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Location: San Bernardino, California | I got the Kaki King CD today, which got me to thinking about new and/or under-appreciated talents out there.
My vote for an under-appreciated talent goes to:
Joyce Cooling [Cameo, Playing It Cool, Keeping Cool & Third Wish] (Brazilian Jazz).
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Location: NJ | Willy Porter |
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Location: Central Florida | Glen Campbell... Although his name is fequently mentioned on this site because of his connection to Ovation, he rarely gets the recognition or respsect he deserves as a player. IMHO, he's right up there with the cream of the crop of players -- both past and present! Without a doubt, I owe my passion for the guitar (and especially Ovations) to Mr. Campbell.
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Location: SoCal | I agree with Jeff. For all the studio work Glen did in the 60's (member of the Wrecking Crew), he should be in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. For all he did to promote country music on his tv shows, he should be in the Country Music Hall of Fame. In his heyday, he played more styles of music and played them well, without being able to read music than anybody else.
There are a lot of good pickers out there, but none that could play everything that he could (and when he puts his mind to it, still can!) |
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Location: Scotland | Peter Case, Richard Thompson, John Hiatt, Warren Zevon, David Lindley, Marshall Crenshaw, Marshall Chapman, Jesse Winchester, Lucinda Williams, Cooder, Loudon Wainwright, Westlife, Sonny Landreth, Pat Mclaughlin (Especially Pat McLaughlin) James McMurtry, The Gourds, The SubDudes, Rodney Crowell, Guy Clark, Billy Joe Shaver, I could go on............
I was joking about Westlife, just stuck that in to see if y'all were paying attention |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | AMEN!!! Brothers Jeff & Paul,
I couldn't have said it better myself.Ovation recognized & honored Glen for all he's done for putting Ovation guitars on "the map" with his own signiture series guitars ('71-'85) I think it's about time we saw a "Special Edition","Collectors/Reissue","Glen Campbell Anniversary" model from Ovation!!!(IMHO)
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Hey Paul T. You've got a great eclectic list of old & new artist who are under-appreciated mostly because they are not mainstream. I listen to them and more on a local (Spindale,N.C.) NPR station that plays Louie Armstrong to Bill Monroe,Miles Davis to The Fleshtones,Michael Reno Harrell to Phish,etc. I would like to invite you and all the members to give a listen via the World Wide Web at:
http://www.wncw.org
I hope it will become your "favorite" listening place as it has for me!! Click on their "Listen Live" link and enjoy!!!
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Location: SoCal | Temp:
Ya'll sounds funny when you say it with a British accent. |
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Location: Houston, TX | Spindale. Say hello to a boy born in Murphy and raised in Morganton. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | I agree on the Glen Campbell idea, but I think in his heyday he got the recognition he deserved, he's just not getting the historical recognition. He isn't through playing yet, as we've seen. I think Mickey Newberry is under rated as a singer even though a lot of people did his songs. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | "Now I don't mean to go off on a rant" /d. miller
Anywho... There are 100's if not 1000's of great pickers out there. The reason some are famous and others are not, unfortunatly, is some have publicists and some don't (or some variation). Very few (although some) artists became well known just because they were good. That does not mean that folks like Glen Campbell or my other favorite Roy Clark aren't great. I'm just saying, they were in the right place and time to have someone recognize their greatness, and decide to make a buck and share it with us (the greatness not the bucks). Speaking of bucks, Buck Dharma and Allen Lanier are on my list of great under-rated guitarists.
As far as the "Hall's of Shame" I provide the following link. If you are easily offended by foul language, I suggest you not click, or if you do, just scroll to the bottom. THe page is not organized that well in my opinion, but the bottom in the BIG LONG LIST of bands that REALLY should be in the R'n-R Hall of Fame, but will never be.
Here is the link, or you can just look at a partial list I borrowed below: All of these names have been eligible and will not be inducted. I don't agree with all of the guys comments, but the list is the list.
