Two artists have captivated since I first heard them. Duane Allman, especially his work as a sideman as well as “Live at he Fillmore”. His playing touched me deeply when I saw him just before his death. My second artist also left us far too soon. Eva Cassidy has a voice and sound that resonates to me. I can almost feel her in the room when my big Maggie’s deliver the vocals that captivate me every time, still,after all these years. |
This is of course mood dependent, but Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris, Tracey Chapman, Warren Zevon (especially Excitable Boy, 'Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner' is a fav), Beatles, Bonnie Raitt, Black Sabbath, Chris Rhea, Collective Soul, Glenn Miller, Annie Lennox, Uriah Heep, to name what comes to mind...
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I probably should have explained that the range of dates represent for me when I felt a specific artist was either in their prime or in an artistic phase that specifically appealed to me. Miles Davis made great recordings throughout his career but it’s his late 60’s output that is in constant rotation for me. I absolutely love “Blackstar” which was David Bowie’s final album and one of his best IMO, but view it at as an outlier looking at his post 1980 recordings. I love the Beatles, the Who, Jimi Hendrix, the Doors, Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin etc but don’t play these artists as much today. I have diverse tastes in music and a collection of about 3,000 CDs. Limiting myself to any list was extremely difficult as I regretfully had to leave out a lot of artists I love and listen to frequently. |
I am not exactly sure what you are saying there, @mylogic , but what I was intending to convey is that any more it is not so much artists that I cannot live without, but certain CDs. I would probably list in no particular order of preference: Darkness On The Edge Of Town/Springsteen, Blood On The Tracks/Dylan, Trinity Sessions and Whites Off Earth Now/Cowboy Junkies, Simple Dreams/Ronstadt, Excitable Boy/Zevon, Fire And Rain/Jacintha, Running On Empty/Jackson Browne, Cafe Blue and Modern Cool/Barber, Sweet Old World/Lucinda, Train A Coming and I Feel Alright/Earle and probably quite a few more. But I don’t know that I am any longer obsessed with any artists. . On edit: I suppose I would add Guitar Town/Steve Earle and possibly The Ghost Of Tom Joad/Springsteen to the cannot live without list. I’d say Born To Run/Springsteen because the song writing is just so great, but the reason I wouldn’t put it on my list is that I do not do vinyl and I just have not found a digital copy that has very good SQ (at least not in my room on my system). I might add The Wild The Innocent And The E-Street Shuffle/Springsteen to my list, simply for the song Incident On 57th Street. At one time Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde On Blonde/Dylan would have made my cannot live without list, but probably not right now. I think I might add Lucinda’s self titled and her Happy Woman Blues to my cannot live without list, and I will also say that Black Eyed Man/Cowboy Junkies was once on that list, and after further thought, I’d keep it there, but if I could ever find a better SQ digital copy, I'd jump all over it. |
My “can’t get enough” formula includes the number of concerts attended, cumulative listening hours over how many decades. Only winners for me: Yes - including Rick Wakeman solo. Massive variations of talent with outstanding mixes /remixes, always a check out experience. Enjoying Yes for almost 50 years including attending Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks concert this Friday in Sacramento, my 12th Yes related show, the first being 46 years ago. Acoustic Alchemy - How they rip those acoustic guitar licks is beyond comprehension. Live performances are incredible, always at a small venue. Attending my 14th concert in July @ Blue Note, Napa. Bty, thank you for this post and contributions, always looking for new artists to explore via Qobez!
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Way to many to list... These and many others, hold up for me, extremely well for repeated listenings. Although, some of them I don't listen to as often as I used to, since keeping up with new, great music in these genres keeps me plenty busy. Prog: King Crimson Yes - only up to Drama, nothing after is of interest to me. Genesis - only up to Wind and Wuthering, everything after is unlistenable to me. PFM - Incredible Italian prog band. Univers Zero - avant-prog from Belgium. Gentle Giant Änglagård - Hybris Magma - Could be my favorite prog band. Jazz: Return to Forever Mahavishnu Orchestra Allan Holdsworth John Coltrane McCoy Tyner Steve Coleman Anthony Braxton Weather Report Mary Halvorson Brand X Keith Jarrett The Art Ensemble of Chicago Classical: Elliott Carter - Uncompromising avant-garde composer. The Second Viennese school - i.e., Schoenberg, Berg, Webern Charles Wuorinen Joan Tower Kaija Saariaho Bruno Maderna Beat Furrer Olga Neuwirth Magnus Lindberg Gyorgy Ligeti
Miscellaneous: Frank Zappa - He covers all bases for me, he has music that is classifiable as prog (Inca Roads, as 1 example) , jazz (Big Swifty), classical (Yellow Shark, Perfect Stranger). |
