Jackie Wilson was key in helping bridge the gap between an old-style R&B and a new incarnation of soul. What the Yardbirds did is something you don't hear in today's blue-plate-special, cookie-cutter music. There's a point on the album Kid A where I start feeling claustrophobic, stuck in a barbed-wire jungle and then I suddenly fall out and I'm sitting by a pool with birds singing. Remain in Light was this combination of ambient music and strong lyrics and incredibly inventive percussion and bass parts. After three or four albums, Lynyrd Skynyrd transcended the Southern-rock tag. But when R.E.M. We had never met or really spoken, so I was a little intimidated. We loved what they did with the song. Let's just say this wasn't necessarily a situation where guys were getting rich off the royalties. And anyone who sings needs to be exposed to Steven Tyler. They were playing a weeklong engagement, and each night I'd hear another great original song from them and knew I'd found the band I was searching for. It was a thing of beauty. I remember riding my bike back to my grandma's house knowing that my life had changed forever. The first kind is the documentarian someone like Leonard Chess, who goes into a bar on the South Side of Chicago, sees Muddy Waters with a six-piece combo, then pulls him into the studio the next day and says, "Play what you played last night." There's a direct line you can draw back from today's metal, through Eighties bands like Iron Maiden, back to Sabbath. It wasn't heavy metal. They followed their most critically acclaimed record, OK Computer, with their most radical change, Kid A. I have never seen another man who could make hardened old waitresses at the Palomino Club in Los Angeles shed tears the way he did. He wrote those lyrics without any music. They weren't concerned with clothes or looks or hit singles. There's a Jerry Lee Lewis flavor to the way he just gets in there and lets it rip: His rocking stuff has a lot of raw power, a real physicality. I was on holiday with my parents in the late Sixties when I heard "I Wish It Would Rain." MTV had just started to sink its claws into people, and that song was like an anthem for coked-up adults trying to make sense of their world. Al Kooper 10. But he also had intelligence and honesty. When they played their first gig, in 2003 at Coachella, the first thing Iggy did was start jumping in the air, flipping the bird to the crowd "Fuck you, fuck you and fuck you." "Bohemian Rhapsody" is arguably the greatest song ever written. It was like a doctor told him he was going to die, and he was trying to get it all down on paper. Where it comes from, I don't know. Now I identified with something. Admittedly, I was reading a lot about peak oil at the time, but c'mon, who else can inspire a crowd of 100,000 to throw their arms in the air while offering each individual brain in that crowd the opportunity to think critically about language and the state of the world today? Wolf was a big man, but he could really move. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Hank Williams songs like "Lonesome Whistle" and "Your Cheatin' Heart" are wonderful to sing because there is no bullshit in them. The ultimate beginner's guide. And the younger generation coming up now if you don't talk about the music or the artists, they don't know them. I felt her music was always there, and I feel like it always will be. Go look back at those TRL charts and it's not hard to tell why a generation of musicians, critics and fans became so deeply connected to the lyrics of a dude who, supposedly, was describing a world that at least 50 percent of his fans "couldn't relate to.". 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Middle school was brutal for me, and I clung to my music like a life raft. Then he gives it to his brother Dave, this teenage maniac, who turns it into a demented guitar part. Tony Banks 5. He may no longer be with us, but he leaves an indelible legacy. He may have had a larger than life stage persona, but when Emerson died, in 2016, former bandmate Carl Palmer wrote: "Keith was a gentle soul whose love for music and passion for his performance as a keyboard player will remain unmatched for many years to come." Songs such as the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" and Ike and Tina Turner's "River Deep, Mountain High" had wonderful singers, but they were tiles. But it's "Xxplosive," off 2001, that I got my entire sound from if you listen to the track, it's got a soul beat, but it's done with those heavy Dre drums. So whenever I had to do a solo, I would just play that. Greatest Rock Keyboardists 1. But what disappoints me about a lot of current music is that you don't hear any history in it. Even Elvis Presley knew why Wilson was called "Mr. Massively versatile, Corea dabbled in contemporary classical and prog rock, too, and was comfortable playing pretty much any keyboard instrument you put in front of him. I remember Ginger Baker was insane back then, and I'm sure he still is. But all the guys were very, very close. It wasn't just about the fact that Duane and Gregg Allman had the same parents. Like Nick Rhodes, Greg Phillinganes bestrode the '80s and '90s like a keyboard colossus, playing on all of Michael Jackson's albums from Off The Wall through to Dangerous, while also finding time to jam with Eric Clapton, Chaka Khan, Mick Jagger and well, pretty much everyone else. I first heard R.E.M. This is why we're talking about him now. When I first heard Howlin' Wolf's records, I thought that deep, scratchy voice was a fake voice, just the way he sang until I met him. was more melody-driven I'm sure he wrote his shit without a pen, and over the music but 'Pac was just hashing out his life. Aerosmith did, because we grew up in that era. When I'm trying to create something, I always refer to the Sex Pistols, because they show you what the possibilities are in music. Freddie's songs are just so much fun to sing, and he had such stamina. The impact she had wasn't flashy. That stuck with me. Hank lived what would have been a rock star's life full of touring, drinking and woman troubles. