Name your top 10 musical heroes, dead or alive

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  1. Humbuster

    Humbuster Staff Emeritus

    Don Ellis
    Pat Dinizio
    Miles Davis
    Brian Wilson
    Danny Gatton
    Herb Alpert
    Francis Albert Sinatra
    Pete Townshend
    Gordon Lightfoot
    John Barry
     
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  2. PacificOceanBlue

    PacificOceanBlue Senior Member

    Location:
    The Southwest
    Very hard to narrow it to ten (there are others I like as much that aren't listed; Stills, Dylan, Bowie, Buckingham, Richards, McCartney, Zappa, Garcia, Walsh, Wes Montgomery, Willie Nelson, etc.):

    Elvis Presley
    Jeff Beck
    Brian Wilson
    Jimi Hendrix
    Pete Townshend
    Eric Clapton
    John Coltrane
    Miles Davis
    Bill Evans
    Neil Young
     
  3. Greenalishi

    Greenalishi Birds Aren’t Real

    Location:
    San Francisco
    Julie Miller
    Blind Willie Johnson
    PJ Harvey
    Al Green
    Ronnie Spector
    Mcoy Tyner
    Oscar Moore
    Townes Van Zandt
    Sly Stone
    Charles Mingus
    Hank Williams
     
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  4. Grower of Mushrooms

    Grower of Mushrooms Omnivorous mammalian bipedal entity.

    Location:
    Glasgow
    John or Dean?
     
  5. JuanTCB

    JuanTCB Senior Member

    Location:
    Brooklyn, NY
    Keith Richards
    Mike Nesmith
    John Lydon
    Peter Buck
    Steve Cropper
    Bob Dylan
    Mose Allison
    Ron Wood
    Buddy Holly
    Stephen Stills
     
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  6. Two Sheds

    Two Sheds Sha La La La Lee

    Buddy Holly
    John Lennon
    Paul McCartney
    Pete Townshend
    Ray Davies
    Steve Marriott
    Mick Jagger
    Burt Bacharach
    Sam Cooke
    Dionne Warwick
     
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  7. Miles Davis
    Ollie Halsall
    Benny Andersson
    Juliana Hatfield
    Sly Stone
    H-J Roedelius
    Eno
    Joni Mitchell
    Robert Fripp
    Tony Banks

    I could go on...
     
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  8. Zoot Marimba

    Zoot Marimba And I’m The Critic Of The Group

    Location:
    Savannah, Georgia
    Off the top of my head:
    Diamond Dave
    Keith Richards and Brian Jones
    Frank Zappa
    Lowell George
    Les Claypool
    Buckethead
    Bon Scott
    John Lydon
    Robert Fripp

    What I love about all of these guys is that they are completely, authentically, unapologetically themselves. I’m me, take it or leave it.
     
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  9. JoeOnWheels

    JoeOnWheels Forum Resident

    Location:
    Loveland CO USA
    Chuck Berry
    Chess Brothers
    Ray Davies
    Bob Dylan
    Elmore James
    Robert Johnson
    Sam Phillips
    Muddy Waters
    Hank Williams
    These guys came to mind quickly but I have a feeling that I’m neglecting ten others. If Leonard & Phil Chess and Phillips aren’t considered musical, then the Everly Brothers and Charlie Watts.
     
  10. mrwolk

    mrwolk One and a half ears...no waiting!

    Location:
    Ottawa, Canada
    Al Bowlly
    Elvis Presley
    Bille Holliday
    Charles Mingus
    George Gershwin
    Bob Dylan
    Louis Armstrong
    Frank Sinatra
    Ella Fitzgerald
    Cole Porter
     
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  11. RockRoom

    RockRoom I Love My Dog

    Location:
    Upstate
    No Particular Order:
    John Lennon
    Jerry Garcia
    Bob Dylan
    Richard Manuel
    David Bowie
    Elvis Presley
    Peter Tosh
    Ronnie Lane
    Jimmy Page
    Jimi Hendrix
     
  12. john lennonist

    john lennonist There ONCE was a NOTE, PURE and EASY...

