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rally
02-15-2004, 10:52 AM
do you listen to most often?

My tastes are diverse and, just like my favorite Gord tunes and albums change from week to week (or day to day), my other favs do likewise. At the moment I'm heavy into some old favorites from the early 70s...Nick Drake, David Ackles, John Dawson Read, Dylan. Drake and Ackles, of course, are gone from this world. For all anyone knows Read may be too, as nobody seems to have heard or seen of him in the past 25 years. Of this group, only Dylan and Gord keep on. Let's hear about some others!

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SomewhereupinMichigan
02-15-2004, 10:52 AM
do you listen to most often?

My tastes are diverse and, just like my favorite Gord tunes and albums change from week to week (or day to day), my other favs do likewise. At the moment I'm heavy into some old favorites from the early 70s...Nick Drake, David Ackles, John Dawson Read, Dylan. Drake and Ackles, of course, are gone from this world. For all anyone knows Read may be too, as nobody seems to have heard or seen of him in the past 25 years. Of this group, only Dylan and Gord keep on. Let's hear about some others!

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Cathy
02-15-2004, 12:01 PM
quote:Originally posted by SomewhereupinMichigan:
do you listen to most often?

My tastes are diverse and, just like my favorite Gord tunes and albums change from week to week (or day to day), my other favs do likewise. At the moment I'm heavy into some old favorites from the early 70s...Nick Drake, David Ackles, John Dawson Read, Dylan. Drake and Ackles, of course, are gone from this world. For all anyone knows Read may be too, as nobody seems to have heard or seen of him in the past 25 years. Of this group, only Dylan and Gord keep on. Let's hear about some others!

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At the moment, Alison Krauss.
I've also been known to zone out on Stan Rogers, Kris Kristofferson, Dylan and John Prine. Also, Kathy Mattea and Don Williams.
And a relatively unknown guitarist named Phil Volens.
Then I get into the fiddling mood and play a compilation of traditional tunes that I've collected along the way.
When I get really wound up, I listen to ZZ Top.

Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com

TheWatchman
02-15-2004, 12:29 PM
If we're talking "when I'm wound up music", then I listen to Godsmack and Audioslave.

Gaby
02-15-2004, 01:48 PM
I still love:
Bert Jansch
Leonard Cohen
Joan Baez - (I saw her ‘live’ on the BBC Radio2 Folk Awards on Friday night along with June Tabor, Steve Earle and The Waifs. Check out the video clips at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/folkawards2004/video.shtml )
Cat Stevens
Donovan
Joni Mitchell
Joan Armatrading
Dory Previn - (Saw her in a tiny, 500 seat hall 28 years ago. Just ‘woman and guitar’ – 2 hours of pure bliss.)
Edith Piaf
Alan Stivell - (A singer from Brittany I’ve loved since I was 16 – those of you here into the Cape Breton scene should check him out. I stayed in the same hotel as him last year. Missed him by 1 day! I was spitting!)
Aengus Finnan – (I’ve just got into him and I’m playing him as much as GL at the moment. You can download some mp3s at http://www.aengusfinnan.com/homepage.html . If you love GL, you’ll love Aengus. Give him a try!)

This has made me feel soooo old, so I’ll add – Muse, Evanescence and The White Stripes – just for the hell of it, but mainly because my daughter has taken over the sitting room and I can’t avoid them!

joveski
02-15-2004, 02:11 PM
bob dylan
johnny cash
ed kuepper
various old blues
led zeppelin
wilco

violet Blue Horse
02-15-2004, 07:00 PM
John Hiatt, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, Charlie Rich, Leonard Cohen.

Eclectic enough?

[QUOTE]Originally posted by SomewhereupinMichigan:
[B]do you listen to most often?



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Born once - Got it right the first time. )O(

violet Blue Horse
02-15-2004, 07:00 PM
John Hiatt, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, Charlie Rich, Leonard Cohen.

Eclectic enough?

[QUOTE]Originally posted by SomewhereupinMichigan:
[B]do you listen to most often?



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Born once - Got it right the first time. )O(

Iron
02-15-2004, 07:15 PM
I'll limit my choices to 2 male and 2 female.First longtime female favourite(we'kinda had a bit of a thing going on for quite some time,but there is a slight possibility that only one of us is aware of it)Alison Krauss.Her voice just melts me and I've always had a thing for bluegrass style.I'll have to hold out a bit on #2 to se if anyone on the "I did'nt beleive it" post figures it out.
# one after Gord is Alan Jackson.I like most of his songs and his laid back style.I can't get into the Big show scenes with all the fireworks,trapeze acts,dancing,smashing guitars etc.
2nd would be,for now anyway,Dave Mathews.. Though I really don't care much for his whole band scene,I really like his solo acoustic work.Very talented singer/songwriter.Thats the kind that get my attention.The heck with all that glitter...

mtheeb
02-15-2004, 09:11 PM
The Beach Boys!

