What Is Your Favorite Music Artist?

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So I'm sitting here in the wee hours of the morning playing When the man comes around by Johnny Cash and I was wondering what all you guys like. If I had to pick my favorite singer (alive) it would be Tim McGraw. Dead would be the man in black. A few others I like are McBride & The Ride, Linda Ronstadt, Garth Brooks, Kelly Clarkson, Sugarland and Toby Keith.
 
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Pink Floyd and ZZtop. Well, and Mozart, Vivaldi, Shubert. And... Cranberries, Collective Soul. And almost anything Celtic... or Progressive Jazz (preferably non-vocal).

I used to say the only music I didn't like was c-rap and country. But now even some of the "new country" is listenable.

GK
 
I like so many artists...even some of the hip-hop stuff but mostly the country rockers like Billy Crash Craddock and the crooners like Eddy Arnold.

Favorite all-time singer - Elvis (not Costello)and favorite living singer Brad Paisley.

I also like jazz, swing, and enjoy the classical pieces the orchestras that my wife is in play (but I barely can identify any of the music).
 
Depends on the mood I'm in. One day it's Toby Keith and Charlie Daniels, the next it's Santana and Jimi Hendrix. If I had to pick ONE, it would most likely be Buffett.
 
Tough call:

Tina Turner or Van Morrison


Travis, how could you leave out King George?
To me George Strait is to country music what Rev. Billy Graham is to preaching!
[:D]

Gary
 
What a tough question..... Hendrix, Buffett, Clapton, James Taylor, Leo Kottke (instrumental only), George Winston, Robert Cray.

To pick one, it would have to be Stevie Ray (dead) & John Mayer (alive).
 
Definitely a tough call. I'm a classic rocker and also like most of the "hair" bands of the 80's. But I also listen to country (old and new), and classical. I also like some of the new "rock, pop, whatever it's called now" [?]... you know, like the Foo Fighters, Fergie, etc. It really just depends on my mood.

Favorite band - AC/DC & ZZ Top
Favorite guitar player - Stevie Ray, no question
 
Originally posted by TBone
<br />Depends on the mood I'm in.
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Me too. Everything from classical to Andrea Bocelli and Sade to Supertramp. I would guess that we own almost every James Taylor ever released so I'll say him for living and someone like Vivaldi or Handel dead. Most of the time at the house we're listening to the 60's or 70's station on the satellite while in the car we're listening to more current artists...
 
Southern rock. Black Oak Arkansas is No. 1 with Lynyrd Skynyrd right behind. Country music wise would be good ole honky tonk, crying in your beer, lost your woman singing by Moe Bandy and George Jones.
 
I am a music fan. I like just about anyone with a good voice, and many instrumentals are high on my list. Last concert was Weird Al Yankovic (with my 13 yo), before that, Santana, Clapton, BB King (was collecting guitarists). XM 46 and 49 get most of my listen time in the car, Led Zeppelin, ELO, Skynyrd et al. Around the house usually a little softer, Annie Lennox/Eurythmics, 10,000 maniacs. I only change the station when Dylan or Neil Young show up, can't stand either of them! Favorite new artist, probably KT Tunstall. Recently bought an ipod and was loading it from my son's playlist and he was shocked that I knew the old timers and still added Smashmouth and Rhianna to my list! I also used to be a Country "Hater" but some of the new stuff is kind of appealing. My 2 cents worth and you get change back!
 
Jimmy Buffet, Eagles, Leon Redbone, Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis(not after Sketches of Spain) - not in any particular order
 
What a bunch of lightweights!

Led Zeppelin
Foghat
Ted Nugent
Motorhead
Metallica (before they became sellouts)
AC/DC
Black Sabboth
Twisted Sister (used to watch them in a bar called the "fore n` aft" before thew were signed to a label)
Rat race Choir
Screaming cheetah Wheelies

And basically anything else that's bone crunching, gut jarring and dain bramiging!


I also have a softer side and might on occasion be caught listening to my extensive selection of classical music.
 
Originally posted by Mudder
<br />What a bunch of lightweights!

Led Zeppelin
Foghat
Ted Nugent
Motorhead
Metallica (before they became sellouts)
AC/DC
Black Sabboth
Twisted Sister (used to watch them in a bar called the "fore n` aft" before thew were signed to a label)
Rat race Choir
Screaming cheetah Wheelies

And basically anything else that's bone crunching, gut jarring and dain bramiging!


