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backwoodsbob

(6,001 posts) Fri Mar 16, 2012, 07:05 PM Mar 2012

ok who is your favorite musician or band [View all]

not most talented...not who can shred the best..not who can do the most 1/64 notes in a row without missing.I'm not looking for some esoteric bullshit no one ever heard of either

At the end of the day while sitting on the back veranda drinking a sam adams who do you unwind to that people actually have heard of? What is your *that's just fucking cool* stuff?Any genre...dont care.50's doop to metal to pop to whatever.

Lets see the bottom line that when you need to unwind what you play

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ok who is your favorite musician or band [View all] backwoodsbob Mar 2012 OP

Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam dana_b Mar 2012 #1

pearl jam backwoodsbob Mar 2012 #5

creed..keb mo..acdc backwoodsbob Mar 2012 #6

+1 Son of Gob Mar 2012 #21

Garbage, Modest Mouse, Depeche Mode or classical depending on my mood.. n/t poverlay Mar 2012 #2

Early Genesis. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #3

Jimi Hendrix. And it will be Olde English 800. Not Sam Adams Throd Mar 2012 #4

That's a tough one Bob. Really depends on the type of day I've had and the mood I'm in. bluesbassman Mar 2012 #7

stevie Ray backwoodsbob Mar 2012 #32

Neil Young during the week; The Ramones on the weekend. mikeSchmuckabee Mar 2012 #8

After much contemplation.... BrendaBrick Mar 2012 #9

+1 - - after several years of personal deliberation Tripper11 Mar 2012 #30

Mark Knopfler Grantuspeace Mar 2012 #10

Yo la Tengo and Modest Mouse. My comfort music. Avalux Mar 2012 #11

Oscar Peterson - Django: BrendaBrick Mar 2012 #12

Every day/night is different. hay rick Mar 2012 #13

Liquid Tension Experiment kaitcat Mar 2012 #14

Led Zeppelin OriginalGeek Mar 2012 #15

Disturbed Odin2005 Mar 2012 #16

Frank Zappa's music keeps me sane. Initech Mar 2012 #17

As your official neighborhood E Streeter, gotta say Bruce and band, but Dylan and The Clash abq e streeter Mar 2012 #18

Metallica or Suicide Silence. nt Bladian Mar 2012 #19

Jackson Browne. Because he thinks like this... Waiting For Everyman Mar 2012 #20

Easy one: Leo Kottke DFW Mar 2012 #22

I went to a workshop he put on back in about 1975 or so. cliffordu Mar 2012 #26

I would have given a LOT to have been able to do that DFW Mar 2012 #31

Too many to list but I'm currently listening to 'The Cure' alot MichaelMcGuire Mar 2012 #23

David Bowie Motown_Johnny Mar 2012 #24

Jonatha Brooke, Bjork, Pink Martini... bif Mar 2012 #25

Ultimately I'd be forced to choose between The Smiths and The Cure. Codeine Mar 2012 #27

Jimi Hendrix...and as many times as I have heard his songs since 1967 livetohike Mar 2012 #28

Lou Reed is my Bob Dylan Tom Ripley Mar 2012 #29

Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star etc) Locrian Mar 2012 #33

After all these years it's still guitar man Mar 2012 #34