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And I will always love
that sound until the day
I die.

Restless
02-15-2004, 09:11 PM
The Beach Boys!

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And I will always love
that sound until the day
I die.

Tyler
02-15-2004, 09:24 PM
Dire Straits
Mark Knofler
Marty Robbins
Bob Seger
Bob Marley

brink
02-15-2004, 09:24 PM
Dire Straits
Mark Knofler
Marty Robbins
Bob Seger
Bob Marley

Iron
02-16-2004, 07:06 AM
Janice figured out my #2,Jewel.Actually it could as well be Roseanne Cash too,hard to put in any particular order so i'll have to call it a tie for 2nd...

Bill
02-16-2004, 09:03 AM
Don Henley

rainydayperson
02-16-2004, 09:05 AM
There are artists other than Lightfoot????

Well...then lets see...
Robin Mark
Frank Mills
Jean Pierre Rampal
4 Him
Lee Behnken
Pousette Dart Band
Steven Curtis Chapman
Mingus
Ross Mitchell Singers
Claude Blouin et son orchestre
Gunter Norris
Tony Evans
Phil Coulter
Del Paxton
Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif




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classicmixdj
02-16-2004, 09:05 AM
There are artists other than Lightfoot????

Well...then lets see...
Robin Mark
Frank Mills
Jean Pierre Rampal
4 Him
Lee Behnken
Pousette Dart Band
Steven Curtis Chapman
Mingus
Ross Mitchell Singers
Claude Blouin et son orchestre
Gunter Norris
Tony Evans
Phil Coulter
Del Paxton
Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif




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Mair
02-16-2004, 07:45 PM
quote:Originally posted by Gaby:
Alan Stivell - (A singer from Brittany I’ve loved since I was 16 – those of you here into the Cape Breton scene should check him out. I stayed in the same hotel as him last year. Missed him by 1 day! I was spitting!)

Yes, I am very familiar with Alan Stivell - he has worked with many of our Welsh (and Welsh language) folk musicians and is an icon here.

And my (other) troubadours? No-one has mentioned Tim Buckley yet!

And then there's Brendan Perry (of the awesome "Dead Can Dance") and, of course, Lisa Gerrard. Their music is so important to me, and never far away from me!

Gaby
02-16-2004, 08:42 PM
Hi, Mair. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Kindred spirits! I’m Cornish and play Alan when I’m feeling homesick. He seems to tap into some deep-rooted Celtic sensibility. Yes?

I get the same gormless stare from people when I mention him as I do when I mention GL.

mtheeb
02-16-2004, 09:07 PM
"Gormless"? Is that Cornish for "blank"? If so, I like it (and will start using it)!

Restless
02-16-2004, 09:07 PM
"Gormless"? Is that Cornish for "blank"? If so, I like it (and will start using it)!

Gaby
02-16-2004, 09:22 PM
It’s close enough, Restless! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Tis ow we do b’long to rekken emmets or grockles. Proper job!

Mair
02-16-2004, 09:30 PM
quote:Originally posted by Gaby:
Hi, Mair. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Kindred spirits! I’m Cornish and play Alan when I’m feeling homesick. He seems to tap into some deep-rooted Celtic sensibility. Yes?

I get the same gormless stare from people when I mention him as I do when I mention GL.

Oh, yes! Alan Stivell is such a hero here! Just his name means so much! Yes, such a deep-rooted Celtic sensibilty - but also such a living, vibrant one too! If you mentioned Alan Stivell you would not get such a "gormless" stare if you spoke to the Welsh speaking community here! And it's so wonderful to be in contact with "cousins" from "Kernow"!

But GL?!? Um ... what I usually get (at best) is "Is he still alive?" or (at worst - and from my brother too!) "he died twenty years ago, didn't he?" ... oh, um ....! But I'm working at it! I sometimes think I could not have survived without those tracks of some twenty years ago. Well, who really knows? And now?!? Well, I'm older, and perhaps wiser - but I'm still here! And still listening!

And I also love Francesco Benozzo - have you (any of you!) heard anything he's recorded?

BILLW
02-17-2004, 06:32 AM
For # 2 most played it's a tie between Frank Sinatra and Poco, after that it's the Blues, which I guess is a category ??