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. The Shirelles were given some of the all-time greatest songs to sing: "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," "Soldier Boy," "Tonight's the Night," "Mama Said." If you love Elvis Costello, it's because you love what he's thinking the depth and breadth of his notice is astounding. Tony Banks 5. Classically trained, Emerson's childhood was also spent playing Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard, and his attendance at this broad musical church became evident as he developed his own gangbusting style and honed his prog chops. A wayward fugitive, stumbling through the door of some Provenal cafe, his hat and coat soaking wet from the journey. Pink Floyd were always a group of great creative minds who did whatever the fuck they wanted and didn't worry about all the little rules. Carlos isn't the lead singer, but he is the maestro. The Allman Brothers Band was a true brotherhood of players one that went beyond race and ego. I also saw Zappa at Memorial Auditorium in Burlington, Vermont, on his last tour, in 1988. And always lifted, at the most needy moment, by a tantalizing melody. There was a mutual musical sensibility and a serious mutual respect. You don't realize how powerful that is when you're just a listener. The title song of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath has all of the stuff I'm talking about: It's rebellious and dark and wicked, but it's also gorgeous. Rolling Stone also says Kurt Cobain is the fifth greatest guitarist of all time while David Gilmore is like 87 or some shit. All of us are lucky to have heard songs as good as "Message in a Bottle," "Walking on the Moon" and "King of Pain" on the radio. The guitar player suddenly became the most important guy in the band. On tracks like "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Honey Don't!" When he went into the studio, it came out of him, like Minerva coming out of Jupiter's head. I decided to make top100 players keyboard (or maybe more devices in future) list and I need your help to collect more information! "The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time" is a special issue published by the American magazine Rolling Stone in two parts in 2004 and 2005 and updated in 2011. When I was just starting to learn how to play guitar, Aerosmith gave me the shove I needed. Whether it's the Cult or the Red Hot Chili Peppers, I apply the same basic formula: Keep it sparse. My big awakening happened when I was 14 years old. It seemed like he was singing about me walking in the sunsets in Oklahoma. The haunting opening strains of "Hotel California" came on the radio. The rhythm guitar kicks, too. Sometimes I put on Tupac's best songs, followed by Biggie's best songs. I loved that weirdness. As we all know now, the unsung heroes were the Motown house band, the Funk Brothers. They taught me and many other people a lot about life, people and music. He didn't get the breaks he deserved; hard luck seemed to follow him around. Not too long after that, Guns n' Roses were asked to open for Aerosmith on their Permanent Vacation tour. When I first heard Village Green Preservation Society, in 1971, I got this picture in my head of small-town English life: village greens, draft beer. Dickey was remarkable in his own right. They played traditional blues mixed with their own unique brand of rock & roll, and there was nothing but strength in that group. Learn how to play rock and blues piano from one of rock's greatest. He was funny, gracious to all, had a beautiful smile and a genuine way about him a gentle and humble man at heart. A million people can program beats, but can they put together an entire album like it's a movie? He demystified the whole thing for my generation: "Look, these are just instruments. As I waited backstage to present my speech, I was approached by three women arguing with one another as to who should be the one to go onstage and claim the award that was to be given to Jackie. All rights reserved. And when I played at Bonnaroo with my 10-piece band, we did two covers, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" and "Sultans of Swing." My reaction to Radiohead isn't as simple as jealousy. The records have their own vibe performance-based, few overdubs, like if some Memphis/Booker T.