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Who are your music heroes ?
Who are your music heroes ?
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saregapadanisa
74 posts
Jan 19, 2010
6:33 AM
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Not restricted to blues. Any categories welcome.
I may have different answers next week, but for today, I'll start :
- singer : Abbey Lincoln
- piano : Bill Evans
- guitar : Frank Zappa
- percussion : Zakir Hussain
- harp : Sugar Blue
- pure genious : Django Reinhardt
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Kingley
639 posts
Jan 19, 2010
6:57 AM
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Today my choices would be:
Singers - Billie Holiday, Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye
Piano - Otis Spann, Gene Taylor and Honey Piazza
Guitar - BB King, Brownhie McGhee
Percussion - Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Jimi Bott
Harp - Big Walter Horton and too many others (dead and alive) to mention.
Pure Genius - Lester Young, Gator Jackson, Gene Ammons
My choices would probably change tomorrow.
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Andrew
842 posts
Jan 19, 2010
7:27 AM
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My first music hero was Liberace, in the Sixties when I was a kid!
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Kinda hot in these rhinos!
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HarpNinja
69 posts
Jan 19, 2010
7:58 AM
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Derek Trucks among others.
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Mike Fugazzi
http://www.myspace.com/niterailband
http://www.youtube.com/user/NiteRail
http://www.twitter.com/NiteRail
http://www.facebook.com/mike.fugazzi
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Honkin On Bobo
180 posts
Jan 19, 2010
8:24 AM
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Guitar: Hendrix, Clapton, C. Berry
Keyboards: Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Billy Joel
Vocals/Front Man: Jagger, Daltrey, Plant, S. Tyler
Bass: John Paul Jones, John Entwhistle
Drums: John Bonham, Keith Moon, J. Kramer
Harp: Little Walter, Magic Dick, (10 way tie for a third name).
Yeah, I know, a little rock oriented, but I likes what I likes.
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CJames
137 posts
Jan 19, 2010
8:39 AM
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Vocals: Mike Patton, Neil Finn, James Taylor, Bradley nowell,
Guitar: Hendrix, Allan Holdsworth, Brian Setzer, John Petrucci,
Keys: Elton John, Ray Charles, Jordan Rudess
drums: tomas haake, Mike Portnoy, Stewart Copeland
harp: stevie wonder, sonnyboy williamson II
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LittleJoeSamson
219 posts
Jan 19, 2010
8:54 AM
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Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson, Benny Goodman, Diz, Miles, Brubeck, Willie Dixon, Lennon-McCartney-Harrison, Big Walter, Butter, Toots, too many others of individual talents.
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jonsparrow
1767 posts
Jan 19, 2010
9:04 AM
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- singer : john nemeth, son house, charlie musselwhite, john butler
- piano : trent reznor, little richard, andre 3000
- guitar : aron north, john butler, robert johnson, son house
- percussion : i cant remember his name
- harp : little walter, big walter, jason ricci, J.J. Milteau, Carlos Del Junco
- pure genious : trent reznor, mike patton
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Last Edited by on Jan 19, 2010 9:07 AM
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CJames
138 posts
Jan 19, 2010
9:09 AM
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Sparrow, it's funny that you mention John butler, He comes from my town. He used to be a regular busker not 10 years ago.
p.s. patton and reznor rule!
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jonsparrow
1768 posts
Jan 19, 2010
9:13 AM
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thats cool, have you ever seen him perform? i want to sooo bad.
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CJames
139 posts
Jan 19, 2010
9:21 AM
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yeahh back at a Festival in 2005 i think. He's good. Can't say i'm a huge fan of him, but i sure as hell can appreciate his work.
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LittleJoeSamson
220 posts
Jan 19, 2010
10:05 AM
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"LittleJoe- No love for Ringo?" - nacoran
Oh, Ringo was a fine drummer, probably the best rock drummer...and underappreciated. I just don't classify him in the same creative aspect as the rest of the FF.
Now for others: male voice Nat "King" Cole, female Ella Fitzgerald.
Piano: Art Tatum, Fatha Hines.
Sax: Sidney Bechet, Stan Getz.