Eligible performers as significant as the Police
ABBA
Chicago
Cliff Richard/Shadows
Deep Purple
Guess Who/Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Hollies
Judas Priest
King Crimson/Robert Fripp
Linda Ronstadt
Mahavishnu Orchestra/John McLaughlin/Billy Cobham/Jan Hammer
Moody Blues
Move/Electric Light Orchestra/Roy Wood's Wizzard/Jeff Lynne
Neil Diamond
Nick Lowe/Dave Edmunds/Rockpile
Ohio Players
O'Jays
Traffic/Steve Winwood/Dave Mason
ZZ Top
"It's an Honor to Be Nominated..."
Eligible performers as influential as the Righteous Brothers
B-52s
Badfinger
Barry White
Bay City Rollers
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blue Öyster Cult
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
Boomtown Rats/Bob Geldof
Boston
Cars
Cat Stevens
Cheap Trick
Chic
Commodores/Lionel Ritchie
Cure
Darlene Love
Dave Clark Five
Devo
Dick Dale
Dionne Warwick
Dire Straits
Donna Summer
Donovan
Doobie Brothers
Edgar Winter Group
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
(Small) Faces
Fairport Convention/Richard Thompson/Sandy Denny
Foreigner
Free/Bad Company
Fugs
Gary Glitter
Graham Parker & the Rumour
Gram Parsons/Flying Burrito Brothers
Hall & Oates
Harry Nilsson
Heart
Herman's Hermits
Humble Pie
J. Geils Band
J.J. Cale
Jackson Browne
Jethro Tull
Jimmy Buffett
Joan Baez
Joe Cocker
Joe Jackson
John Cougar Mellencamp
John Mayall
John Prine
Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Kidd & the Pirates
Johnny Rivers
Johnny Winter
Journey
Kool & the Gang
Leonard Cohen
Little Feat
Loggins & Messina
Luther Vandross
Manfred Mann
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
Montrose/Sammy Hagar
Motörhead
Mott the Hoople/Ian Hunter
Paul Butterfield
Paul Revere & the Raiders
Peter Frampton
Peter, Paul & Mary
Phil Ochs
Poco
Pointer Sisters
Procol Harum/Robin Trower
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Randy Newman
Raspberries/Eric Carmen
REO Speedwagon
Return To Forever/Chick Corea/Al DiMeola/Stanley Clarke
Ronnie Spector
Rufus/Chaka Khan
Rush
Scorpions
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Slade
Spencer Davis Group
Spinners
Spirit
Status Quo
Steppenwolf
Steve Miller
Stylistics
Styx
Ted Nugent
Thin Lizzy
Three Dog Night
Tom Waits
Tommy James & the Shondells
Tower of Power
Tubes
Turtles/Flo & Eddie
UFO
War
Warren Zevon
Weather Report/Jaco Pastorius
Zombies/Argent
Influences
Big Star
Beau Brummels
Blue Cheer
Captain Beefheart
Charlatans (U.S.)
