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- The Beatles
- The Who
- Dire Straits/M.K.
- Eric Clapton/Cream/Derek and the Dominoes
- '69-'70 Zeppelin
- The Cars
- Yes
- Steely Dan
- Jimi Hendrix
- Pink Floyd

The Beatles
The Who
The Rolling Stones
The Kinks
T. Rex
Cream
The Velvet Underground
The Yardbirds
Buffalo Springfield
Creedence Clearwater Revival

Beatles
Johnny Cash
The Who
Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
Yes
Elvis
Led Zeppelin
The Doors
Lynyrd Skynyrd

• The Beatles
  The Byrds
  Mudcrutch
  The Travelling Wilburys
  The Allman Bros
  Poco
  C.S.N
  The Flying Burrito Bros.
  Desert Rose Band
  Pure Prairie League

OK, so I blurred the lines between Rock'n'roll and country.

JimK

PPL did have some great songs, especially their early stuff like Tears.

jps wrote:PPL did have some great songs, especially their early stuff like Tears.

I have to agree, Bustin' Out is still one of my all time favorites.

The Byrds
The Beatles
The Who
The Rolling Stones
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
The Doors
R.E.M.
George Harrison
Paul McCartney
Mamma's & The Papa's

what i was listening to /enjoying the most back then...and still......jefferson airplane/steppenwolf/cream/beatles/who/yes/genesis/pretenders/groundhogs/crack the sky......as well as a lot proggier stuff.....vandergraff generator/renaissance/gryphon/kraan/hawkwind/happy the man/roxy music/greenslade/dixie dregs/zappa/rundgren.......as well as rootsier stuff like nick lowe/rockpile/byrds/flamin groovies/taste/fastball.....ok this is hard!

• Chuck Berry
  Little Richard
  Carl Perkins
  The Beatles
  The Byrds
  Cream
  Jeff. Airplane
  Big Brother & the Holding Co. with Janis Joplin
  Country Joe & the Fish
  Santana

There....that's 10. I had to think a while to remember the last two.

JimK

Only 10 eh Dan?

Hmmm. I can do it by each decade. but then that might be a long list seeing as I have lived through a few decades.

1950's

Elvis Presley
Bill Haley and the Comets
Fats Domino
The Drifters
Ray Charles
Buddy Holly and The Crickets
Jerry Lee Lewis
Carl Perkins
Little Richard

1960s etc to follow when I get time
Cliff Richard and The Shadows

My very favorites? I'll omit the ones that have been repeatedly mentioned. In alphabetical order:


Aphrodite's Child
Bob Dylan
Big Brother & The Holding Company/Janis Joplin
Hot Tuna
Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies
Marianne Faithfull
Patti Smith Group
Robert Palmer
Ry Cooder
Sly & The Family Stone
Steppenwolf
Todd Rundgren


Hmmm, that's more than ten but that's as far as I can whittle it down

There's just NO WAY I could narrow it down to just 10...

10 bands that define my musical style/taste/conciousness:

The Moody Blues
Yes
The Who
The Elton John Band
The Sex Pistols
20/20
The Jam
Lets Active
The Small Faces
The Band

Ronn,

Where are The Beatles and The Rutles? They are not on your list.