-type band moved West and got a youth-culture injection. To me, it all sounded like music from heaven. Think about a song like "Nutbush City Limits." You hear it in every song the way they could take the blues and turn it into a pop song like "For Your Love," then something psychedelic like "Shapes of Things," which has that weird middle. In a way, it's a matter of lost love. In the Sixties, I was in a band called Chain Reaction. They were desperately trying to write material that was truly progressive and original. It's a beautiful piece of music played by an awesome rocker of a young man who was a masterpiece of a human being. My parents had basically nine vinyl albums, all greatest hits: the Beatles' red/blue albums, Carpenters, Neil Diamond, Elton John, the Beach Boys' Endless Summer, Jim Croce, Gordon Lightfoot and Creedence Gold. Nobody sounds like him. Her melodies are about shapes. But it still held together as a bitchin'-ass song. And he used to put on such a show. He was sweating it looked like glitter sweat and he had a chipped tooth. Robert Fripp. You feel a mothership connection. They did "Shapes of Things," "Beck's Boogie," among other songs. He had a tone and a style that were uniquely his. The Eagles forever changed country and rock, but I just think of what they did as being great American music. Al Jackson's father was a drummer, so Al had a background of rhythm. I stood outside. It was a tribute to how great they were. Scott Asheton played drums as if he was in an electric-blues band. I can still listen to two or three Tupac CDs straight. Then Iggy turned to the side of the stage, where the elite were standing Sonic Youth, Queens of the Stone Age, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the other all-access rock stars and he gave us the jerk-off motion. Elvis ended up covering the song and took a lot of the glory there. But all of them talked bad about each other, calling everyone "motherfucker." But she influenced people who became stars. Our first cut writing for the Drifters was "Ruby Baby," which Nesuhi Ertegun produced and Johnny Moore sang lead on, in 1955. My dad was a mechanic. But who made Chess Records? The Dead were aficionados of folk, acoustic blues and bluegrass particularly Garcia. Her influence on me is so obvious. Then I go from James' bass-baritone to tenor singing with the Everly Brothers first Don, later Phil. Backstage, Carl was very nervous about coming out with us. It was like I unlocked a box: His music spoke to me. John Fogerty has an inimitable voice. He ain't got no hair!" Tony Banks (Genesis) 7. That said, there's nothing romantic about being addicted to heroin. Sometimes you think, "How can you top anything by the Yardbirds, or Zeppelin, or the Stones?" When they said Jimmy Iovine, I got Jimmy, because I wanted my solo work to be as much like Tom's as possible. Motown took care of the North with their polished sound, but the MGs were gritty and raw, and they could really groove. Upon Lewis' death, Moore returned to the group in time for "Under the Boardwalk.". It was '77. The two shows I remember where I just sat with my mouth open was that Yardbirds show, and Led Zeppelin at the Boston Tea Party in 1969. People are listening. Their management changed the lineup in 1958, and that's when the great Ben E. King came into the picture. James is so fine. He catches us at our tricks, and that's always thrilling. Ray wrote songs about the things that were important to him. They have a phase one, a phase two, maybe even a phase three and four. He took it to the honky-tonks the real honky-tonks where people would be drinking out of a jug. As you looked deeper into their music, everything you find out leads to something interesting. Thanks to a great arrangement by Stan Applebaum, the song showed us how rock & roll and strings could really work together. There's so little adornment. Raw Power was made by a different lineup, with James Williamson on guitar and Ron on bass. From funk masters to prog prodigies and beyond, we count down the players who have shaped our idea of the low-end theory By Jonathan Bernstein, David Browne, Jon Dolan, Brenna Ehrlich, David. My mind was being blown by this beautiful violence that was unlike anything I'd ever heard before. The list consists mostly of rock, blues and jazz . And that beat could really get a crowd going. Then Green came around, and suddenly this band was on a major label, playing arenas, and every human in America with two ears and access to radio was being demanded to "Stand." His lyrics are deep enough to demand exegesis (see: Decoded), at times, cute and playful enough to be memorized by every "mean girl" at my high school (see: his verse on Mariah Carey's "Heartbreaker"). He puts it to the test over and over and wins. This week's traditional Wednesday Question saw the people of UG community discussing the matter of the best keyboard players of all time. Throughout the Sixties and Seventies, the Tempts had an unprecedented string of hits: "My Girl," "The Way You Do the Things You Do," "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," "Just My Imagination." But those of us who love those records and a lot of us are musicians have loved them for decades. They were obviously so psyched to be doing what they were doing. Carl was that good. There is an illuminating love of living things all of them here on earth that lies within the tenderness of his line readings (listen to his song "Gaia," from Hourglass). Seeing the Stooges in reunion with Mike Watt from the Minutemen on bass was awesome. I love the way Freddie performed. He was fun to be around, great to play with as a musician. At the same time, everything they did was really smart and worked on a few levels; you could love a particular song, then realize a year later that you had totally missed the meaning. He's pretty much