Who's your favorite musician.

[loki]

Mine would be a tie between marilyn manson and gun-n-roses.

[wombat33]

Mine would be a tie between marilyn manson and gun-n-roses.


Bob Dylan

[loki]

Mine would be a tie between marilyn manson and gun-n-roses.


Bob DylanHe's a very talented song writer indeed.

[Dengoza]

It so depends what mood Im in but I love so many of the music legends in rock, jazz, blues, classical, and soul

[olite71]

It so depends what mood Im in but I love so many of the music legends in rock, jazz, blues, classical, and soul


Precisely...

But I'm distressed at the answers here. A "musician" is a person....Not a band. And Bob Dylan is not a good "musician" he is a great songwriter and performer and cultural icon. But "musician?" I don't know. The whole idea of his music was anti-music.



A "musician," by my definition, is somone who plays a "musical" instrument--if that's not the definition in this thread, then disregard what I've said (but what's the point of using a key word in a thread if there is no consensus on the definition of that word).


So "musicians?" For me: Bunny Berigan, Sidney Bechet, Nat King Cole, Jimi Hendrix, Luigi Pagannini, Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey, Jack Teagarden, Cannoball Adderly, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Charles Mingus, Buddy Rich...... are only some of my favorites...and people that actually played their respective instruments with virtuosity.

[Rockford]

My favorite band, The Clash, but to go by olite71's definition, Miles Davis.

[bassman2546]

RUSH, and nothing but.

[Coroner]

probably, michael romeo from symphony x but this is a hard question for me

[loki]

I'll have to try the ones i've not heard of.Thanks.

[wombat33]

Mine would be a tie between marilyn manson and gun-n-roses.


Bob DylanHe's a very talented song writer indeed.


Yeah, his writing is amazing. Others I love are:

Keb Mo'

Mark Knopfler (solo........more than with Dire Straits)

And Little charlie and the Nightcats

[Caleigh]

david sylvian

ornette coleman

[mbf]

there are too many....but right now i am listening to a lot of David Bowie and Brian Eno

[Quinn]

Michael Bolton or Kenny G............... Yes, I'm Joking.

-Quinn

[Dengoza]

So "musicians?" For me: Bunny Berigan, Sidney Bechet, Nat King Cole, Jimi Hendrix, Luigi Pagannini, Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey, Jack Teagarden, Cannoball Adderly, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Charles Mingus, Buddy Rich...... are only some of my favorites...and people that actually played their respective instruments with virtuosity.[/quote]

well said...

[loki]

Michael Bolton or Kenny G............... Yes, I'm Joking.

-QuinnYes you are.But to qoute a phase "who am i to judge i like to eat ass".

[trish]

John Coltrane.
Among the living my current choices are: Tom Waits, Ben Fold, Michel Camilo, Carla Bley and Brad Mehldau.

No particular order.

[peggygee]

Can't say I have a favorite, though Gil Scott Heron, used to speak
to my soul.

I have eclectic taste, and like just about anything 'good'. Good being
a subjective judgement.

[Coroner]

david sylvian

ornette coleman

yeah, I should mention him, too... his best album is for sure "sound museum"... it´s totally sick, escpecially the songs macho woman or biosphere :) it´s crazy, his son was the drummer on that album and was 12 years old at that time. they are killer.

[rickie]

Jeff Beck, Kazumi Watanabe, Greg Howe, Jaco Pastorius, Jeff Berlin, Bill Bruford, Ben Webster, Joe Zawinul, Duke Ellington,Diana Krall, John Scofield, Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, Mattias Eklund.....etc etc it´s obviously absurd to ask me about my favs. :wink:

[MonsieurValentine]

in terms of pure song writing... ryan adams is a genius. it's amazing the songs he pumps out.

[blob2]

My favorite Musician is Tom Waits.
Btw I'm new here. Hello everybody. Ilove this Forum.

[blob2]

My favorite Musician is Tom Waits.
Btw I'm new here. Hello everybody. Ilove this Forum.

[blob2]

Ups. Sorry for posting that shit twice. I told you I was new...

