rahsaan Patterson


black flag


van halen


Elton John


Need I tell ya?


White Stripes

dam give me a few minutes
i need to gather a helluva lot of pictures

James Brown
George Clinton
Sly Stone
Prince
Bootsy
Jimi
The Beatles
Aretha Franklin
Patti Labelle
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Cream
Led Zepplin

Miles Davis
Sly Stone
Isley Brothers
Four Tops
Jimi Hendrix
Curtis Mayfield
Black Sabbath
Sergio Mendes
James Brown
Marvin Gaye
Layne Staley.....

In order of greatness, my top 20 musical heroes:

(not necessarily my favourite artists, but musicians who have inspired me musically the most)

1. Prince
2. Jimi Hendrix
3. John Coltrane
4. Miles Davis
5. John Lennon
6. Stevie Wonder
7. Jimmy Page
8. Paul McCartney
9. Kurt Cobain
10. David Gilmour
11. Terence Trent D'Arby/Sananda Maitreya
12. James Brown
13. George Harrison
14. Eric Clapton
15. Michael Jackson
16. Charles Mingus
17. Jeff Buckley
18. Juliana Hatfield
19. Rivers Cuomo/Weezer
20. Herbie Hancock

Right now for me there's only one

Curtis Mayfield

My list has reflected that of the the others here but right now he is more than an inspiration.

Man, where do i start...

Prince
Tom Waits
Little Richard
Leadbelly
Robert Johnson
Eric Bibb
Jeff Buckley
Billie Holliday
The Beatles
Nick Drake
David Bowie
Leonard Cohen
Warren Zevon
Woody Guthrie
A R Rahman
Louis Armstrong
Earl Hines
Herbie Hancock
Al Green
Otis Redding
Michael Jackson
James Brown
Sly Stone
Stevie Wonder

They're probably the proper "musical heroes", although i'm omitting sooo many of my favourite artists.

forgotafewedit
[This message was edited Fri May 7 13:45:28 2004 by 3bogs]