mick taylor era stones

what say you?

My favorite rock n roll band in history is the 1992 - 1996 lineup for the Black Crowes:
The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion; Amorica; Three Snakes and One Charm.

They, in my opinion, were the righteous descendants of Black American R&B, gospel,
boogie, and country music all thrown into one mix as rock n roll:

MoBettaBliss said:

mick taylor era stones

what say you?

although i believe their ascension began before taylor, i agree whole heartedly. unfuckwithable.

...and as far as american rock and roll? absolutely this.

Dasein said:

My favorite rock n roll band in history is the 1992 - 1996 lineup for the Black Crowes:
The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion; Amorica; Three Snakes and One Charm.

They, in my opinion, were the righteous descendants of Black American R&B, gospel,
boogie, and country music all thrown into one mix as rock n roll:

except, allowing for favored line-ups, i'd include their entire catalog. they fer sure were strongest right out of the gate.

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MoBettaBliss said:

mick taylor era stones

what say you?

All their 70's work are masterpieces and I think they are far better than the Beatles musically particularly during this period.

mjscarousal said:

mjscarousal said:

MoBettaBliss said:

mick taylor era stones

what say you?

All their 70's work are masterpieces and I think they are far better than the Beatles musically particularly during this period.

Hmm . . . how so?

peedub said:

...and as far as american rock and roll? absolutely this.

Dasein said:

My favorite rock n roll band in history is the 1992 - 1996 lineup for the Black Crowes:
The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion; Amorica; Three Snakes and One Charm.

They, in my opinion, were the righteous descendants of Black American R&B, gospel,
boogie, and country music all thrown into one mix as rock n roll:

except, allowing for favored line-ups, i'd include their entire catalog. they fer sure were strongest right out of the gate.

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My brother and I went to see them in Columbia SC back in 1998 and they started the show with
a raucous version of "Sting Me" - the same song above. But, when the kids in the first row felt
no inclination to stand up and start dancing with the rest of the entire hall, Chris Robinson stopped
the music, berated them, had the bouncers come and move them from the first row, and started
the show up again. We all went nuts.

It was awesome.

Dasein said:

My favorite rock n roll band in history is the 1992 - 1996 lineup for the Black Crowes:
The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion; Amorica; Three Snakes and One Charm.

They, in my opinion, were the righteous descendants of Black American R&B, gospel,
boogie, and country music all thrown into one mix as rock n roll:

love them

i have 2 dvds of their live shows that i've played to death

The only knock I have against the Stones is that they are really, just fundamentally, practicing
pastiche: their body of work is mostly an imitative art that is celebratory of delta blues and all things
Americana (country-western, etc). I think most English blues-rock bands from the 60s and 70s
are really just celebrating the music that GIs introduced to their country during World War II any-
ways.

The Crowes are from Georgia and really lived it: they actually grew up in southern gospel churches
and hootenannies, so their boogie down rock n roll gospel country music just felt more authentic to
me. That said, my knock against the Crowes is that Rich Robinson's bridges always contain moving
four whole steps up from the tonic, adopting it as such, and then moving back down, which gets
kinda boring after awhile.

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

mjscarousal said:

All their 70's work are masterpieces and I think they are far better than the Beatles musically particularly during this period.

The Stones have made some great albums for sure! The Beatles had disbanded by the start of the 1970s although each member released solo work in the decade. One of the great "what ifs" is what The Beatles sound would have morphed into? The Stones had their hand in a lot of different things (Hot Stuff, Miss you come to mind) and not sure if that was a road the Beatles would have traveled.

I think the Rolling Stones 70s material is much better than the Beatles 60's material. I always find myself listening more to the Rolling Stones than the Beatles. It might just be preference though. You're right it would have been interesting to see how the Beatles would have transitioned musically in the 70's.

Queen for me

homesquid said:

Queen for me

I love them, Freddie mercury is a genius

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mjscarousal said:

homesquid said:

Queen for me

I love them, Freddie mercury is a genius

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Agreed. I hope we get to hear clean, completed versions of MJ and Freddie on "Victory" and "State Of Shock"

homesquid said:

mjscarousal said:

I love them, Freddie mercury is a genius

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Agreed. I hope we get to hear clean, completed versions of MJ and Freddie on "Victory" and "State Of Shock"

Me too, I love their duets together.

The Wrecking Crew or The Swampers

MoBettaBliss said:

The 1960's and 70's produced such a large amount of great rock bands, I would be hard pressed to choose one. I've always been partial to Queen, but can appreciate everything everyone brought to the table.

In America, some can make a case for Aerosmith in terms of longevity, songs, and mass appeal. Not the biggest fan of their stuff, but they could be considered in the bigger conversation.

damn skippy

Dasein said:

zeppelin are number 2 for me

Living Colour and The Beatles for me

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homesquid said:

jjhunsecker said:

As much as I love the Beatles and especially The Rolling Stones, I'm going to have to say LED ZEPPELIN

Brother, nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

I don't think the Beatles finished up their careers as a rock n roll band, otherwise I would have
selected them as the greatest (pop) band in history. Everything I do as a musician working with-
in a pop context is because of them; and everything everybody working within a pop context is
doing, does so because of them.

But, I digress . . .

The Stones like The Who The Kinks and Led Zeppelin are all overrated I'm afraid.

fortuneandserendipity said:

rdhull said:

fortuneandserendipity said:

The Stones like The Who The Kinks and Led Zeppelin are all overrated I'm afraid.

Naw... they deserve all the accolades they've received. It's their influences that haven't got the amount praise they should be given.

See my profile for 5 bands that cane the shit out of any mentioned here. Good day!