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Cliff Kane Member From: Long Beach, CA |
posted 15 June 2006 07:21 PM
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The records that turned me on to music were Dylan, Grateful Dead, New Riders, Commander Cody, Alman Bros at the Fillmore east. I was lucky to grow up in the S.F. area, and saw the New Riders and Commander Cody a few times as a child. I think I was aware of steel guitar as a kid because of those bands. |
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Bob Martin Member From: Madison Tn |
posted 15 June 2006 09:44 PM
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Doc Watson "Two Days in November" I had never heard anyone play the acoustic guitar so fast and tasty and at that time I decided to get serious about music in general. I don't know whether to love Doc for that or hate him :-) |
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Steven Hoffer Member From: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
posted 15 June 2006 11:56 PM
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The Chipmunks-Chimpmunks Rock The Star Wars soundtrack Michael Jackson-Thriller Beastie Boys-Licensed To Ill Guns N Roses-Appetite For Destruction Led Zeppelin-II Led Zeppelin-III Led Zeppelin-Physical Graffitti Jimi Hendrix-Electric Lady Land Jimi Hendrix-Axis Bold As love Beck-Mellow Gold Beck-Odelay Janes Addiction-Nothings Shocking Janes Addiction-Ritual De Lo Habitual Porno For Pyros-Self Titled James Brown-Make It Funky The Payback 71-75 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion-Orange Man Or Astro-Man?-Destroy All Astromen Shellac-At Action Park The Rolling Stones-Sticky Fingers Hank Williams-Greatest Hits Fu-Manchu-The Action Is Go Kyuss-Blues For The Red Sun The Rolling Stones-Beggers Banquet The Rolling Stones-Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones-Exile On Main Street Johhny Cash-The Essential Johhny Cash-Live At Folsom Johnny Cash-Live At San Quentin PJ Harvey-To Bring You My Love Bob Dylan-Blood On The Tracks Bob Dylan-Self Titled Bob Dylan-Freewheelin Bob Dylan-Another Side Of Bob Dylan Bob Dylan-Highway 61 Bob Dylan-Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan-Desire Dick Dale-Greates Hits Ac-Dc-High Voltage Ac-Dc-Let There Be Rock Modest Mouse-The Lonesome Crowded West Marc Bolan And T-Rex-All The Hits And More Gram Parsons-GP/Grievous Angel The Byrds-Sweet Hearts Of The Rodeo The White Stripes-Self Titled The White Stripes-Destilj The White Stripes-White Blood Cells Wilco-Being There Uncle Tupelo-Annodine Hank Williams--The Complete Box Set Lead Belly-King Of the 12 String Guitar Robert Johnson-The Complete Recordings Lorreta Lynn-Country Music Hall ofFame Series Ernest Tubb-Country Music Hall Of Fame Series Red Foley-Country Music Hall Of Fame Series Bob Wills-Take Me Back To Tulsa Jimmie Rodgers-RCA Country Legends Woody Guthrie-This Land Is You'r Land Waylon Jennings-The Journey (Mooney Rules!) Wayne Hancock-A Town Blues Wayne Hancock-Wild, Free And Reckless Wayne Hancock-Thunder Storms And Neon Signs Charlie Christian-AC/DC Current It was fun to think about this list! Steve-o
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Joel Lee Weinstein Member From: Wimbeley, Texas, USA |
posted 16 June 2006 08:14 AM
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The Byrds, Sweetheart of the Rodeo; Poco, Picking Up the Pieces; Flying Burrito Brothers, Gilded Palace of Sin; Hillbilly Jazz (featuring Doug Jernigan); Gram Parsons, GP and Grevious Angel; New Riders of the Purple Sage, Powerglide and Panama Red, Pure Prairie League, Two Lane Highway; and Willie Nelson, Phases and Stages. |
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Joel Lee Weinstein Member From: Wimbeley, Texas, USA |
posted 16 June 2006 08:17 AM
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Oh, and Commander Cody, Hot Licks and Cool Steel and Live at the Armadillo World Headquarters. Also, the first Asleep at the Wheel Album. All from the sixties and seventies. You can tell where I'm coming from, huh? |
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Mike Perlowin Member From: Los Angeles CA |
posted 16 June 2006 08:49 AM
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Do yoy guy realise that not one of you has mentioned Frakie Avalon and Fabian?  ------------------ |
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Charles Davidson Member From: Alabama, USA |
posted 16 June 2006 09:04 AM
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Or Tiny Tim. |
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Tony Prior Member From: Charlotte NC |
posted 16 June 2006 02:21 PM
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I didn't know John "Fabian" was in a 60's Rock band... gosh, ya learn something new everyday around here ! and the crowd yelled.. "Turn me loose turn me loose"... t |
