Members Mark L Posted November 19, 2010 Members Share Posted November 19, 2010 Or who are your musical heroes? And why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted November 19, 2010 Members Share Posted November 19, 2010 I got a bunch, everyone from Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong to John Coltrane, to Jimi Hendrix and Rory Gallagher to Richard Thompson to Leonard Cohen to Guy Clark to John Zorn... and on and on... there are so many inspirations if you look around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeonardScaper Posted November 19, 2010 Members Share Posted November 19, 2010 Richard Newell (aka King Biscuit Boy). Why, you may ask? He could blow that harmonica and bring the band down behind him like you read about. Hoy, hoy, hoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted November 19, 2010 Members Share Posted November 19, 2010 I gotta add Neil Young. I'm not as big a fan of his later work but he just keeps pushing. (And, while I really, really don't dig the Lanois thing, I give Neil props for trying something different. As the rocketeers used to say: no such thing as a total failure -- if you learn from your mistakes. ) Anyhow, "Revolution Blues" just came on and reminded me what an amazing presence he's been... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Justin Bieber, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark L Posted November 19, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 19, 2010 Justin Bieber, of course. Of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Geoff Grace Posted November 19, 2010 Members Share Posted November 19, 2010 Igor Stravinsky. His Le sacre du printemps was so revolutionary it caused a riot. The masterwork succeeds on all levels: harmonically, rhythmically, timbrally, and melodically. It set the stage for the rest of the century's orchestral output. Best, Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted November 19, 2010 Members Share Posted November 19, 2010 I was a big fan of Stravinsky as well. But I found that while I love a lot of music and appreciate a lot of musicians, I can't assign a label like "hero" to any of them. I really thought about this, and there's just no one who I'd call a hero simply because I love their musical output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lukenskywalker Posted November 19, 2010 Members Share Posted November 19, 2010 Don Gibson, Django R, Alvino Rey, Elvis, Gene Vincent, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Ronnie Hawkins and the The Hawks... Phil and Don.... reason? from these 'bros' my bros and I learned harmony...so we were ready for 'The Fab Four' when they hit NYC. The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Bobby Zimmerman, Gene Clark & David Crosby, IMO the most talented of The Byrds... Robert Palmer, John Waite (his vocal phrasings are up there with Sinatra) The Easybeats, Early Moody Blues, The Zombies, Rod Argent, the vocals of Colin Blunestone, Eric Burdon, Percy Sledge,John Fogarty... STING, and the Police,+100% volumes to be written here... My biggest musical influence ...Bob Marley... his biblical references, his 'World Philosophy', his sonorous music, put me in a place that I yearned to go after a hard- scrabble day 'On the Job' dealing with junkies, murderers, robbers, rapists, and the people they injured or killed... It is noted on my Retirement record, that I always took a vacation day on Robert Nesta Marley's birthday, and well as the day of his death... If I had to be 'working a case', on those days, it would be certain that 'Redemption Song', 'No Woman no Cry', or 'Could you be Loved' would be playing out of my cheesy little 'boombox' speakers in my cloistered office with a lovely view of Downtown Trenton NJ. I've been revisting some of my favorite Brit Pop... i.e. Stereophonics, Oasis, and an 'up and coming guy' from Bolton.... Saul T Nads.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark L Posted November 19, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 19, 2010 Igor Stravinsky. His Le sacre du printemps was so revolutionary it caused a riot. The masterwork succeeds on all levels: harmonically, rhythmically, timbrally, and melodically. It set the stage for the rest of the century's orchestral output. Best, Geoff I like The Rite of Spring, as well Especially through headphones Just me and the music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author MikeRivers Posted November 20, 2010 CMS Author Share Posted November 20, 2010 It's easier to pick just one, so I'd go with Mike Seeger. He was around when I first got into old time string band music, he was accessible, fun to play with, and until his death a couple of years ago he continued to document the music he loved, he was creative in his own performances, and helped the music evolve rather than just preserving it in its original form as so many other revivalists