Influential Bands

[cantthinkofanything]

1. Deep Purple
2. Zebra
3. Paul Simon
4. Saraya
5. Quarterflash
6. Black Sabbath
7. UB40
8. Wall of Voodoo
9. The Time
10. (t) Wilson Philips
10. (t) Samantha Fox with Full Force Five

[Avante]

Since it's obvious you aren't serious.

Top 10 Must Have Songs

1.Crossroads...Robert Johnson
2.Strange Fruit...Billie Holliday
3.Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground...Blind Willie Johnson
4.Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down....Bozie Sturdivant
5. o Central, Please Give Me 209...Lightnin' Hopkins
6.Mississippi Jailhouse Groan...Rube Lacy
7.House of the Rising Sun...Clarence Ashley
8.Sympathy for the Devil...The Rolling Stones
9.Long Black Veil...Lefty Fizzell
10.Crazy...Patsy Cline

[Reck]

U2

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Goodbye.

[cantthinkofanything]

Since it's obvious you aren't serious.

Top 10 Must Have Songs

1.Crossroads...Robert Johnson
2.Strange Fruit...Billie Holliday
3.Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground...Blind Willie Johnson
4.Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down....Bozie Sturdivant
5. o Central, Please Give Me 209...Lightnin' Hopkins
6.Mississippi Jailhouse Groan...Rube Lacy
7.House of the Rising Sun...Clarence Ashley
8.Sympathy for the Devil...The Rolling Stones
9.Long Black Veil...Lefty Fizzell
10.Crazy...Patsy Cline

Better version than the Animals:

[Clipper Nation]

Lil B The Based God... only rapper out who could put a curse on Kevin Durant and make it work, tbh.

[cantthinkofanything]

Since it's obvious you aren't serious.

Top 10 Must Have Songs

1.Crossroads...Robert Johnson
2.Strange Fruit...Billie Holliday
3.Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground...Blind Willie Johnson
4.Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down....Bozie Sturdivant
5. o Central, Please Give Me 209...Lightnin' Hopkins
6.Mississippi Jailhouse Groan...Rube Lacy
7.House of the Rising Sun...Clarence Ashley
8.Sympathy for the Devil...The Rolling Stones
9.Long Black Veil...Lefty Fizzell
10.Crazy...Patsy Cline

and really...isn't this probably the ultimate vision Richards had for Sympathy:

[Avante]

Better version than the Animals:

I disagree.

I have...

Lead Belly
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Bob Dylan
The Animals
Clarence Ashley...the original
Georgia Turner

...doing their versions of the tune.

This is the best however.

[cantthinkofanything]

well, you're forgetting:

[cantthinkofanything]

and what about this guy...

[Avante]

and really...isn't this probably the ultimate vision Richards had for Sympathy:

That was pretty good.

Then there's...

[Viva Las Espuelas]

10.Crazy...Patsy Cline

[Avante]

Never heard of her have you?

[Avante]

and what about this guy...

Very nice!

[cantthinkofanything]

Very nice!

Yes, it makes me want to buy a guitar and try it.

[Avante]

Yes, it makes me want to buy a guitar and try it.

I play the harmonica (rack) and can manage some decent slide work on a guitar. Not that I can play a guitar but if you have some rhythm and understand how the slide trip works you can fool people.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Never heard of her have you?

Oh, I've heard of her alright. That's not what I'm laughing about.

[Avante]

Oh, I've heard of her alright. That's not what I'm laughing about.

I know Willie Nelson wrote it.

How does anyone laugh at "Crazy" with Patsy Cline doing the vocals...????????

[Clipper Nation]

Another influential band tbh... DJ RaZon & the made Crew...

[I. Hustle]

The Sugarhill Gang

[cantthinkofanything]

The Sugarhill Gang

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[clambake]

country joe and the fish

[Frank Dux]

9.Long Black Veil...Lefty Fizzell

I think of Lefty Frizzell as being a very influential musician. Many of the greats of today and recent times including Randy Travis and Dwight Yoakam have hallmarks of Lefty's singing style. But it's clear that the music and style of the great Jimmie Rodgers made powerful impression on Frizzell and the way he sang. So in the end, who gets the credit? Lefty or the Blue Yodeler?

[Avante]

I think of Lefty Frizzell as being a very influential musician. Many of the greats of today and recent times including Randy Travis and Dwight Yoakam have hallmarks of Lefty's singing style. But it's clear that the music and style of the great Jimmie Rodgers made powerful impression on Frizzell and the way he sang. So in the end, who gets the credit? Lefty or the Blue Yodeler?

Jimmie Rodgers first recorded in the late 20's, he grew up listening to blacks play their blues, a lot of his stuff is simply a white guy playing them blues. But being white it was labeled "country".

Whlie Rodgers and The Carter Family get a lot of credit for pioneering country music there were others before them. Kelly Harrell, Eck Roberson, Darby & Tarlton for example. As you alluded to it's all about influenses.

[Frank Dux]

Jimmie Rodgers first recorded in the late 20's, he grew up listening to blacks play their blues, a lot of his stuff is simply a white guy playing them blues. But being white it was labeled "country".

Whlie Rodgers and The Carter Family get a lot of credit for pioneering country music there were others before them. Kelly Harrell, Eck Roberson, Darby & Tarlton for example. As you alluded to it's all about influenses.

I'll have to check those guys out. Did they do any yodeling? The black influence on the blues element of Rodgers is clear, being that he was from the South. But I always wondered how the yodeling found its way into the music. Where any of those guys you mentioned yodelers?