a recluse. As a companion piece to Baudelaire's "To the Reader" the preface to his Flowers of Evil and second to the Velvet Underground, there has never been better soul-lashing in rock. On Sea Change, I made a conscious effort to try to write songs as direct as Hank's. Their music could just always hold that. For AC/DC, rock began with Chuck Berry and ended around Elvis. It was the cutest thing. I was in such awe. That's very necessary today, when irony is becoming a lost art. The emotion is all in that groove. Carlos Santana's music is a family thing for Chicanos. He stood there, not moving a muscle, while he issued the most savage assault you had ever experienced, unless you were at the debut of Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" and your seat was in front of the cannon. I was told that. I can never listen to any Metallica record without thinking of him. Maybe they were thinking they were going to break into Casey Kasem's Top 40 countdown with their debut record, Kill 'Em All. But the crowd loved them, because they weren't trying to be black rappers. Keep on chooglin'. They didn't play emotional songs. Unsurprisingly, he's still very much in demand: he played the keyboard solo on Bruno Mars' 2017 single Versace On The Floor (opens in new tab), and when John Mayer wanted those '80s vibes for recent release Last Train Home, who else would he call but Greg (opens in new tab)? Talking Heads did that. I hope she can hear it. The next time I saw them was when they got back together six years later, and they were amazing. Following exhaustive searches to find the greatest pre-'80s, '80s/'90s and 21st-century keyboard players, we narrowed down our field of GOATs to just 15, and asked you to vote for the one true 'greatest of all time'. I read that an interviewer once asked Dave if he thought the Kinks had gone heavy metal in the Eighties. Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes and the Band's Music From Big Pink started a move back to American traditional music, and those recordings were a big influence on Clapton. Radiohead can do all of these things in a moment, and it drives me fucking crazy. The rhythm section is rad. The song is simple, but when you look at all the elements and how they're put together and where the downbeat is, it's kind of clever is not even really the word. They opened up for us in 1988, and one of the things that impressed me was how much personality they put across, even when they weren't playing. He could turn the corniest things into funk. At the very least, I don't think anyone will take issue with the next line: "I'm complex.". They're a fucking piece of the mountain coming down behind you, and you can't do anything about it. She had such a strong sexuality, but she didn't feel the need to deny that part of her in order to be taken seriously. There are very few performers who can grab you like that the first time only the greats. I don't know if massive stardom and selling a zillion records were on their minds when they were getting the ball rolling. There's not a fake bone in his body. Join Now and SAVE!!! He produced a terrific debut album called Pretty Hate Machine. Oh, and he played at Live Aid, and you didn't. I think the artist's primary responsibility is to reflect what life was like in their time. I remember getting chills watching him perform "On to the Next One" at Coachella. Hearing Al as a kid made me want to become a singer and showed me that it was OK to have a softer, more falsetto voice. Duff McKagan is like the bass player in AC/DC: His parts were fairly simple, but they made the band an unstoppable force. They performed some of the most dramatic records ever written: "Standing in the Shadows of Love," "Bernadette," "Reach Out I'll Be There," "I Can't Help Myself" and "Baby I Need Your Loving." At 15 minutes, it was so long and so good, it made you feel like now was the time. They had a polarizing quality. And they did. They paint an ugly picture. It was like they were weaving a beautiful piece of cloth. The combination sounded so powerful. After that he was front and center, singing the lead about a "Gypsy Woman" in an exotic brew of castanets and dark minor chords. His first big records, like "Moanin' at Midnight" and "How Many More Years" I'd hear them on the radio when I was still in Louisiana, on WLAC out of Nashville. I see more and more people getting into his music today. It's significant that Hank learned to play guitar from an elderly black musician: Hank is the ultimate hillbilly, but there's other stuff going on. Rick Wakeman (Yes) 3. I keep it on my black velvet top hat. Then there's Jack Bruce probably the most musically gifted bass player who's ever been. His piano and keyboard work has been heard on the works of Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, John Mayer, The Black Crowes, George Harrison, The Allman Brothers Band, The Indigo Girls, Blues Traveler, Train, Montgomery-Gentry, Lee Ann Womack and many, many more. To this day they still have the best album covers I've ever seen; they would sustain you as much as a video would today. They rapped about shit they knew about: skateboarding, going to White Castle, angel dust and television. We waited all day for them to arrive. To start, a player from each team competes in the Music Buzzer Battle. We were playing the Deep South Crunkville, before there was crunk and it was just black people at those shows. Every time