Dictators
Joy Division
Kingsmen
Kraftwerk
Link Wray
Lonnie Donegan
MC5
Modern Lovers/Jonathan Richman
New York Dolls
Pretty Things
Residents
Screaming Lord Sutch
Suzi Quatro
Troggs
Wire
Sidemen (and women)
Al Kooper
Albert Lee
Andrew Gold
Andy Fairweather Low
Aynsley Dunbar
Billy Preston
Bob Babbitt
Bobby Keys
Bobby Whitlock
Buddy Miles
Burt Bacharach
Carl Radle
Carol Kaye
Chris Spedding
David Lindley
Dick Wagner
Earl Van Dyke
Eddie "Bongo" Brown
Eddie Willis
Glen Campbell
Hal Blaine
Jack Ashford
Jack Nitzsche
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter
Jesse Ed Davis
Jim Gordon
Jim Keltner
Jim Price
Joe Hunter
Joe Messina
Johnny Griffith
Leon Russell
Mick Ronson
Mike Bloomfield
Mike Deasy
Nicky Hopkins
Nils Lofgren
Richard "Pistol" Allen
Rick Derringer
Robbie Shakespeare
Robert Quine
Robert White
Russ Kunkel
Ry Cooder
Sly Dunbar
"Sneaky" Pete Kleinow
Steve Hunter
Tommy Tedesco
Uriel Jones
Waddy Wachtel
Non-performers
Annie Leibovitz
Barry Kramer
Bob Ezrin
Casey Kasim
Cheech & Chong
Chip Monck
Dave Marsh
David Briggs
Eddie Kramer
(Kenny) Gamble & (Leon) Huff
Giorgio Moroder
Glyn Johns
Greg Shaw
Greil Marcus
Gus Dudgeon
Hal David
Hartley Peavey
Ira Robbins
Jack Douglas
Jann Wenner
Jim Marshall
Jimmy Miller
Lester Bangs
Lorne Michaels
Mick Rock
Mike Chapman
Murray the K (Kaufman)
Nick Kent
Nicky Chinn
Otis Blackwell
Pamela Des Barres
Paul Krassner
Peter Asher
Quincy Jones
Richard Goetthrer
Richard Meltzer
Richard O'Brien
Robert Christgau
Robert Moog
Rodney Bingenheimer
Roger Dean
Roy Thomas Baker
Scott Muni
Seymour Duncan
Shadow Morton
Shel Talmy
Stanley Mouse
Ted Templeman
Tom Dowd
Tom Wilson
Tony Visconti
Van Dyke Parks
Wolfman Jack |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Holy Cow
Miles, 30 years of music just flashed before my eyes as if I was drowning.
But missing was the previous 20 years:
Hank Williams
Bob Dylan
Hank Snow
Ernest Tubb
Hank Thompson
Jerry Lee Lewis
Elvis
Ray Charles
Marty Robbins
Johnny Cash
Carl Smith
Roy Orbison
Bill Monroe
Frankie Yankovich
Trio Los Panchos
Trio Los Diamentes
Linda Ronstadt
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Country Gentleman (truly overlooked)
Flying Burrito Bros
Two Lane Highway
These came to me as I swam to the surface, then as if far of in the distance, a sotto voce said:
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
And I sank again as there is no end to nostalgic frummery, especially when a I passed a sunken body and it started murmuring:
Guy Lombardo
Bailey
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Location: Houston, Tx | Under appreciated? Joan Armatrading! Plays an Ovation. There was a video of her, guessing 70's or early 80's release, jamming with her Ovation. Changed my mind about a plastic guitar.
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Location: Scotland | Mike, great link, very cool station, thanks. |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | You're quite welcome Paul!! Did you look at any upcoming programs? I don't think it's listed yet but Monday the 12th @ 7:00 EST on the World Cafe program they are going to interview and play some music from the Folksmen of the movie "The Mighty Wind." I beleive you & Al & some of the other members have seen the movie so if you get a chance Monday evening to tune in it might be purdy good!!
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Also want to say Hello to Scott (intermetroman)-a boy born in Murphy and raised in Morganton ***HOWDY!!!***
Do you ever get back to this neck of the woods much from out Texas way?
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Location: Alabama | Doc Watson blew me away in concert. I don't think the breadth of his talent has ever been captured on record. I've never been a big Fleetwood Mac fan but watching Lindsey Buckingham on The Dance DVD, I think he is underrated too. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | ceres
I'll second you on Doc Watson, I saw him live just before we left CA and I have a recent CD with him with Mac Wiseman and Del McCoury called Doc, Mac, and Del with some great picking and singing.
I think Joe Ely is also under appreciated as a song writer and singer. |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | I'll THIRD you, Bailey & ceres on Doc Watson!! The man can flat-out flatpick a guitar!
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Here's a article excerpted from the June 2003 issue #126 of Acoustic Guitar magazine:
http://www.acousticguitar.com/issues/ag126/feature126.html
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Location: NJ | fyi:
That issue (June) also contains an ad for Kaki's CD.
(Sadly, the (partial) picture of her Adamas is the ONLY Ovation in the magazine!). |
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