This is what I'm listening to now. I tend to get into a few artist and play them to death for a month or so then I move on.
R&B: Stevie Wonder(his pre 1975 stuff), Al Green, Barry White GRHS
Hip Hop/Rap: I am really enjoying a band Called- Spearhead
Jazz: same old same old here- Davis, Coltrane, Desmond, Holiday, Eva Cassidy. I really need to broaden my horizons here. The problem is that I never get tired of them. I listen to the same ones over and over and over again.
Hard Rock: Sound Garden, AudioSlave, Chili Peppers, Kid Rock, Limkon Park, Rage, Tenacious D ( Regarding the D- I can't believe no one else called out the band who made the greatest and best rock song ever)
Other Rock: Stones, Cake, Neil Young (just saw him in Atlanta), Counting Crows (enjoying their latest cd)Pearl Jam (their live cd's are great), Black Crows(their live stuff with jimmy Page is really rockin especially if your a Zep fan), The Allman Bros. (got tickets for a show in two weeks), REM, Widespread (I live in Athens Ga so REM and Widwspread are a given although I should also include the B52's) Grateful Dead (listening to live bootleg stuff recorded from the late 1970's-wow),
Country: Merl Haggard (love his song writing :"I turned 21 in prison doing life without parole" now if that doesn't paint a bleak picture), Willie Nelson (burning a rut in Red Headed Stranger), Johnny Cash (rediscovering the original rebel), Old George Jones.
Blue Grass: Are there no blue grass fans on audiogon? With all the expensive equipment out there in Gon land you'd think you all would get into blue grass. Some of the best musicians in America are playing banjos and mandolins right now and doing it for the love of it(because they sure aren't gettin paid much) By the way I'm going to the Doc Watson music festival in Boone NC this weekend, I'll let you know of any new talents I see up there.
Doc, Allsion Krause, Bela Fleck, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Blues: Ah the Blues, my favorite. I listen to the old school guys like BB and John Lee Hooker. But my favorite blues is old Stones, Led Zeppelin, Clapton, Allmond Brothers. Not all these groups songs are blues but the songs that are bluesy are my favorite. I suggest listeng to Rolling Stones "Let it Bleed." Now that's a blues album. Notably- Honky Tonk Women(called country honk on the album)and Midnight Rambler. Other examples are Led Zeppelins Physical Grafitti Notably-"Goin to Chicago." And how about The Allmond Brothers. Duane is on their first three albums and his slide guitar work on these albums are legendary. First try Live at Filmore East, notably- "Whippin Post." My reccomendations for you to appreciate the blues is to apprecite contemporary blues first then go to old school.
Classical: Not at this stage yet but I will eventually.
R&B: Stevie Wonder(his pre 1975 stuff), Al Green, Barry White GRHS
Hip Hop/Rap: I am really enjoying a band Called- Spearhead
Jazz: same old same old here- Davis, Coltrane, Desmond, Holiday, Eva Cassidy. I really need to broaden my horizons here. The problem is that I never get tired of them. I listen to the same ones over and over and over again.
Hard Rock: Sound Garden, AudioSlave, Chili Peppers, Kid Rock, Limkon Park, Rage, Tenacious D ( Regarding the D- I can't believe no one else called out the band who made the greatest and best rock song ever)
Other Rock: Stones, Cake, Neil Young (just saw him in Atlanta), Counting Crows (enjoying their latest cd)Pearl Jam (their live cd's are great), Black Crows(their live stuff with jimmy Page is really rockin especially if your a Zep fan), The Allman Bros. (got tickets for a show in two weeks), REM, Widespread (I live in Athens Ga so REM and Widwspread are a given although I should also include the B52's) Grateful Dead (listening to live bootleg stuff recorded from the late 1970's-wow),
Country: Merl Haggard (love his song writing :"I turned 21 in prison doing life without parole" now if that doesn't paint a bleak picture), Willie Nelson (burning a rut in Red Headed Stranger), Johnny Cash (rediscovering the original rebel), Old George Jones.
Blue Grass: Are there no blue grass fans on audiogon? With all the expensive equipment out there in Gon land you'd think you all would get into blue grass. Some of the best musicians in America are playing banjos and mandolins right now and doing it for the love of it(because they sure aren't gettin paid much) By the way I'm going to the Doc Watson music festival in Boone NC this weekend, I'll let you know of any new talents I see up there.
Doc, Allsion Krause, Bela Fleck, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Blues: Ah the Blues, my favorite. I listen to the old school guys like BB and John Lee Hooker. But my favorite blues is old Stones, Led Zeppelin, Clapton, Allmond Brothers. Not all these groups songs are blues but the songs that are bluesy are my favorite. I suggest listeng to Rolling Stones "Let it Bleed." Now that's a blues album. Notably- Honky Tonk Women(called country honk on the album)and Midnight Rambler. Other examples are Led Zeppelins Physical Grafitti Notably-"Goin to Chicago." And how about The Allmond Brothers. Duane is on their first three albums and his slide guitar work on these albums are legendary. First try Live at Filmore East, notably- "Whippin Post." My reccomendations for you to appreciate the blues is to apprecite contemporary blues first then go to old school.
Classical: Not at this stage yet but I will eventually.