did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rekel Posted November 20, 2010 Members Share Posted November 20, 2010 Anyone who is able to touch my heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard King Posted November 20, 2010 Members Share Posted November 20, 2010 Brian Wilson and Billy Mure (who?). Brian because of his incredible natural talent, Billy because of his longevity in doing what he loves to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lukenskywalker Posted November 20, 2010 Members Share Posted November 20, 2010 Richard Newell (aka King Biscuit Boy).Why, you may ask? He could blow that harmonica and bring the band down behind him like you read about.Hoy, hoy, hoy! On the track 'End Game' (J.D. Leonard Band) is that a pic of Bowmans Tower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted November 20, 2010 Members Share Posted November 20, 2010 Igor Stravinsky.His Le sacre du printemps was so revolutionary it caused a riot. The masterwork succeeds on all levels: harmonically, rhythmically, timbrally, and melodically. It set the stage for the rest of the century's orchestral output.Best,Geoff One of my favorites. I was obsessed with it -- or its absence, in a sense -- after I saw Fantasia when I was maybe 9 or 10 or so and just finding out about stereo and realizing that classical music sounded really cool... I kept thinking it was part of Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain" -- I knew it wasn't "Ave Maria" -- both of which my ol' man had on 78's. But I couldn't find it. Down the road I checked Night out of the library and confirmed that it wasn't just a part that had got excised for the 78 album -- those 3-1/2 minute sides meant a lot of disks for even relatively short classical works so stuff got left out sometimes. Wagner operas must have been insanely expensive. My dad had a Gilbert & Sullivan album and it went on an on, maybe 9 disks? I should dig it out to make sure it's still ok but my only current 78 player is even more inaccessible than my shellac. Then, when I was in junior high or maybe even early in high school I checked a 2 piano ballet recital version of the Rite and realized within maybe 16 bars that this was what I'd been looking for for so long. (Yeah, yeah, I probably could have found a reference work or history of Disney at the main library if I'd looked long enough. Understood. But I was waitin' on the internet -- even in 1962.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted November 20, 2010 Moderators Share Posted November 20, 2010 Miles Davis. Bob Dylan. J. S. Bach. Andy Partridge. Arturo Toscanini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sventvkg Posted November 20, 2010 Members Share Posted November 20, 2010 Nobody...It's The music itself that has always been my hero and the catalyst for me falling in love with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted November 20, 2010 Members Share Posted November 20, 2010 Brian Eno has been a huge influence on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted November 20, 2010 Members Share Posted November 20, 2010 My heroes are musical instruments. I just love the way they sound. And the benefits of having inanimate objects as heroes are far too numerous to list here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsongs Posted November 20, 2010 Members Share Posted November 20, 2010 This guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeonardScaper Posted November 20, 2010 Members Share Posted November 20, 2010 On the track 'End Game' (J.D. Leonard Band) is that a pic of Bowmans Tower? Nope.........I have been at Bowman's Tower, though. That is an abandoned industrial chimney in Trenton, NJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mark L Posted November 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 20, 2010 Anyone who is able to touch my heart. A heart surgeon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eddie Posted November 20, 2010 Members Share Posted November 20, 2010 [YOUTUBE]QKAt5jdeIjg[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]8ZeuakaDUF4[/YOUTUBE] I love the music from South Park [YOUTUBE]tM9rnqdAx00[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lukenskywalker Posted November 20, 2010 Members Share Posted November 20, 2010 Nope.........I have been at Bowman's Tower, though. That is an abandoned industrial chimney in Trenton, NJ. yeah, I heard you mention 'bout driving your pickup in Trenton in one of your songs... hey, good music by the way...me likey, especially that strong 'plucky' guitar sound. Abandoned Industrial sites are pretty much all that is left of Trenton, that and Bail Bond places... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted November 20, 2010 Members Share Posted November 20, 2010 The person on the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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