Bill http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

And yes, I get "who are what is Poco ?" a lot too, LOL

Iron
02-17-2004, 10:08 AM
How could I have left out my flavourite picker/comedian?? If there are no objections I'll set it up as another little brain teaser.The heck with that,I'll do it anyway.
There's no vocals or lyrics,just guitar and sometimes some light percussion.Not only is he an awesome guitarist,he is also a natural comic.During his live shows he usually sets up a selection with a story of it's inspiration etc.and your usually still laughing by the time he gets to playin..
For anyone who might even as of yet have a clue,this should give it away:
I'd been enjoying this fella's work long before I ever knew of John Fowles,but ever since I met John at a Gordon show in Trenton N.J.,I always think of Sir John every time I so much as even think of this artist.I would even venture to guess that John and He may have some related kromastones......

DMD3
02-17-2004, 01:15 PM
If it's not Gord, it's Johnny Cash.(Not all that often, either)

DMD3
02-17-2004, 01:15 PM
If it's not Gord, it's Johnny Cash.(Not all that often, either)

SomewhereupinMichigan
02-17-2004, 02:10 PM
quote:Originally posted by Iron:
[I would even venture to guess that John and He may have some related kromastones......[/B]

Kromastones? Wasn't that a film brand marketed in the 60s by Kodak?

Iron
02-17-2004, 03:08 PM
S.U.iM. Your thinking of Klonachroam..
Kromostones are little critters that live in peoples corpsuckles...

Borderstone
02-17-2004, 08:47 PM
I'm sure we've tickled this before but what the hay! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Classical Music (Mostly happy,upbeat or romantic,especially piano or violin.)
New Age
50's & 60's & 70s rock (too many artists to mention.)
Disco.
80s pop & some meatal.
Positive 90s music (even though I have a few rap singles.)
Folk
David Bowie,Lou Reed and other eclectic artists.
A little bit country.
Off the wall acts that never became famous but made the lower rungs of the charts.
Jazz and Adult Contemporary.
Opera.

I do not like speed meatal,death meatal,gangsta rap,marilyn manson (whatever his music is),grunge and groups that whine and groan instead of singing.

Been me,later! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif

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Borderstone,gonna post some lines tonight! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

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Gaby
02-17-2004, 08:56 PM
BS - You forgot reggae. (But I think that's about all!)

BILLW
02-18-2004, 06:07 AM
don't forget Skiffle.....

Bill http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

Steve DeRosa
02-18-2004, 11:22 AM
Third Day
Caedman's Call
Enya
Rich Mullins
The Moody Blues
Roger Whittaker
ABBA
Chris Isaak
Bach

Oma
02-18-2004, 11:22 AM
Third Day
Caedman's Call
Enya
Rich Mullins
The Moody Blues
Roger Whittaker
ABBA
Chris Isaak
Bach

Borderstone
02-18-2004, 03:10 PM
Raggae? http://www.corfid.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif Some but not a lot. Skiffle?! I've heard it but it's way before my time! I like the song,"Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor..etc." though. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif

By the way,I really don't listen to any particular act more than GL,Except to say that Mariah runs about even in that way. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/wink.gif My woman! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Later! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif

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Borderstone,gonna post some lines tonight!:D

Tyler
02-18-2004, 09:01 PM
Borderstone, don't you like Bob Marley? I think he's better than that other Bob.

brink
02-18-2004, 09:01 PM
Borderstone, don't you like Bob Marley? I think he's better than that other Bob.

Cathy
02-18-2004, 09:23 PM
quote:Originally posted by brink:
Borderstone, don't you like Bob Marley? I think he's better than that other Bob.


I don't like Bob Marley, either. I'd much rather listen to that other Bob guy.

Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com

rainydayperson
02-19-2004, 02:37 AM
John Prine, Kenny Rankin, Bobby Goldsboro, Jean Michael Jarre and Warren Zevon are interesting too. I like Babs and Jane Olivor as well.

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classicmixdj
02-19-2004, 02:37 AM
John Prine, Kenny Rankin, Bobby Goldsboro, Jean Michael Jarre and Warren Zevon are interesting too. I like Babs and Jane Olivor as well.

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Iron
02-19-2004, 08:55 AM
adrian legg

Gord
02-19-2004, 09:27 AM
Jann Arden

Gord
02-19-2004, 09:27 AM
Jann Arden

Dan O'Malley
02-19-2004, 12:39 PM
Apart from Gord, I love Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley and Brian Wilson especially.