[scorpion]

Thre is many god ones...BUT there is only ONE Vanessa Mae.
Listen to her and enjoy. Its may sound boring whit violin but I can promisse you there is no one else who can hande this instrument like her.
My favorite album whit her is Storm..real god.

[Ecstatic]

Few rock, folk or pop musicians play at the same level as the great jazzers or classical artists, though I actually listen to more rock and folk than I do jazz or classical. Here's a few of my faves:

Jazz musicians: John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, McCoy Tyner, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Erol Garner, Patricia Barber, Thelonius Monk, Sun Ra, Keith Jarrett, Jorane, Jimi Hendrix (he had sessions planned with Kirk, Miles, and Gil Evans when he died)

Singer-songwriters: Donovan, Bob Dylan, Robin Williamson, Shawn Phillips, Chris Smither, Paul McCartney, Buffy Sainte-Marie

Bands: Beatles, pre-Nicks Fleetwood Mac (though I like Stevie on her own), Rolling Stones (Brian Jones era), Incredible String Band, Moody Blues, Grateful Dead, 60's era Jefferson Airplane (I'm a 60's classic rock dude, lol)

[tsmandy]

there are too many....but right now i am listening to a lot of David Bowie and Brian Eno

If I was locked up in an institution and forced to listen to one person's music for the rest of my life, my only wish would be Eno sans discreet music.

[eggbert]

My alltime favorite is the late Lowell George.

[biguy4tvtscd]

Musicians: Geddy Lee, Neil Peart, Alex Lifeson

Band: Rush


Notice how my fave musicians make up my fave band..what a coincidence, dont'cha think? :wink:

[demmie]

I don't know why, but Run DMC always sounded good...the older stuff.

The Offspring's earlier works, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Prince (80's), Michael Jackson (80's), etc. etc.

[specialk]

while I can appreciate many music styles and admire many players, if I had to pick 1 musician....this guy needs no introduction 8)

[CORVETTEDUDE]

Mine fav would have to be TONY IOMMI of BLACK SABBATH, next would be DUANE ALLMAN, unfortunately deceased.[/b]

[timxxx]

specialk

this guy needs no introduction
who is that :?:

[specialk]

specialk

this guy needs no introduction
who is that :?:

Big clues...LOL

[the Adrienne Barbeaubot]

There are too many I like to mention.

[chefmike]

:oops:

[J Money]

ZAKK WYLDE ROCK ON BABY!!

[norcalchillin]

The late great Bradley Nowell from Sublime.

[Twinkie_Rameriez]

Mike Patton

[timxxx]

specialk

Big clues...LOL

Ahh......Eric Clapton :oops:

[specialk]

specialk

Big clues...LOL

Ahh......Eric Clapton :oops:


Ding Ding Ding Ding....we have a winner!!!!!!!!

[hentai_ninja]

BILLY IDOL

[timxxx]

like lots of music but if I had to pick 1 musician....this guy needs no introduction

[Chewbacca]

Hard to say... at the moment I'm listening to Fear and Suicidal Tendencies quite a bit.

[a994]

GUITARISTS:

Jimi Hendrix
Jerry Garcia
Carlos Santana
Nels Cline
Jeff Parker
Egberto Gismonti
Baden Powell
John McLaughlin
Steve Howe
Phil Miller
Allan Holdsworth
Pete Cosey
Reggie Lucas
Fred Frith
Manuel Gottsching
Gabor Szabo


BASSISTS (acoustic and electric):

Jimmy Garrison
Ron Carter
Phil Lesh
Miroslav Vitous
Hugh Montgomery Campbell
Jack Casady
Noel Redding
Dave Holland
Michael Henderson

KEYBOARDISTS:

Larry Young
McCoy Tyner
Herbie Hancock
Chick Corea
Keith Jarrett
Dave Stewart (of Egg, Hatfield And the North, and National Health--NOT the guy from Eurythmics)
Kit Watkins
Rick Wakeman
Patrick Moraz
Keith Emerson
Tom Constanten
Keith Godchaux
Jimmy Smith
Joe Zawinul
Brian Auger
Klaus Schulze
Edgar Froese
Chris Franke
Jan Hammer
Horace Tapscott
Andrew Hill