you listen to them you hear something new. His songs weren't as political as Marvin Gaye and Donny Hathaway. Axl knew how to work an audience. They started out in the age of the sensitive singer-songwriter, and their music was as smart and sensitive as anyone's, but when they called upon it, they also had the power of a great rock & roll band. George Clinton showed me that anything goes: You do what you feel. They used to have to go out there and tape foam rubber around everything that Axl could touch from his teleprompter to his mic stand to make sure he wouldn't break anything, or hurt himself. He had everything you wanted to see. Clinton would pull in people like James Brown's saxophone player Maceo Parker and anyone else he could find. There are bands out there still trying to sound like the Sex Pistols and can't, because they were great players. The essays on these top 100 artists are by their peers: singers, producers and musicians. The things that Lydon wrote about back in '76 and '77 are totally relevant to what's going on right now. In 2004 50 years after Elvis Presley walked into Sun Studios and cut Thats All Right Rolling Stone celebrated rock & rolls first half-century in grand style, assembling a panel of 55 top musicians, writers and industry executives (everyone from Keith Richards to ?uestlove of the Roots) and asking them to pick the most influential artists of the rock & roll era. And they achieved that. upd: well finally decided to add tablets/mouse models as well ;w; . When I started getting calls to come and play on some cuts behind him, I'd think, "Oh, shit, I better play right." Billy Preston 6. When you heard him play, you knew it couldn't be anyone else. He told me his father would actually get mad, saying, "Play that thing right, boy, or don't play it at all." And this music comes on the radio. Shirley Alston Reeves, who did most of the group's lead vocals, wasn't a gospel shouter like Arlene Smith of the Chantels. Now people realize it's one of the best albums of the Eighties. His melodies weave in and out and all over the place, and you can tell they just spring out of him. What about those people we done forgot about, like Wolf? The Kinks are the only major band from the Sixties I can think of that didn't go psychedelic, didn't do any of that crap that all of the other big bands did at the time. For me, the Stooges were the perfect embodiment of what music should be of wanting it to be alive, riding the edge of control. It's amazing how many rock bands with serious grooves are made up of skinny English dudes. Seeing them perform makes me even angrier. The Allman Brothers had respect for the roots of this music. Besides being a musician, Leavell is also a tree farmer and owns land in Georgia with his wife.. My parents, at a loss, suggested I get involved in the local community theater's after-school program. He took my hand I guess I led him to her and he said, "Joni, I'd like you to meet Jewel." I first met Dre in December of 2003. Let me say first off, I am a huge Nirvana fan and believe he was a very talented guitar player. The singing lines are slow, steep plateaus. And they weren't. His background was in classical music; he looks at the bass guitar as a piece of the orchestra, like a low-pitch brass instrument. Back then the Four Tops were called the Four Aims. But we didn't try to make another "Bohemian Rhapsody." There is this thing in them wound up so tight that they have to let it out, let that thing uncoil; it has to be released. I hope he reads this tribute of mine and recognizes what a great personal value his existence is to one of his colleagues. Women responded overwhelmingly to his profoundly respectful and sensitive approach. He's best known, of course, for playing with Dream Theater, having started his career studying piano at the famous Julliard school. I've made the imaginary "Top Ten Keyboard Players" list that RS might print. And people expected the Wolf, because he was such a big guy, to just sit in a chair and belt it out. This thread is archived They were definitely going for a hit single with the song "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth." While the music got louder, the paint hurtled around us faster and faster till we ran nauseous from the cafe, chased by infernal screaming lavender, blue and black snakes. The Top Ten 1 Dave Greenfield (The Stranglers) But if they were aiming at becoming one of the most successful rock bands of all time, they sure were going about it in a kooky way. Black Sabbath's rhythm section doesn't get enough props. But if it were only that, I wouldn't go back and listen to those records again and again. But all the groups in the neighborhood knew that if the Four Aims were going to be there, you were going to be singing for second place at best. Then there's the producer who does it all. You know when I did "Shaft," with those 16th notes on the high-hat? The Four Tops will always be one of the best groups ever. This was back when a band was a band. And got encores! We had an old battery-powered radio, and we'd listen to this half-hour program that came on at night. I didn't really expect the reaction I got, which was, "No, I won't. But he was just experimenting, learning more. I loved the way Tom's Florida swamp-dog voice sounded in cahoots with Mike Campbell's guitar and Benmont Tench's keyboards. Argent Hold your Head Up.
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