Borderstone
02-19-2004, 05:18 PM
It's not that I don't like Bob Marley,it's that to me,a lot of Raggae sounds the same. Maybe it doesn't but I just don't get into it that much.
Bob Marley passed away before I had ever even heard of him or his music. I've listened to him and he has some good songs but they just don't really appeal to me. I really can't say why anymore than that.
It's been me,later! http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif


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Borderstone,gonna post some lines tonight!:D

Tyler
02-19-2004, 11:31 PM
Bordestone - I think I like the reason for Marley's music more than Marley himself, but, I still enjoy the music and Marley was one of the pioneers in reggae. I really fell in love with the music on a cruise in the Caribean.
Classic - I haven't thought of Bobby Goldsboro for years! Remember that cricket noise he used to make?

brink
02-19-2004, 11:31 PM
Bordestone - I think I like the reason for Marley's music more than Marley himself, but, I still enjoy the music and Marley was one of the pioneers in reggae. I really fell in love with the music on a cruise in the Caribean.
Classic - I haven't thought of Bobby Goldsboro for years! Remember that cricket noise he used to make?

rainydayperson
02-20-2004, 04:16 AM
Brink, yes I do recall the "cricket sound"...check out the following especially if you are a parent like me (regarding Bobby Goldsboro): http://www.swampcritters.com/

classicmixdj
02-20-2004, 04:16 AM
Brink, yes I do recall the "cricket sound"...check out the following especially if you are a parent like me (regarding Bobby Goldsboro): http://www.swampcritters.com/

Morgus
02-20-2004, 03:37 PM
I'm with the one who asked, "There are other artists?"

Seriously, I stay mostly in the country/light pop vein, what most people would consider "boring" or "depressing."

Country favorites:
Charley Pride
Johnny Rodriguez (gads, his name is hard to type)
Lacy J. Dalton
Michelle Wright
Doug Stone

Non-country favorites:
Jim Croce
Rod Stewart
Janis Joplin

Obviously I go more for older music. Even in the country genre. More Loretta Lynn, less Shania Twain.


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"Pickin' up the pieces of my sweet, shattered dream..."

AZroute74
02-20-2004, 03:37 PM
I'm with the one who asked, "There are other artists?"

Seriously, I stay mostly in the country/light pop vein, what most people would consider "boring" or "depressing."

Country favorites:
Charley Pride
Johnny Rodriguez (gads, his name is hard to type)
Lacy J. Dalton
Michelle Wright
Doug Stone

Non-country favorites:
Jim Croce
Rod Stewart
Janis Joplin

Obviously I go more for older music. Even in the country genre. More Loretta Lynn, less Shania Twain.


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"Pickin' up the pieces of my sweet, shattered dream..."

IYCRMM
02-20-2004, 07:56 PM
I have been listening to Peter Mayer (www.blueboat.net) after seeing him open for David Wilcox at CSPS in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Great lyrics and a VERY athletic guitar style that has to be seen (and heard) to be believed! David Wilcox is great too!

dglatta
02-20-2004, 07:56 PM
I have been listening to Peter Mayer (www.blueboat.net) after seeing him open for David Wilcox at CSPS in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Great lyrics and a VERY athletic guitar style that has to be seen (and heard) to be believed! David Wilcox is great too!

Janice
02-21-2004, 03:06 PM
quote:Originally posted by Iron:
Janice figured out my #2,Jewel.Actually it could as well be Roseanne Cash too,hard to put in any particular order so i'll have to call it a tie for 2nd...

Iron, Rosanne Cash is my favorite female performer. I've been a fan since her first American release, Right Or Wrong and have collected every album since then. Her latest, Rules Of Travel, is one of the greatest new albums I heard last year.

I also enjoy Rodney Crowell, Mark Erelli, Jack Williams, Guy Clark, Keith Urban, Slaid Cleaves, Kris Delmhorst, Berkley Hart......I listen to a lot of music http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif Most of it you'll never find on commercial radio, which is a great loss, IMO.

Iron
02-21-2004, 06:58 PM
Actually,between Allison,Jewel and Roseanne,I could not put them in any order as 123.This gives me the bumps...

Camsmith
02-21-2004, 07:06 PM
ColdPlay, Beck, John Hiatt, Van Morrison, Seal, Christy Moore, 'local Open Mic players' and on and on
So much music, so little time.
Kimberly

Kimberly
02-21-2004, 07:06 PM
ColdPlay, Beck, John Hiatt, Van Morrison, Seal, Christy Moore, 'local Open Mic players' and on and on
So much music, so little time.
Kimberly

Shazia
02-21-2004, 07:10 PM
I listen to Sting http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif (I'm new to the board)

trudiewannabe
02-21-2004, 07:10 PM
I listen to Sting http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif (I'm new to the board)