DRUMMERS:

Elvin Jones
Rashied Ali
Tony Williams
Billy Cobham
Jack DeJohnette
Lester Abrams
Bill Kreutzmann
Mickey Hart
Spencer Dryden
Michael Shrieve
Jabo Starks
Alphonse Mouzon
Bill Bruford
Alan White
Carl Palmer
Buddy Rich
Max Roach
Art Blakey
Billy Higgins
Alex Cline

VIBES:

Bobby Hutcherson
Lionel Hampton
Roy Ayers
Monty Stark

SAXOPHONE:

John Coltrane
Wayne Shorter
Charles Lloyd
Sam Rivers
Eddie Harris
Charlie Parker
Ornette Coleman
Eric Dolphy

TRUMPET:

Miles Davis
Donald Byrd
Freddie Hubbard
Woody Shaw

TROMBONE:

Phil Ranelin

VIOLIN:

Billy Bang
Jerry Goodman

COMPOSER:

J.S. Bach
Beethoven
Handel
Haydn
Mahler
Debussy
Ravel
Charles Ives
Aaron Copland
Olivier Messiaen
Arvo Part
Karlheinz Stockhausen
John Cage
Lou Harrison
Toru Takemitsu
Vladimir Ussachevsky
John Oswald
Morton Subotnick
Ennio Morricone
David Axelrod

[SHEMALE-LOVER2]

hey a994 at drummers you forgot: Joey Jordison


The best musician: --- JOHNNY CASH ---

[a994]

Can't say I have a favorite, though Gil Scott Heron, used to speak
to my soul.

I have eclectic taste, and like just about anything 'good'. Good being
a subjective judgement.Gil Scott Heron rules. Great choice.

I would definitely add Gil to my list. The Last Poets, Eugene McDaniels, Love, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and '60s Dylan are most cool too.

And I'll have to check out Joey Jordison.

[dreamer]

Tony Iommi

[angry]

Always reminds me of a mosquito buzzing around my head :evil:

[wingnut]

Musicians:

Johnny A.
Danny Gatton
Steve Vai
Tuck Andress

Bands:
Pink Floyd
Portishead
Chris Isaak
pre-MTV ZZtop
Rage Against the Machine

[yodajazz]

My favorite musician by far is Miles Davis, because he was a pioneer, never standing still.
He constantly listened to other styles of music and changed his own approach. I have close to 50 of his albums on vinyl. I am a keyboard player, and my favorite living player is Herbie Hancock. He played with Miles and covers several styles, himself.

Favorite band of all time; Earth Wind & Fire.

Besides Jazz, I love all styles of music, but get bored if everything sounds the same. Current Drum & Bass is my favorite style. I also like Brazilian, Indian, middle Eastern styles.

By the way, singers are musicians too, even though many of them feel like they are better than musicians.

[specialk]

like lots of music but if I had to pick 1 musician....this guy needs no introduction

Prince

[InHouston]

Ludwig Van Beethoven

[scorpion]

Ludwig Van Beethoven
vanessa mae have done some of Beetovens somphonis in a more modern style... Like Beetoven in some kind of hard rock

[Coroner]

Ludwig Van Beethoven
vanessa mae have done some of Beetovens somphonis in a more modern style... Like Beetoven in some kind of hard rock

Bravo, Scorpion. It started with Yngwie "Dances with six strings" Malmsteen from Sweden who was mainly influenced with Paganini (the violin-virtuoso), Bach and Beethoven. Malmsteen is the father of Neo-classical Metal.

[ILuvGurls]

eric clapton, stevie winwood, elton john, john mayall....that a few,.lots of others

[wombat33]

hey a994 at drummers you forgot: Joey Jordison


The best musician: --- JOHNNY CASH ---


hey lover.


do you have that avatar in a large photo??

would love to see it. WOW!

[foxxyyvonne]

Mine would be a tie between marilyn manson and gun-n-roses.
I love Ville Valo from the band HIM-he is the sexiest man on earth!!!http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l211/paulavalo/k3.jpg