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Richard Bass Member From: Hendersonville, Tn |
posted 16 June 2006 03:14 PM
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As I mentioned in another post, Mickey Newberry's "Looks Like Rain" album. It changed my whole take on guitar and led me to play the gut string guitar more than my Tele or Strat. Richard |
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CHIP FOSSA Member From: Monson, MA 01057 U.S.A. |
posted 16 June 2006 05:45 PM
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"String Along" - Ricky Nelson "Poor Little Fool" - Ricky Nelson "Don't Think Twice" - Peter, Paul & Mary "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" - Procol Harum "She Loves You" - Beatles "Like A Rolling Stone" - Dylan "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo" - Byrds "Gilded Palace Of Sin" - Flying Burrito Brothers "Feelin' Groovy" - Simon & Garfunkel "An American Tune" - Paul Simon "You've Got A Friend" - James Taylor "Angel Baby" - Rosie & The Originals "Reason To Believe" - Tim Hardin "Have Yourself A Good Time" - Jonathan Edwards "My Home Ain't In The Hall Of Fame" - Jonathan Edwards ......as mentioned before, these lists could just be endless..... [This message was edited by CHIP FOSSA on 16 June 2006 at 05:54 PM.] [This message was edited by CHIP FOSSA on 18 June 2006 at 04:44 AM.] |
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Perry Keeter Member From: Hemet, CA, USA |
posted 16 June 2006 09:26 PM
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Pink Floyd - "Dark Side of the Moon" or maybe it was the weed we were smoking that had the influence.  |
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Roger Rettig Member From: NAPLES, FL |
posted 16 June 2006 11:23 PM
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My earlier post only mentioned my very first influences. I'm being influenced all the time, so the full list is endless, but I'd have to say that Emmylou's 'Elite Hotel' was a blockbuster for me (the meeting of my favourite rock'n'roll guitarist - James Burton - and country music). Another big album for me was 'Ray Charles In Person' (live in Atlanta in 1959), and ANY James Taylor record gets my vote! RR |
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Eric Jaeger Member From: Oakland, California, USA |
posted 19 June 2006 02:08 PM
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A very interesting topic to think about. I'm trying to educate my girlfriend's 16-year-old son about why Zakk Wylde isn't music :-), so I've been thinking about this. So, albums that changed my thinking about music (not just those I enjoyed)(in the order I encountered them): Highway 61 Revisted - Dylan Other than pointing up that I grew up in the 60's... -eric [This message was edited by Eric Jaeger on 19 June 2006 at 08:00 PM.] |
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Jim Phelps Member From: just out of Mexico City |
posted 19 June 2006 03:33 PM
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I forgot to put "Johnny McLaughlin, Electric Guitarist" in my list. |
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Andy Volk Member From: Boston, MA |
posted 19 June 2006 06:30 PM
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Childhood into College Years: Sword in the Stone - Movie Soundtrack Philadelphia Radio: soul through folk Tiajuana Brass - Whipped Cream & Other Delights Mathews Southern Comfort - Second Spring Jessie Colin Young - song for Juli Loggins & Messina - Full Sail Santana - Abraxas Al Stewart - Past Preesent & Future Chieftans - Barry Lyndon Soundtrack Mike Auldridge - Dobro Later on: Much Later: Also a ton of world music, folk music and rock music that'sa too long to list. The above are the ones that turned my head (or at least that I recall after a long day). |
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Eric Jaeger Member From: Oakland, California, USA |
posted 19 June 2006 09:20 PM
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Andy, are you my twin ?:-) I'd forgotten Scorcerer - what a fabulous album,especially for the time. And yes, Django and Grappelli belong on the list as well. And Santana, and... -eric |
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Mark Lind-Hanson Member From: San Francisco, California, USA |
posted 20 June 2006 08:16 AM
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OK, here’s a list of my own most influential records
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les green Member From: Jefferson City, Mo 65101 USA |
posted 20 June 2006 08:51 AM
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I have to go back a few years for mine. Got to be "Next To Jimmy" by Ferlin Husky with Jerry Byrd on steel. One night my buddy and I were going down the road in his truck when it came on. We slid to a stop and when it was over, just kinda sat there looking at each other. Me thinks I posted this in the wrong thread! [This message was edited by les green on 20 June 2006 at 07:44 PM.] |
