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Do you ever wonder?

Do you ever wonder why some artists (individuals or groups) attain success through critical acclaim and/or record (cd) sales?

Here is my list of those who have made it in the recording/entertainment industries and is completely puzzling to me.

Please list your own; it's irrelevant what you think of mine.

OK, here you go (in no particular order):

Sheryl Crow
Norah Jones
Michael Bolton
Celine Dion
Joe Cocker
Manhattan Transfer
Boston
Rickie Lee Jones
Pink
Phil Collins

That's enough to get started; show me what you got.
audiofeil
audiofeil OP
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Loomis,
For the most part I agree with you and would add Paul Rodgers, Ian Hunter, David Lee Roth, Phil Collins (yuk), Burton Cummings to name a few.

However, Clapton has done some exceptional solo stuff IMO.
karelfd
476 posts
 
Absolutely agree with Bill. Cream appears to be a special case, anyway. Look at (or rather listen to) Jack Bruce's solo albums and Ginger Baker's projects too (in diminishing order of popularity, sadly)
loomisjohnson
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actually, not that he's a titan of the biz, but ian hunter's epononymous lp and "you're never alone..." were really good 70s pop records. wrt clapton, for some reason i can't abide any of his solo stuff after "eric clapton" (which was really a delaney and bonnie record), whereas i still listen to layla, blind faith and disraeli gears all the time. all personal bias, of course, but he's never had enough songs, or enough voice, to carry the show by himself. sorta like scottie pippen after mj retired...
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mapman
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Though I like a lot of their stuff over the years, way more often than not (given the quantity of material available these days), I do not get The Grateful Dead when others seemingly do. A lot of the live stuff released in recent years just seems like uninspired and pointless jamming.
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