Hi. I’m the OP from the other thread…’’Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen to?’’ It was interesting to see the replies on this newer thread but l notice most are just a long list of names…..no facts as to why or what drives the appreciation of the artists. Your list has added a new dimension to some of the long standing acts still active today……a time base. From what l deduce these time periods either offer up (in your opinion) the artists in their prime, or the period they meant the most to you? @kb54 …..a good insight. We are already aquainted through my post on the adverse effects of recording artists and has offered up the best reply so far to this new subject…..A really comprehensive and heartfelt answer to the OP @tomcarr |
My current list which is subject to change. Van Morrison (1968 - 1987) REM (1982 - 1987) John Coltrane (1960 - 1965 classic quartet phase) Miles Davis (1965 - 1970) Sun Ra (1956 - 1962) Herbie Hancock (1962 - 1966) Bob Dylan (1965 - 1975) The Rolling Stones (1966 - 1972) Sly & The Family Stone (1969 - 1973) Jefferson Airplane (1966 - 1969) Neil Young (1969 - 1979) The Velvet Underground David Bowie (1970 - 1980) Bob Marley Patti Smith Roxy Music Aimee Mann The Brian Jonestown Massacre
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The artists/musicians that I cannot get enough has changed and continues to change with the passage of time. In the past it has included Springsteen and Dylan, but my last true obsessions were with Lucinda Williams and The Cowboy Junkies. At one time Lucinda’s catalog was so limited that I was buying a lot of CDs by other artists and cover CDs that she appeared on, in order to make CDs consisting of tracks that featured her voice. At about the same time I probably would have given Steve Earle honorable mention in that category. The phase of my life where I could not get enough of those last three particular artists ended 20 to 25 years ago, and since then I do not know that there are any artists that would meet that criteria, although there have been times I was listening to a lot of Linda Ronstadt or Patricia Barber or Jacintha or. . . . But I cannot honestly say that at this point in my life there are any artists that I simply cannot live without hearing, although there are several that I do enjoy listening to more frequently than others. |
This list certainly betrays the age of the posters! I think that Led Zeppelin is frequently mentioned because Robert Plant had the good sense to stop before they weren't very good anymore. If I were to list artists, it would be "early" Springsteen, "early" Graham Parker, etc. Dylan is one of the few exceptions, who has made great albums for a very long time. Randy Newman wrote about this issue in the song "I'm Dead (But I Don't Know It)" in 1999! Yet most artists keep soldiering on. It's not for me to say whether or not they should keep going, but often the recent work is a pale shadow of their creative peak. |
Here goes. The Who Jimi Hendrix Led Zeppelin Deep Purple Black Sabbath Dire Straits Robin Trower Jethro Tull Grateful Dead Traffic Rush AC DC Aerosmith Joe Bonamassa ‘Robert Cray Eric Clapton Jeff Beck Santana Beatles Jimmy Buffet Bob Marley Bob Seger Eagles CSNY Pink Floyd Queen Allman Brothers Steely Dan ELP Yes Elvis Costello Joe Jackson Rolling Stones Kinks Little Feat Lynyrd Skynyrd Midnight Oil REM Tom Petty Steve Miller The Band Bob Dylan The Doors ZZ Top
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@larsman Giving Kristeen a listen and she is different. I like her..
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@dekay ++ |
Never tired of these artists (especially these albums): Led Zeppelin - 1, 2, 3 Genesis - Foxtrot, Nursery Cryme, Selling England, Lamb, Trick of the Tail Kinks - just about everything ELP - 1st album The Who - Tommy, Live at Leeds, Quadrophina Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain, Green World, Science Talking Heads - 1st 4 albums Bowie - Hunky Dory, Man Who Sold World, Ziggy, Aladdin Sane, Station to Station XTC - Just about Everything Brand X - Just about everything Jethro Tull - Benefit, Aqualung, Songs from the Woods, Heavy Horses, Brick ZZ Top - Tres Hombres Regina Spektor - Just about everything Jeff Beck - Wired Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire Dave Brubeck - Time Out Renaissance - Ashes are Burning Fred Frith - Gravity Robert Wyatt- just about everything King Crimson- Crimson King Devo - Are we not Men, Duty Now for the Future Procal Harum- Shing on Brightly, A Salty Dog Yes - Fragile, Close to the Edge |
@blackbag20 Great suggestions on the Jazz trios. Enjoying them. Thanks! |
Do you mean artists that always sound fresh and unflaggingly appealing to me? Probably none. I have plenty of favorites but I still have to be ’in the mood" to listen to them. I can’t play any of them, at any time and derive equal satisfaction. This is true with reading, looking at visual art and food, as well.
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A couple of low profile, jazz trios, at the top of the list: Rouge https://www.madeleinecazenave.com/rouge/ Moses Yoofee Trio MYT's drummer is insane!!
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This is pretty much the heavy rotation so far for end of March and the beginning of April. This last cycle started with Nurse With Wound, BTW the entire NWW catalog is available from band camp as a download for around $500 nurse with wound stereolab can loop carseat headrest flaming lips cowboy bebop anita o'day philip glass george antheil emahoy tsege mariam gebru (and my my most recent obsessions-- love the Sahara Sound, even if it comes from Germany): horse girl karl hector and the malcouns |
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