Top 10 Genius' of Rock n Roll

[The New Holliday]

Let's cut anything post '85 since that's all shit.
Bands, individuals, collaborations...
I have top 6 more or less in crono-order this way:

Chuck Berry
Little Richard
Ray Davies (the Kinks)
Lennon/McCartney (Beatles)
New York Dolls
Ramones

I maybe should add Iggy Pop in there.

PS: only additions to the top 6, 7, not your top ten.

..Bruce?
the Dead?

 

[Scooter]

Van Halen.

 

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The Velvet Underground
Brian Jones
Neil Young
Skip Spence...


Wait, only 10 total? are we in the primaries now?

 

[Scooter]

Allman Brothers.

 

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Led Zeppelin.

 

[The New Holliday]

The Velvet Underground
Brian Jones
Neil Young
Skip Spence...


Wait, only 10 total? are we in the primaries now?

Velvet Underground for sure.

How about Hasil Adkins?

 

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Glyn Johns

 

[The New Holliday]

Allman Brothers.

Led Zeppelin.

Let's then say Steve Winwood (Traffic, Blind Faith, himself), or Eric Burdon (iterations), John Kay Steppenwolf...etc

 

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Velvet Underground for sure.

How about Hasil Adkins?

Canned Heat should be in the conversation.

 

[The New Holliday]

Glyn Johns

That's interesting.

 

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Canned Heat should be in the conversation.

Big fan...

 

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Jimi Hendrix
Elvis Presley

 

[The New Holliday]

Big fan...

Then there is Quicksilver MS, 13th Floor Elevators (Roky Erickson)

The question is...ones who created movements or were a movement in themselves.

 

[The New Holliday]

Who outsold the Beatles?

..and ashamed I am to have left him off the original list:

Mark Bolan - T-Rex and himself.

 

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CCR

 

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CCR

Fogerty (thumbs up - 2 or 3 even thumbs up)

 

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Fogerty (thumbs up - 2 or 3 even thumbs up)

Yeah, he's beyond talented.

 

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Nobody mentioned the Stones?

 

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Then there is Quicksilver MS, 13th Floor Elevators (Roky Erickson)

The question is...ones who created movements or were a movement in themselves.

Then it's Og e.o.s. when he discovered that by beating rocks with a stick, he liked the sound it made and that made him feel connected.

 

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This is what Dave Hidalgo (Los Lobos) had to say about Hendrix: Do you agree with him?

 

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Eric Burdon get a name drop yet?

 

[The New Holliday]

Limiting to 10 is hhhhHAAAARRRD...

 

[The New Holliday]

Eric Burdon get a name drop yet?

Yes...R#8

 

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Phil Spector

 

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Dire Straits
Queen

 

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Les Paul
Leo Fender

 

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Let's cut anything post '85 since that's all shit.
Bands, individuals, collaborations...
I have top 6 more or less in crono-order this way:

Chuck Berry
Little Richard
Ray Davies (the Kinks)
Lennon/McCartney (Beatles)
New York Dolls
Ramones

I maybe should add Iggy Pop in there.

PS: only additions to the top 6, 7, not your top ten.

..Bruce?
the Dead?

Chuck Berry was an absolute beast on the guitar. Made it look so easy.

 

[The New Holliday]

Phil Spector

Berry Gordy

 

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Jack Bruce

 

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Berry Gordy

The Brill Building, Carole King plus a cast of dozens!