I also have a softer side and might on occasion be caught listening to my extensive selection of classical music.
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Scott, you forgot Cinderella and Quite Riot.[;)]
 
Holy Cow somebody gave a nod to Robert Cray...great stuff...

Favorites are:

Black Crowes
Counting Crows
Drivin n Cryin
Bare N@ked Ladies (yes it is a band)
Eagles
Old Southern Rock (only on LP's though)

Guilty Pleasure:
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
 
In my car right now I have
The Beatles
Pink Floyd
Blood Hound Gang
Nine Inch Nails
NWA (if you don't know what it stands for I can't tell you)
Johnny Cash
Sound Garden
and Alice In Chains

Dont really have a favorite I like a lot of different stuff. While I am in the shop the SKA Punk hour is on the radio 10PM to midnight.
 
I still listen to the hair bands too, but have made a transition to the new stuff.
Metallica #1
Aerosmith
AC/DC
Limp Bizkit
Rob Zombie
Slip Knot
Korn
Disturbed
NIN
Lordi
Linkin Park

I also still listen occasionally to REM, Depeche Mode, and Lynard Skynard.
 
Well lets see..I have about 300 Gratefull dead shows on cd...tons of Jerry Garcia Band,
Phill Leash and Bob Wiers band Ratdog
also have tons of little feat..hoy hoy. Everything buffetts ever done...also listen to alot of blue grass and Hippie Jam bands like leftover salmon and the recipie. Still listen to alot of the old folk and country rock like cat stevens. just saw Charlie Daniels for the 8th time. Marshel Tucker for the 2nd time(first was 79)Im a huge music fan and spend countless hours downloading shows..oh yeah..Im really into the blues
 
Well owing to my musical education, and that my first time through college was for performance violin, I prefer Vivaldi, that scaliwag J.S. Bach, and all of the Baroque Boys.

but I have been known to listen to:
Aqua, Billy Joel, Blue Oyster Cult, Bob Dylan, Bobby McFerrin, Boston, Chris Spheeris, CSN and sometimes Y, Dave Grusin, Don Henley, ELO, Elton John, Enoch Light & the Light Brigade, Enya, Film & the BB's, Genesis, Glen Miller Orchestra, Huayucaltia, Inkuyo, Kansas, Les Negresses Vertes, Queen, Royal Crown Revue, Simon & Garfunkel, Styx, 3 Dog Night, Toy Matinee...

Just to name a few.
 
I can and do listen to just about anything,
Favorites would be
John Mellancamp
Merle Haggard
Bowling for Soup
Fountains of Wayne
BTO
Arlo Guthrie
George Throughgood
Don Williams
 
Well, guess I'm one of the heavier ones:

Disturbed
Rage Against the Machine
Godsmack
White Zombie
Saigon Kick
Shotgun Messiah
Taproot
Saliva
Soundgarden

oh, and George Thorogood - talk about one of the most underrated guitarists!!
 
Celine Dion[:eek:)]

Of course I'm not serious. [:D] I am actually a fan of the late 70's and 80's but not as heavy as some have mentioned. I also have a degree in music so classical and everything else is not out of the question. As long as I can understand the lyrics I'll listen to it but the old country does rate pretty low.
 
Many of you picked some awesome tunes. but the best singer songwriter who ever lived is Harry Chapin (For those of you who don't know his biggest hit was Cat's In the Cradle)
 
Whew, never knew there'd be so many head bangers [:D]
But no Santana, Deep Purple, Led Zepelin? And I guess I'm the only one here who listens to shag music and Motown.
 
Travis,
That's a really hard question... Like TBone, kinda depends on mood, but favorite type of music is most any instrumental.. big band, jazz, piano, mood type music, classics, etc.. Back when I was single and got a little depressed, I put on Ahmed Jamal.. always like his work.. I go way back on the rock type... Jefferson Airplane, Three Dog night, Blood Sweat and Tears (actually met a couple of these bands when I lived in S&gt;F.), Leo Sayer... for Jazz just about anybody good. My wife is from the musical world.. her parents were big in the Houston area theatre back when she was growing up so we get a lot of more classical and operatical (if thats a proper word) type music...
 
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