    1 -- John Winston Lennon

    others, in no particular order

    George Harrison
    Neil Young
    Jerry Garcia
    Pete Townshend
    Moon the Loon (would love to have had one night on the town with him!)
    Ray Davies
    Ian Anderson
    Rory Gallagher
    Kurt Cobain
    Dean Martin
    Howlin' Wolf


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  13. rockerreds

    rockerreds Senior Member

    Roger McGuinn
    Lou Reed
    Eric Carmen
    Tom Verlaine
    Ray Davies
    Al Green
    Haydn
    Bartok
    Stravinsky
    Jack Jones
     
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  14. bgart13

    bgart13 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Mundelein, IL
    Joey Ramone
    Johnny Ramone
    Dee Dee Ramone
    Tommy Ramone
    Link Wray
    Lux Interior
    Poison Ivy Rorschach
    Miriam Linna
    Billy Miller
    Bo Diddley
     
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  15. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    John Lennon
    Hank Williams
    Doc Watson
    Clarence White
    Paul Simon
    John Dawson
    Jimi Hendrix
    Alvin Lee
    Bob Dylan
    Brian Wilson

    and of course so many more...
     
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  16. Cool hand luke

    Cool hand luke There you go man, keep as cool as you can

    Location:
    Massachusetts
    Hank Williams Sr.
    Billie Holiday
    John Coltrane
    Muddy Waters
    Elvis
    Johnny Cash
    Dylan
    Lennon
    Joe Strummer
    Steve Earle

    Damn, forgot Lou Reed. So my list is 11
     
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  17. LilacTeardrop

    LilacTeardrop "Roll It Over My Soul...and Leave Me Here"

    Location:
    U.S.
    "Heroes"...
    performed by David Bowie live @ The Bridge School Concert (1996)
    :):):cool::cool::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
    Organizers of & Participants @ any charity concerts: "Heroes".
    Neil Young & Participants: Bridge School Benefit Concerts
    Bob Geldorf & Participants: Live Aid
    Willie Nelson & John Cougar Mellancamp & Participants: Farm Aid

     
  18. pokemaniacjunk

    pokemaniacjunk Forum Resident

    Location:
    south paris maine
    Elton John
    Ringo Starr
    Paul McCartney
    Freddie Mercury
    Howard Kaylan
    Tiny Tim
    Maurice Gibb
    Roger Hodgson
    Frank Zappa
    Barry Gibb
     
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  19. MPLRecords

    MPLRecords Owner of eleven copies of Tug of War

    Location:
    Lake Ontario
    Paul McCartney
    Nick Lowe
    John Fogerty
    Glenn Miller
    Buddy Holly
    Pete Townshend
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Michael Nesmith
    Keith Richards
    Robert Johnson

    Honorable mentions of Smokey Robinson and Elvis Costello
     
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  20. palisantrancho

    palisantrancho Forum Resident

    Joey Ramone
    Bob Dylan
    Elvis Presley
    John Lennon
    Ray Davies
    Robert Smith
    Dee Dee Ramone
    Steve Kilbey
    Lee Scratch Perry
    Lux Interior
     
  21. Big Pasi

    Big Pasi Forum Resident

    Location:
    Vaasa, Finland
    John Lennon
    Paul McCartney
    Matthew Bellamy
    David Gilmour
    Roger Waters
    Keith Moon
    Pete Townshend
    Jimi Hendrix
    Jean-Michel Jarre
    Mike Pinder
     
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  22. Izozeles

    Izozeles Pushing my limits

    Prince
    Robert Johnson
    Lou Reed
    Keith Richards
    Miles Davis
    Bob Marley
    Jimi Hendrix
    John Coltrane
    Paul McCartney
    Elvis Presley
     
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  23. Echo

    Echo Forum Resident

    Ian Curtis
    Peter Hook
    Giorgio Moroder
    Lee 'Scratch' Perry
    Peter Tosh
    David Bowie
    Serge Gainsbourg
    Liz Fraser
    Mark Hollis
    John Lydon
     
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  24. 3coloursbeige

    3coloursbeige Forum Resident

    Location:
    London
    Mike Patton
    Frank Zappa
    Neil Young
    Keith Richards
    Kate Bush
    Axl Rose
    Nuno Bettencourt
    David Bowie
    John Lennon
    George Harrison
     
  25. Dbacksrule76

    Dbacksrule76 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Phoenix,Az
    Ray Manzarek
    Rick Rubin
    Quincy Jones
    Roger Waters
    Dave Grohl
    Robby Kreiger
    Robert Ludwig
    Beck
    Darryl Hall
    Tom Morello
     
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