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ProfessorGAC

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99. Lots of Good Choices Here
Thu Aug 30, 2018, 12:03 PM
Aug 2018

Throwing a few just because i didn't see them mentioned:
Rock: Duane Allman & Jon Lord
Jazz: Monk & Bill Evans

Django Reinhardt or Jerry Garcia garybeck Aug 2018 #1
Snap! Brother Buzz Aug 2018 #3
Django Reinhardt Brother Buzz Aug 2018 #2
Yes, both them AND the Hot Club yonder Aug 2018 #8
A lot of groups try to emulate their music - The Hot Club of San Francisco has come the closest Brother Buzz Aug 2018 #14
Pretty effing hot! Thanks for this, BB. They're now on my radar. yonder Aug 2018 #30
Visiting the Django Reinhardt festival (or should I say Selmer guitar festival) is on my bucket list Brother Buzz Aug 2018 #48
Torn between two rather dissimilar musicians DFW Aug 2018 #4
Vince Guaraldi Cartoonist Aug 2018 #5
Not to mention his classic DFW Aug 2018 #10
I grew up below Vince Guaraldi's house Brother Buzz Aug 2018 #11
John Lennon Best_man23 Aug 2018 #6
I 2nd John Lennon. I was going to post him Iwasthere Aug 2018 #22
Mr three...John Lennon Zoonart Aug 2018 #27
+1 Jarqui Aug 2018 #79
I would've said him too, needless to say. nt raccoon Aug 2018 #122
Yes, John Lennon xxqqqzme Aug 2018 #31
Yep...John Lennon for me... Upthevibe Aug 2018 #73
John Lennon...YES! skylucy Aug 2018 #78
My first thought as well. TDale313 Aug 2018 #82
Absolutely! To me, everyone else pales in comparison. KPN Aug 2018 #103
Absolutely John Lennon. Lunabell Aug 2018 #107
John Lennon, of course SCantiGOP Aug 2018 #125
Freddie Mercury. we can do it Aug 2018 #7
I agree! SouthernLiberal Aug 2018 #29
That makes three of us blueinredohio Aug 2018 #40
A fantastic performer. we can do it Aug 2018 #60
Make that four. CentralMass Aug 2018 #52
Queen live at Live Aid in 1985. The way that Freddie engages the crowd and gets them to participate CentralMass Aug 2018 #72
Make it 5! woodsprite Aug 2018 #85
Opps, Corgigal Aug 2018 #136
Might enjoy this Corgigal Aug 2018 #137
Me three/ four Corgigal Aug 2018 #135
Absolutely love that song. we can do it Aug 2018 #139
Easy one for me. Jerry. Lochloosa Aug 2018 #9
Bob Marley tulipsandroses Aug 2018 #12
Luciano Pavarotti n/t wryter2000 Aug 2018 #13
Mozart. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #15
I've always wondered how he would have responded to the Romantic revolution... First Speaker Aug 2018 #17
I wonder how he would have finished the Requiem? The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #21
Indeed +1 GeoWilliam750 Aug 2018 #46
Mozart thought of himself as an opera composer more than anything The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #70
Yes, Mozart catrose Aug 2018 #62
I would love to hear some late 60's/early 70's... lame54 Aug 2018 #16
Charlie Parker First Speaker Aug 2018 #18
Seconded. n/t malthaussen Aug 2018 #93
Bird for sure klook Aug 2018 #131
George Gershwin nt yellowdogintexas Aug 2018 #19
Ray Charles IggleDuer Aug 2018 #20
Elvis Totally Tunsie Aug 2018 #23
Definitely Elvis! nt WhiskeyWulf Aug 2018 #66
Prince, hands down. Guy was a musical genious. beaglelover Aug 2018 #24
Put me down for Prince as well nt nadine_mn Aug 2018 #83
Prince has about 2 and a half lifetimes' worth of unreleased music in his vault. Initech Aug 2018 #94
Gram Parsons n/t blitzen Aug 2018 #25
Kurt Cobain, hands down! JoeOtterbein Aug 2018 #26
I miss Kurt so much Upthevibe Aug 2018 #74
my brother in law was married his aunt..they used to baby sit Kurt samnsara Aug 2018 #116
Kurt is my top choice. Chemisse Aug 2018 #127
Roy Orbison n/t GP6971 Aug 2018 #28
Mozart Buzz cook Aug 2018 #32
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole catbyte Aug 2018 #33
jimi NBachers Aug 2018 #34
I'm really surprised it took 34 replies before someone said Jimi. n/t FSogol Aug 2018 #45
No doubt! ZZenith Aug 2018 #133
Yep. jalan48 Aug 2018 #134
Brad Delp of Boston Jake Stern Aug 2018 #35
His brief suicide note caused me to shed tears. n/t Harker Sep 2018 #146
Otis Redding... Docreed2003 Aug 2018 #36