Guitar: Chet Atkins
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GamblersHand
127 posts
Jan 19, 2010
10:11 AM
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Tom Waits
Lowell George
Ryan Adams before 2004 or so
Van Morrison
Lucinda Williams
Howlin Wolf
James Mathus
James Brown
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LilWillieB
8 posts
Jan 19, 2010
10:47 AM
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Singer: Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
Piano: Oscar Peterson
Guitar: Robert Johnson
Percussion: Neil Peart (Rush)
Harp: Jason Ricci
Pure Genius: John Lennon
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boris_plotnikov
3 posts
Jan 19, 2010
11:11 AM
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Chet Baker
John Coltrane
Jimi Hendrix
Django Reinhard
Prodigy
Rage Against The Machine
Queen
Miles Davis
Tom Waits
Eric Truffaz
Harp players: Howard Levy, Jason Ricci, John Popper, Richard Hunter, Chris Michalek
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nacoran
826 posts
Jan 19, 2010
11:22 AM
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LittleJoe- I was actually going to say John, Paul and George but you beat me to the punch, so I chimed in for poor Ringo.
John, Paul, George
Chris Cornell
Lucinda Williams
Tori Amos
Eddie Vedder
Axl Rose
Kurt Cobain
Louis Armstrong
Bach
Fiona Apple
Tracy Chapman
Actually, some local people that I've met have probably influenced me as much as these people. Jen Abounader, Eric Erkkinen, my friend Jeff Jackson... and I'd like to thank the academy, wait, wrong speech.
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snakes
437 posts
Jan 19, 2010
11:54 AM
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Vocals: Curtis Salgado, John Nemeth, Mark DuFresne, Big Joe Turner
Guitar: SRV, Lightning Hopkins, Buddy Guy, Roy Rogers, Roy Buchannan - aw there's way too many for me to list
Harp: Big Walter, Little Walter, Grant Dermody
Drums: Aynsley Dunbar (before the sellout of his most famous band...), Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
Keyboards: Pinetop Perkins, Roosevelt Sykes
Bass: Mel Shacher, Willie Dixon
Contemporary Lyrics: Paul Thorn, Ian Siegal
General: Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters
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ElkRiverHarmonicas
349 posts
Jan 19, 2010
12:31 PM
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My grandpa. That man had F-U-N-K! I said had because while he's living, he can't play mandolin anymore. He had this weird sense of timing. His powers of timing, I am convinced, was partially because of the weaker gravity of earth and the fact he drew musical power from earth's yellow sun.
Yes, his timing was like an atomic clock, but it wasn't just that he was in time, it was more like he WAS time and could warp the curtain of space/time in a musical riff. He hit a lot of blue notes, but it wasn't the notes, it was HOW he hit them. I've never been able to duplicate that funky timing of his.
He invented cross harp (at least as far as he was concerned) back in the 1950s. He carried a D Marine Band for tuning his guitar or fiddle or mandolin, or whatever he had at whatever time. As he drew on the E (1 draw) and it spilled over, he identified that -with his ear- as an A chord. He figured if it had an A chord, he could play in A. And he did.
A while back he was telling me that story and he says about the Marine Band "You know, they still make those."
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www.elkriverharmonicas.com
Last Edited by on Jan 19, 2010 12:32 PM
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nacoran
827 posts
Jan 19, 2010
1:06 PM
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Elk- Your grandpa isn't related to eHarp is he?
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phogi
198 posts
Jan 19, 2010
1:21 PM
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1. Jason Ricci and the New Blood. I'd been asleep for years, this music shook me awake.
2. Adam Gussow. Coming from a music educator, I say he is a hero among music educators.
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pharpo
97 posts
Jan 19, 2010
1:58 PM
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Guitar: Eric Clapton, Stephen Stills (one of the most underrated players IMHO)
Keyboards: Elton John, Jerry Lee Lewis
Vocals/Front Man: Steve Perry
Bass: Jack Cassidy
Drums: Derek Trucks
Harp: James Cotton ,Rice Miller
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Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art. - Charlie Parker
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GermanHarpist
990 posts
Jan 19, 2010
2:12 PM
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Phogi... at last. Adam. Hell yeah, Adam!
For me a hero is not only his abilities but how someone uses his abilites (i.e. for the good of others).
I wouldn't know of anybody else who I'd consider my music 'hero'. (In '...' because the term is IMO used in so many wrong ways...)
EDIT: but then I probably have a pretty peculiar definition of hero.
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germanharpist on YT. =;-) - Resonance is KEY!
