Favorite band or artist of all time?

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Pink Floyd

I feel your pain, Steve. I too was enthralled with Ginger's playing, until I wised up ;-) . Buddy Rich referred to him as a clown. I didn't yet know Clapton had disbanded (heh) Cream after and a result of hearing The Band's debut album, but was still surprised to see him so soon again playing with Ginger in Blind Faith. Eric more than made up for that by enlisting Jim Gordon, a fantastic drummer (and all-around musician. Jim and Eric wrote "Layla", and Jim plays the piano part in the middle section of the song) in Derek & The Dominoes. But many disagree with we and Buddy, considering Ginger one of the all-time greatest. Different strokes for different folks!

Beyond ALL doubt the greatest American musician of all time, the one who was the only man who could express the very heart and soul of our great nation was Tiny Tim !Even our great president can’t make us great again after we lost him.Of course making "tip-toe through the tulips " what it should be, our national anthem, would be a step forward .

The story goes that Clapton offered his services to The Band and their response was something like, no thanks, we already have a guitarist.