Post your nominations for American Music Legends

[auburngrad82]

All catagories of music. Here's some of my picks-

Stevie Wonder- probably the greatest American music legend of all time
Bruce Springsteen- The Boss!
Doc Watson- Master finger-picker from the mountains of North Carolina
Ray Charles- A true original
Johnny Cash- Basically created modern country music.
The Funk Brothers- the unknown heroes behind the Motown Sound

[skooooo]

1. Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash...

[Magrittes Pipe]

2. Moody River, more deadly than the vainest knife.

Moody River, your muddy waters took my baby's life.

Thanks for giving props to Doc.

[OneBlueSky]

3. Louis Armstrong, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger . . . n/t

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[Magrittes Pipe]

4. My initial five:

Arthur Lee, John Coltrane, Sly Stone, Skip James, Tom Verlaine.

[OneBlueSky]

5. here's a list of 50 "Music Masters" . . .

selected in 1997 by listeners of WFUV-FM (public radio at Ford University in the Bronx) . . . mostly American, but not all . . .

1. Bob Dylan
2. The Beatles
3. Joni Mitchell
4. Elvis Presley
5. Hank Williams
6. Woody Guthrie
7. The Grateful Dead
8. Joan Baez
9. Muddy Waters
10. Neil Young
11. Bob Marley
12. Chuck Berry
13. Van Morrison
14. Paul Simon
15. Jimi Hendrix
16. Frank Sinatra
17. The Rolling Stones
18. Eric Clapton
19. Buddy Holly
20. Bonnie Raitt
21. Bruce Springsteen
22. Miles Davis
23. Billie Holiday
24. Bill Monroe
25. John Lennon
26. Pete Seeger
27. Jerry Garcia
28. B.B. King
29. James Taylor
30. Aretha Franklin
31. Patsy Cline
32. The Band
33. Ella Fitzgerald
34. Stevie Wonder
35. Ray Charles
36. Robert Johnson
37. Johnny Cash
38. Louis Armstrong
39. John Coltrane
40. Elvis Costello
41. James Brown
42. Duke Ellington
43. Doc Watson
44. CSN&Y
45. Simon & Garfunkel
46. The Byrds
47. Emmylou Harris
48. Jackson Browne
49. Leonard Cohen
50. Laura Nyro

http://www.wfuv.org/

[Magrittes Pipe]

6. But half of those suck.

And half of them are British. And a quarter of them suck while being British, thereby rendering them completely ineligible. :shrug:

[OneBlueSky]

7. um . . . just which ones suck? . . . just curious . . .

on edit: and I only count six British artists . . . and one Jamaican . . .

[Magrittes Pipe]

9. Well, the actual fractions may be off.

I'd probably say it's less than half. ;) And upon further review, I have determined that there is only ONE sucky Brit on the list, falling well short of the "quarter" I rashly suggested.

I sincerely believe that the following artists suck: The Grateful Dead, Joan Baez, Paul Simon, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Jerry Garcia (why are Jerry and the Dead separate items on this list?), James Taylor, CSN&Y, Simon & Garfunkel (again, why solo Simon and duetted Simon on the same list), Jackson Browne.

I am quite certain that the following artists are British: The Beatles, Van Morrison, The Rolling Stones, John Lennon (another problem rearing its head again), Elvis Costello, Eric Clapton.

Leaving us with Mr. Eric Clapton as being a big, sucky Brit. :P

[skooooo]

8. I see 5 Brits or Brit acts..not a quarter of them!

costello
lennon
stones
beatles
morrison

[bbernardini]

10. Frank Zappa, Todd Rundgren