Last Edited by on Jan 19, 2010 6:48 PM
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Zhin
387 posts
Jan 19, 2010
6:11 PM
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Chris "Buddha" Michalek
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http://www.youtube.com/harmonicazhin
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djm3801
310 posts
Jan 19, 2010
6:56 PM
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Harp - Sugar Blue / William Clarke
Sax - David Sanborn / Stanley Turrentine
Guitar - Larry Carlton / BB King
Slide Guitar / Writer - George Harrison
Drums - Gene Krupa
Vocals - Male - Sinatra , Elton John/ Female - Anita Baker
Trumpet - Maynard Ferguson
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shanester
71 posts
Jan 19, 2010
7:11 PM
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Adam Gussow, for rekindling a flame in me that was almost dead, and I doubt will ever be that dim again.
Daniel Johnston, Scratch Acid, Butthole Surfers, Minor Threat, The Big Boys, The Misfits, The Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Public Enemy, Boogie Down Productions, The Pixies, The Smiths, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Black Flag, Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, George Jones, Jimi Hendrix, The Mamas and the Papas, Joni Mitchell, Janis Joplin, Robert Johnson, Sonny Boy II, John Lee Hooker, Paul Butterfield, The Roches, Junior Wells, Pink Floyd, Devo, Nirvana, Radiohead, Chet Baker, Boots Randolph, Buddy Holly, Jaco Pastorias, Django Reinhardt, Parliament, Funkadelic, Bob Marley, Curtis Mayfield...
There's some others I can't think of at the moment...
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http://www.youtube.com/1shanester
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shanester
72 posts
Jan 19, 2010
7:13 PM
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Have to include Willie Nelson, I'll stop now.
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http://www.youtube.com/1shanester
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OzarkRich
84 posts
Jan 19, 2010
7:24 PM
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Vocals: Ian MacKaye, Mark Mothersbaugh
Guitar: Glenn Kaiser, Johnny Winter
Harp: Steve Cash, Darrell Mansfield
Drums: Robert Sweet, Tony Thompson
Piano: Professor Longhair, Elton John
Bass: Lee Rocker
Accordion: My Mom
Autoharp: My Grandma
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Ozark Rich
YouTube: OzarkRich
Facebook: php?ref=profile&id=100000279894342
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shanester
74 posts
Jan 19, 2010
7:35 PM
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OK, maybe not. The Beatles, Johnny Cash. Can't believe I forgot them!
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http://www.youtube.com/1shanester
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shanester
75 posts
Jan 19, 2010
7:36 PM
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Definitely Queen.
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http://www.youtube.com/1shanester
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shanester
76 posts
Jan 19, 2010
7:43 PM
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James Brown, duh!
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http://www.youtube.com/1shanester
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shanester
77 posts
Jan 19, 2010
7:47 PM
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Ween
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http://www.youtube.com/1shanester
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Kyzer Sosa
89 posts
Jan 19, 2010
7:52 PM
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way way way too many to list....
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gene
360 posts
Jan 19, 2010
10:00 PM
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Overall song writing: The Doors
Keyboard style: Ray Manzerek of The Doors
Front man (showmanship): David Byron of Uriah Heep (70s)
Lyricist: Ken Hensley of Uriah Heep (70s)
Harmonica: A bunch of 'em
Guitar: Mick Box, Jimmie Page, Richie Blackmore, etc.
Vocals: Depends on what I'm in the mood for
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ElkRiverHarmonicas
351 posts
Jan 20, 2010
6:53 AM
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Nacoran:"Elk- Your grandpa isn't related to eHarp is he?"
I dunno. what planet did E-harp come from? ;)
I was thinking some more about g-pa's timing after I wrote that yesterday, much of what it was, I think, was going out of the beat momentarily. He'd hold a blue note beyond a beat, then play this syncopation of some weird triplets that lead him back. I can do a gpa Payne beat on one song, John Henry. It started out like that because I couldn't get in and out of the six overblow fast enough and that timing stuck in my version of the song. Grandpa, however, could do it with impunity.
As far as harp goes, it's Jason Ricci, but not because of the notes he plays. Partially, he's a hero of mine, because he is so accessible, but mostly its the resonance techniques he does with his hands. I never really sat down and studied his scales, or his overblowing, but I have studied his hands a great deal, there's a different hand position for just about every note. That's why his harmonica cries.
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www.elkriverharmonicas.com
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