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Grim Chieftain

(1,438 posts)
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 08:13 PM Jan 23

If you had a musical soul mate, who would it be?

Mine is John Denver. That man speaks to my heart. Even though he's been gone decades, his music resonates like no other. I miss his beauty and his vision for our world.

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If you had a musical soul mate, who would it be? (Original Post) Grim Chieftain Jan 23 OP
Tom Waits (voice in the early years, lyrics and melodies forever) Scrivener7 Jan 23 #1
Probably Leonard Cohen. n/t Mister Ed Jan 23 #2
Oh, shoot! Yes, him too! Scrivener7 Jan 23 #3
Awesome choice! Emile Jan 23 #9
Donovan. patphil Jan 23 #4
Mozart gopiscrap Jan 23 #5
Oh yes! Grim Chieftain Jan 23 #6
Neil Finn 303squadron Jan 23 #7
His songs are exquisite. ZZenith Jan 23 #12
Bono or jim morrison Raastan Jan 23 #8
;-{) Joseph Shabalala - Ladysmith Black Mambazo Goonch Jan 23 #10
John Prine! Thunderbeast Jan 23 #11
Oh yes! I love him! Grim Chieftain Jan 23 #15
Go find the tribute concert... Thunderbeast Jan 23 #16
I will give you one guess. ZZenith Jan 23 #13
J S Bach oberle Jan 23 #14
Pink pat_k Jan 23 #17
She is wonderful Grim Chieftain Jan 23 #18
Men and women LearnedHand Jan 23 #19
Gordon Lightfoot Zorro Jan 23 #20
Ludwig van Beethoven. Aristus Jan 23 #21
Yes... Me too. And I am forever grateful I got to attend his '74 concert at Red Rocks many years ago... hlthe2b Jan 23 #22
Jonn Serrie Talitha Jan 23 #23
Bob Marley, Leonard Cohen, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone. LoisB Jan 23 #24
David Gilmour catbyte Jan 23 #25
Bob Dylan rainy Jan 23 #26
Love "Forever Young" Grim Chieftain Jan 23 #27
Don Henley and Bono, Bayard Jan 23 #28
Joan Baez, a folk rock hero whose songs of peace inspired a generation. I met her once Liberty Belle Jan 23 #29
Pete Seeger Chasstev365 Jan 23 #30
One of my lifetime favorite experiences was getting to see John Denver at the beautiful Red Rocks... 3catwoman3 Jan 23 #31
I saw him twice in concert Grim Chieftain Jan 23 #33
DBoon of the Minutemen DBoon Jan 23 #32
Jim Croce and Mary Chapin Carpenter rsdsharp Jan 23 #34
steve and jt earle. mopinko Jan 23 #35
Also love Billie Eilish's "What Was I Made For" Grim Chieftain Jan 23 #36
Rachmaninov creon Jan 23 #37
Neil Young Skittles Jan 23 #38
Mark Knopler or Peter Gabriel pnwest Jan 23 #39
Daevid Allen WestMichRad Jan 24 #40
The Boss Wifes husband Jan 24 #41
Karen Carpenter LogDog75 Jan 24 #42
David Bowie ProfessorGAC Jan 24 #43
Tom Petty and Melanie Ziggysmom Jan 24 #44
Ray Davies & Cheryl Wheeler Give Peace A Chance Jan 24 #45
Aside from some already mentioned .. lpbk2713 Jan 24 #46
Paul Simon nuxvomica Jan 25 #47
Jimi Hendrix & Frank Zappa justaprogressive Jan 25 #48
Joey Ramone... Tikki Jan 25 #49
Benny Goodman! Ptah Jan 25 #50
Classic! Grim Chieftain Jan 25 #53
Dory Previn Attilatheblond Jan 25 #51
Woody Guthrie thucythucy Jan 25 #52
The Late Great John Abercrombie. NNadir Jan 25 #54

Scrivener7

(58,920 posts)
1. Tom Waits (voice in the early years, lyrics and melodies forever)
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 08:16 PM
Jan 23

Just found this fabulous cover of Come On Up To The House

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LearnedHand

(5,302 posts)
19. Men and women
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 09:35 PM
Jan 23

Among men, Robert Smith (The Cure), Michael Stipe (REM), Thom York (Radiohead), Richard Thompson, Michael Jackson

Among women, Mimi Parker (Low), Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries), Sara Bareilles, Emmy Lou Harris, Gillian Welch, Dolly Parton, Alanis Morisette

And so many others.

On edit: here’s an excellent Sara Bareilles number:

Aristus

(71,899 posts)
21. Ludwig van Beethoven.
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 10:00 PM
Jan 23

I’m moody, grumpy, and idealistic and cynical in equal measure. And I am transported by a piece of beautiful music. That keeps me going when all else is despair and hopelessness.

hlthe2b

(113,257 posts)
22. Yes... Me too. And I am forever grateful I got to attend his '74 concert at Red Rocks many years ago...
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 10:01 PM
Jan 23

I have attended other concerts there since, but it was my first there, I was pretty young, and it was magical under the stars. John Denver is much missed but never forgotten.

Liberty Belle

(9,704 posts)
29. Joan Baez, a folk rock hero whose songs of peace inspired a generation. I met her once
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 10:42 PM
Jan 23

by chance while covering a protest in 2005, where she was on her say to sing at the Capitol Mall to a half million people protesting Bush's war in Iraq--four decades after she gained fame as a leading voice of peace during the Vietnam War.

3catwoman3

(28,924 posts)
31. One of my lifetime favorite experiences was getting to see John Denver at the beautiful Red Rocks...
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 10:50 PM
Jan 23

...Amphitheater in Colorado. The perfect setting.

I was distraught when he died.

mopinko

(73,433 posts)
35. steve and jt earle.
Fri Jan 23, 2026, 11:09 PM
Jan 23

i went through a tough few yrs, going back to school in my 50’s, straining my marriage. i had about 10 of steve’s albums on my phone. listen commuting downtown. every day a different song spoke to my day.
since jt’s death, i must have listened to his albums 1000 times. know all the words.
amazing song writers, both.

Tikki

(15,070 posts)
49. Joey Ramone...
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 11:54 AM
Jan 25

aka Jeffrey Hyman.

Jeffrey had all kinds of things going on being Jeffrey/Joey.
He was a kind person, that counts for a lot.

Tikki

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