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Glenn Suchan Member From: Austin, Texas |
posted 20 June 2006 09:47 AM
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I can remember being influenced by music at an early age. I thank my parents for that. The earliest influence was the song: "Midnight In Moscow". I was about 3 or 4 years old when it was popular on the radio. To this day, it's one of my favorite melodies. As for albums which influenced me, the following is a rough list starting with the earliest I can recall: "Stavinsky Conducts Le Sacre du Prentemps" Keep on pickin'! |
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John Billings Member From: Northfield Center, Ohio, USA |
posted 20 June 2006 10:12 AM
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Boogie Woogie Trio--Ammons, Johnson, Lewis Bo Diddley--I can't remember the name of the album Rumble--Link Wray, that's the one that made me get a guitar! Live at Carnegie Hall--Flatt and Scruggs, big time influence anything by the Byrds The Rolling Stones early albums Freakout--Frank Zappa, knew the guy! Ry Cooder-biggest influence Danny Gatton EVERYTHING by LLOYD GREEN!!! |
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Jesse Pearson Member From: San Diego , CA |
posted 20 June 2006 02:42 PM
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The movie soundtrack, "The Alamo" with John Wayne. I was a toddler and would jump around on the furniture when the folks were busy doing something else. |
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Pat Burns Member From: Branchville, N.J. USA |
posted 20 June 2006 07:32 PM
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..Andy, I'd forgotten how big Herb Alpert was when I was in high school..Whipped Cream was HUGE, and of course I had that album. I even listened to a couple songs off it once.. ..about the same time, I was listening to Peter Paul and Mary's "Album 1700" [This message was edited by Pat Burns on 20 June 2006 at 07:36 PM.] |
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Jim Cohen Member From: Philadelphia, PA |
posted 20 June 2006 08:38 PM
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Je T'aime (Moi Non Plus) by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainesbourg. [This message was edited by Jim Cohen on 20 June 2006 at 09:07 PM.] |
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Bob Smith Member From: Allentown, New Jersey, USA |
posted 21 June 2006 03:53 AM
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Creedence - " Bayou Country" ABB- "Idewild South" (edited for spelling error) [This message was edited by Bob Smith on 21 June 2006 at 07:04 AM.] |
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Andy Volk Member From: Boston, MA |
posted 21 June 2006 07:01 AM
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Good thread. It's interesting to contemplate the music that influenced us ... whether good music or not. Eric, yeah cross-pollination of our listing! I love Gabor's early stuff and he's a core influence on me today. Pat, I was under ten when that TJB record came out but I wore out the grooves on my Mom's copy. For what it was - slick, commercial pop done by studio-savy veteran musicians - it still holds up. Not to forget the influence of that cover! Another big influence was my mom's souvenier 1965 or '66 record from the Oceanic - an Italian Cruise ship. I've got to get it transfered so I can relive the wonder of four guys with only minimal command of English singing Beatles songs. [This message was edited by Andy Volk on 22 June 2006 at 09:49 AM.] |
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Dick Wood Member From: Springtown Texas, USA |
posted 21 June 2006 11:21 AM
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I never thought about it until your post but if it weren't for the Beatles, my life would have taken a completely different path. Almost all of my relationships, musical as well as personal have been due to learning to play an instrument. I also would have never become a Police Officer or Private Pilot had it not been for friends I met working in various bands many years ago. Makes me wonder where I'd be today if I had not learned to play guitar. ------------------ |
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Bob Smith Member From: Allentown, New Jersey, USA |
posted 21 June 2006 12:00 PM
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Cops get paid good in NJ !!! |
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Dick Wood Member From: Springtown Texas, USA |
posted 21 June 2006 07:43 PM
