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DannyG
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I'v e listed some before but now are my personal top 5 influencial records that shaped my guitar player when I was a kid. My list grows daily as I find inspiration from so many. But when I was a kid, into my teens learning how to play...
Led Zep...all of them
Santana Abbraxis
Layla
Blow by Blow...Jeff Beck
later ....
Larry Carlton and Robben Ford's 1st solo records (ti
My influecial records have now grown to include
Miles Davis Kind or Blue for minimal ist aprroach to soloing, phrasing
Off Ramp Pat Metheny, phrasing, dynamics
Ah Via Musicom Eric Johnson. touch, phrasing
Grant Street Sonny Landreth Meanest slide player I know
Talk to Your Daughter Robben Ford..The best tone ever!
My all time #1 favorite record that I would have to have on a island
Steely Dan's Aja
11 January 2007
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Cindy Lou -Who
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Who's Next....The penultimate album. Should be on everyone's list!
11 January 2007 - Who-Ville
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Jimmy S.
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Hank - That was well-written. I'm impressed with your knowledge of the albums you listed. And, hold your head up...OSU had a great season!
11 January 2007 - Biddle, PA
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Tom Breiding
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Just visited for the first time in a while and had to chime in on the top 5 list. Most of mine were covered with TP Damn the Torpedos topping the list, but 5 that I like that nobody mentioned yet are:
Elton John Tumbleweed Connection
The Who Live at Leeds
Neil Young American Stars and Bars
Allman Bros. Brothers and Sisters
Bruce Springsteen Tunnel of Love
11 January 2007
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Hank Spicer
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Anytime i see this(greatest albums ever) mentioned, it should be noted that it's impossible to do but you take a swing at the plate and hopefully hit one up the box. For me, I will list the 5 greatest albums in importance, timing and influence. My favorite five to have on that deserted island would probably be different though.
#5 Legend Bob Marley and the Wailers Not because of when it came out but because of the importance of how many people were exposed to Marley and reggae music because of this album. Lots of 25 and unders own this which makes it amazing.
#4 Kind of Blue Miles Davis The greatest jazz album of all time which touches the blues also and everybody knows how important jazz, blues and gospel are to the development rock and roll. Made in 1958--wow. Miles and Coltrane changed the world basically. Some music critics claim that the period of 1958-63 will be the most important period in the history of music because of Miles and Coltrane.
#3 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen my favorite Bruce album is Darkness but this is the one that i would present to any body of critics any century in the future. Rock and roll was stagnant, disco was coming into the landscape and for the first time a performer understood how Chuck Berry, Van Morrison, the Beatles and all other notable performers melded together. Backstreets, Thunder Road and Born To Run are on this album---think about that. These weren't songs,they were mini series or forms of West Side Story on vinyl. Now you throw in Phil Spector's Wall of Sound influence in the studio...devastating.
#2 is a tie between Marvin Gaye What's Going On and Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited. Marvin's best album and when figuring the time period, what a statement for a black performer as he shifted from the credible Motown type single to deep, reflective songs about the times. Berry Gordy hated it at the time but even a genius can be wrong. And Dylan's effort? The album that contained an opening track called Like A Rolling Stone and in 1965 set the stage for what was to come next--the one upsmanship of rock music. Springsteen said about the beginning of Like A Rolling Stone, " the snare shot that sounded like somebody'd kicked open the door to your mind." Dylan is the greatest song writer ever--period.
#1 is more cheating on my part as i submit a tie again between Sgt.Pepper's of The Beatles and Pet Sounds of the Beach Boys. Sgt. Pepper is so important because it truly is "the" concept album. It's influence changed the way albums were recorded from here on out. Album art and covers became a factor because of it. To think where the world was in 1967 and the anticipation of this masterpiece and what it meant for the times is mind-blowing. It was also really the last time that all four of the Beatles were on the same page in the recording studio--it was their masterpiece of the ages and the begining of the end--people just didn't know it. And Pet Sounds? I put it right there with Sgt.Pepper because without pet Sounds, there would be no Sgt. Pepper. Lennon talked about how Brian Wilson purely knocked him on his ass. He basically explained that after he listened to that album he knew it was time to get serious. Pet Sounds changed "how" albums were recorded more than anything. The technical stuff that was done in a studio started right there in the mind of Brian Wilson. Many people think of the Beach Boys as just some good time summer music but this showed the genuis of his mind. Every album that came out after Pet Sounds by the Stones, the Beatles,and later even The Who were different now beecause the bar had been raised.
It was real tough by the way to not have London Calling from the Clash, Exile On Main Street from the Stones, Are You Experienced from Jimi, Who's Next from The Who, Led Zeppelin IV, At Folsom Prison from Johnny Cash, After The Gold Rush from Neil Young and The Joshua Tree from U2 on a top 5.
But like i said before, if i was on that island i would have Blood On the Bricks from ICH, Darkness from Bruce, Making Movies from Dire Straits some Southside Johnny and Van Morrison probably Astral Weeks and some Steely Dan and Stevie Ray and i'd be real happy..it's just so damn hard to narrow.
11 January 2007 - Ohio where depression still reigns
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ANDY
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NOW SOME PEOPLE WILL NO DOUBT QUESTION MY COMMITMENT TO 'THE BAND' AS I WILL ONLY BE ATTENDING THE LAST TWO SHOWS IN SPAIN IN FEB - BUT I DO HAVE TO WORK FOR A LIVING ! HOWEVER I'M ALL BOOKED UP FOR THAT WEEKEND AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME MORE ROCKIN IN MATARO & SANT JOAN. BRING IT ON
11 January 2007 - TELFORD - ENGLAND
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Fab Four Fan
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Hard Day's Night - This album could be a collection of Greatest Hits by these Liverpool Lads
11 January 2007 - Cyberspace
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Mark
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Whiskeytown...Nice one Joe! Speaking of Ryan Adams...
Rock and Roll/Ryan Adams
Low Budget/Kinks
Let it Be/Replacements
Rolling Stones Now!/Stones (just for "Mona" and "Down the Road Apiece"_
SOme Girls/Stones...Easily one of their top three. Don't let anyone fool ya.
11 January 2007 - Greensburg
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Joe G
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Whiskeytown "Stranger's Almanac"
Otis Redding "Otis Blue"
Electic Flag "Long Time Coming"
Muddy Waters "Hard Again"
Mink DeVille "Cabaretta"
11 January 2007 - Cloud 9
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Mojo Risin
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LA Woman/The Doors
So many great songs on this record.
The band was getting back into their bluesy roots, really hitting their stride, until Morrison succumbed to his addictions
11 January 2007 - Sunset Strip
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