Absolutely. kwassa Aug 2018 #41
Stevie Ray Vaughn. muntrv Aug 2018 #37
Yup. The anniversary of his death was on Monday TexasBushwhacker Aug 2018 #64
I loved Stevie Ray too...I went to high school with Upthevibe Aug 2018 #75
I loved Stevie Ray too...I went to high school with Upthevibe Aug 2018 #76
Yep, my vote goes to Stevie Ray! Va Lefty Aug 2018 #138
Robert Johnson. byronius Aug 2018 #38
Bowie C_U_L8R Aug 2018 #39
Eva Cassidy. kwassa Aug 2018 #42
Good choice Jarqui Aug 2018 #80
Selena. kwassa Aug 2018 #43
randy rhoads . stonecutter357 Aug 2018 #44
Benny Goodman Ptah Aug 2018 #47
Too easy. Mr Waka Jawaka himself Ferrets are Cool Aug 2018 #49
Send your donations to Pat Robertson. keithbvadu2 Aug 2018 #50
Jacques Brel. guillaumeb Aug 2018 #51
Richard Wright Kajun Gal Aug 2018 #53
Tom Petty FM123 Aug 2018 #54
Jimi Hendrix DBoon Aug 2018 #55
Zappa Drifter Aug 2018 #56
Bach, no question. nt LAS14 Aug 2018 #57
Gene Clark Hoyt Aug 2018 #58
There is only one: John Lennon. n/t ms liberty Aug 2018 #59
Without a doubt, Jimi Hendrix. InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2018 #61
Second that! lastlib Aug 2018 #87
The music lost due to the premature death of some of these artists is another tragedy. InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2018 #90
That's why I chose two young'ns. Iggo Aug 2018 #92
Marvin Gaye FuzzyRabbit Aug 2018 #63
I love john Lennon, but Mozart would have to come first. dubyadiprecession Aug 2018 #65
Ludwig Van Beethoveen Kaleva Aug 2018 #67
He was no musical genius Runningdawg Aug 2018 #68
Johann Strauss Leith Aug 2018 #69
++ Nilsson - another good suggestion lunasun Aug 2018 #128
Buddy Holly Coventina Aug 2018 #71
Absolutely agree with this... Thyla Aug 2018 #96
I remember listening to Reminiscing exboyfil Aug 2018 #112
Steve Goodman Thunderbeast Aug 2018 #77
Chicago resident here - yes ! lunasun Aug 2018 #129
Lowell George Jack Bone Aug 2018 #81
He was the first one to pop into my head! peekaloo Aug 2018 #88
Janis! zanana1 Aug 2018 #84
Great choice Rowdyag Aug 2018 #105
Warren Zevon sfwriter Aug 2018 #86
David Bowie peekaloo Aug 2018 #89
For the world: Mozart. Iggo Aug 2018 #91
Jim Morrison Initech Aug 2018 #95
Count me in. Harker Aug 2018 #97
It is kind of weird exboyfil Aug 2018 #113
Weird scenes inside the goldmine. Harker Aug 2018 #118
Gustav Mahler bif Aug 2018 #98
Lots of Good Choices Here ProfessorGAC Aug 2018 #99
Personally I'd allow them to Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2018 #100
Bryan Adams jberryhill Aug 2018 #101
Um... Iggo Aug 2018 #106
You were going to say something? jberryhill Aug 2018 #108
Nope, I'm good. Iggo Aug 2018 #109
Indeed. jberryhill Aug 2018 #110
After Jimi Hendrix, DBoon of the Minutemen DBoon Aug 2018 #102
Good one. I saw them play many times. Seen the documentary FSogol Aug 2018 #119
I own the DVD of the documentary DBoon Aug 2018 #120
Well this is a real toughie...there are so many over the many centuries! sdfernando Aug 2018 #104
Buddy Holly utopian Aug 2018 #111
I can't pick just one. So I'll do Jerry Garcia, Jim Morrison and Freddy Mercury. Itchinjim Aug 2018 #114
john denver samnsara Aug 2018 #115
Definitely Frank Zappa..... becca da bakkah Aug 2018 #117
Tommy Bolin Harker Aug 2018 #121
Ah Stiv..:(... I will pick Rik L Rik..:(.... Tikki Aug 2018 #123
George Gershwin, who died of a brain tumor at age 38. VOX Aug 2018 #124
I know, his body of work is amazing. I love all of it nt yellowdogintexas Aug 2018 #143
For me, without a doubt, john657 Aug 2018 #126
Franz Schubert. He died at the age of 30. Glorfindel Aug 2018 #130
My dear Aunt Skeeter kes Aug 2018 #132
I saw her perform in the mid 70's. lpbk2713 Sep 2018 #147
Yes kes Sep 2018 #149
SRV 7wo7rees Aug 2018 #140
Patsy Cline. blue neen Aug 2018 #141
John Coltrane. Codeine Aug 2018 #142
Seems he had answers to some of the big Harker Sep 2018 #145
Mrs FSogol said a tie between Amy Winehouse & Lola Calvo. n/t FSogol Sep 2018 #144
Freddie Mercury. Without a doubt. n/t cynatnite Sep 2018 #148
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