on this board who toured his slothead with Up With People for like 8 years. And he's more normal than most of us.
Susan Cowsill is still making records. The recent one is supposed to be quite good - at least that's what the Amazon review said when it gave me the "you might like" dance. She's pretty hot for an old chick. Still. ;) |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | Alison Krauss and Union Station |
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Location: Central NJ | Ray Price and the Cherokee Cowboys |
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Location: Wichita, KS | Another vote here for Rush.
beatlejuice53 mentioned seeing Chicago warm up for Jimi Hendrix. In the liner notes for one of the Chicago album remasters, there is an anecdote about Hendrix saying to one of the Chicago members, "Your guitar player (Terry Kath) is better than me." |
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Location: Round Rock, TX | My favorite band? What day is it? |
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| My interests keep changing so no favourites.
Been listening to Fred Eaglesmith a lot lately - 20 years ago I wouldn't have listened to stuff like that at all. |
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| Who the f88k is Fred Eaglesmith?
And I don't believe anybody's name is Eaglesmith. How are people with the name Fartbucket supposed to compete? |
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| Originally posted by schroeder:
Who the f88k is Fred Eaglesmith?
And I don't believe anybody's name is Eaglesmith. How are people with the name Fartbucket supposed to compete? He's from Ontario. Grew up on farms in the south west where they grow tobacco. Been around in music since the 80s AFAIK. He's about 50 or so. I think he's a good songwriter and his voice suits the stuff he writes.
You can get these songs on Limewire: Codeine; Carmelita; Water In Fuel; Alcohol and Pills; Tired; I shot Your Dog; John Deer.
I don't know for sure if his name really is Eaglesmith but I suspect it might be as he doesn't seem like someone who would make up a stage name for himself but you never know. |
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| Well, I was wrong his real name is Fred Elgersma - we have some people with mixed aboriginal heritage and a name like Eaglesmith wouldn't be immediately suspect as having been made up.
With a name like Elgersma I can understand why he'd change it..lol |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Fred Eaglesmith , the late Willie P Bennett, Washboard Hank.....you know your ald-Can when you know them.... |
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| Originally posted by fillhixx:
Fred Eaglesmith , the late Willie P Bennett, Washboard Hank.....you know your ald-Can when you know them....
Him and Ken Ramsden started The Lost Followers and, after a good Thanksgiving Day bash, commenced their first cross Canada tour..lol |
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| PS - Fred's voice sounds really good on his studio recordings - the live youtube stuff doesn't sound quite the same for whatever reason.
This is a bit closer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mIfELBb7v4&feature=related |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Yeah Joe... I made the mistake of putting a clip on YouTube...
(I will not even give y'all a link)
But the sound doesn't sync to the video like it does on my computer, and the music don't sound the same either.
BTW-- "Washboard Hank was in my Grade 13 English class..."
How long do they make y'all go to school in Canada? |
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| Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
BTW-- "Washboard Hank was in my Grade 13 English class..."
How long do they make y'all go to school in Canada? I was in school for generations and I'm not sure if I wouldn't have just been better off fixing cars which is really what I'm good at..lol
Hank didn't play anything when I first met him - then he bought a Dobro and got good pretty fast.
Check out the link that I edited into my previous post - Alcohol and Pills. Seems like a good song to me - simple and to the point. I've listened to a lot of fancy music along the way but truth seems more important to me now that my past has been paved over and urbanized ..lol |
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Location: South Jersey | The YesRushGenesisDregsDreamtheater would be my fave :D |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
How long do they make y'all go to school in Canada? Until you get it. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Still in school, Phil? |
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Location: Kansas | Hard to pick one...
Eagles
Fleetwood Mac
Heart |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
Still in school, Phil? Until I get two 'Cs' in a row.
ALMOST nailed it last year!
They give me a certificate of attendance every year,
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Location: Queens, NY | Let's see...
70's - Black Sabbath (honorable mentions: Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, The Who)
80's - Genesis (pre ABACAB), Rush
90's - Rush, Pearl Jam, Tool, Rollins Band
00's - King's X, Rush (still), Tool |
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What is your favorite band ever?