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Bob,Not to Highjack this thread but from what I've seen on various episodes of Cops, they should be paid good. Years ago I took a trip to Bridgeport CT. and talked with a Cop who said they paid their reserve Officers $13.00hr. Reserve Officers in Texas are typically not paid and have to work a minimum of 16 hours per month. ------------------ |
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Eric West Member From: Portland, Oregon, USA |
posted 21 June 2006 08:22 PM
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First the single Sixteen Tons. TEF Then probably the Harry Bellafonte Stereophonic album Dad played through his Heathkit Stereo System in 1960 or so. Electric Ladyland. JH John Prine. John Wesley Hardin. Bob Dylan. Time Well Wasted. Brad Paisley. And of course a few inbetween. EJL |
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Joe Casey Member From: Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9) |
posted 22 June 2006 05:38 AM
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Ray Price : NightLife Anything w/mooney |
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David L. Donald Member From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand |
posted 22 June 2006 07:21 AM
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The Musicman, broadway cast album. I started playing trombone after hearing 76 Trombones Beatles White Album and Abbey Road Allman Brothers Live at Filmore. Johnny Winter And Live Jeff Beck orange album John McGlaughlin Inner Mounting Flame & Birds Of Fire Little Feat Feats Don't Fail Me Now Al DiMeola's 1st Spyro Gira Morning Dance Working Man's Dead Crosby Stills Nash and Young The Outlaw's first album Edgar Winter Roadwork and They Only Come out at Night Joe Jackson Look Sharp Gloria Estephan Mia Tiera Dave Ristrim Crisis At The Theme Park Ozzie's album with Randy Rhodes (Crazy train) Blue Trane Oscar Peterson Live Larry Coryell 11th House 1+2 Hundreds of songs from Fats Waller. And several things Big E has done of course Whipped Cream was cool too. The Association got me liking harmonies. Steely Dan Countdown to Extacy Taraf de Haduks Dedannon The Chieftains with all those ladies joining them Joni Mitchel Court and Spark and Miles of Aisles with Tom Scott Brecker Brothers 1+2 Mountain Nantucket Sleigh ride Caramina Burana Beethovens 9th (concertgebau) Bartok's Concerto For Orchestra ( Solti) Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto McCoy Tyner Fly With The Wind Billy Cobham Total Eclipse Savoy Brown Lookin' In Bela Fleck DRIVE!!! John Mayall Blues Breakers Trafic Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys Benny Goodman Sextet O Trio, choros [This message was edited by David L. Donald on 25 June 2006 at 12:24 AM.] |
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Matt Dawson Member From: Luxembourg, Europe |
posted 22 June 2006 08:51 AM
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Songs that most influenced me.... Dunno about albums Bartender blues - George Jones This is a fun thread! |
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Roger Rettig Member From: NAPLES, FL |
posted 22 June 2006 09:55 AM
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For Eric.... I'm so pleased to see your mention of 'Sixteen Tons'. That was one of the very first 78rpm records in our house when I was a 12-year old in London. The imagery of that lyric was so powerful, and it was an early affirmation that American records were MUCH better than ours! But - it was the 'B' side that really spoke to me as a guitarist-in-waiting; 'You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry' was a great track, with a wonderful arrangement by the Jack Fascinato 'orchestra' (actually a small group). Thanks to Walter Stettner's sleuthing, I now know that the guitarist on that date was Bobby Gibbons. I wish I knew how to hear more of his playing, 'cause he sure set me on the right path! Influences? I don't think I could list them all if I had a week to do it.... Roger Rettig |
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Kenny Brown Member From: Auburn, Alabama, USA |
posted 24 June 2006 11:25 AM
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Rubber Soul |
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Cliff Kane Member From: Long Beach, CA |
posted 24 June 2006 11:36 AM
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KFAT radio, out of Gilroy, California. Anyone else remeber The Fat One? While the other kids were listening to Zepplin, Aerosmith, etc., my buds and I were deep into the Fat. |
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Mark Leonard Member From: Seattle, WA USA |
posted 26 June 2006 10:07 PM
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Has anybody been inspired by Ray Price's original version of "Crazy Arms"? Not the 1960s tamed version, but the much older and rougher one he recorded earlier in his career. That's a great performance, one that inspired me. |
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