__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
with the 99 pick, I select The king of pop Michael Jackson for the Male singer category
Like him or hate him, Michael has reshaped the music industry.
I don't hate Michael at all. I pity him for his horrendous childhood and the enormous pressure of being who he is. If he has indeed molested kids (and I'm not convinced) I don't have any sympathy for that of course.
As for the music, I don't generally like a whole lot of R & B, but Mike's stuff is always original and some of it even appeals to me.
I would never turn down an opportunity to listen to Bad Criminal for instance.
Dude is wierd, but man he's talented. Good pick.
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
Sorry about the wait folks...it's been a pretty rough week.
I'll take in the Canadian category singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot
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Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr., C.C., O.Ont., (born 17 November 1938) is a Canadian singer and songwriter who achieved international success in folk, country, and popular music. As a singer-songwriter, he came to prominence in the 1960s, and broke through on the international music charts in the 1970s with songs such as "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970), "Sundown" (1974) and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976). His songs have been recorded by some of the world's most successful recording artists, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Bob Dylan. Robbie Robertson of The Band declared that Lightfoot was one of his "favourite Canadian songwriters and is absolutely a national treasure."
Great pick Torture and no apologies necessary. Gord was here in Wichita in October I believe in a quaint little historic downtown theater and I didn't go. I suppose I will regret that. I didn't realize he was pushing 70.
The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald may be the first song that I can remember physically affecting me. That's actually a pretty big thing for a music fan when you think about it.
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
The Harry Manbacks are proud to select, in the female singer category: Joni Mitchell.
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Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter.[1]
Mitchell's singing began in small nightclubs and busking on the streets of Toronto and in her native Western Canada. She subsequently became associated with the burgeoning folk music scene of the mid-1960s in New York City. Mitchell achieved fame in the late 1960s and was considered a key part of the Southern California folk rock scene. Throughout the 1970s, she explored and combined the pop and jazz genres. Mitchell has amassed a body of work that is highly respected by both critics and fellow musicians[2], with the influential All Music Guide going as far as stating that, "When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century".[3]
Everytime I hear that brutal remake of Big Yellow Taxi by that Counting Crows dude I just get angry. What a hack job.
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
I don't hate Michael at all. I pity him for his horrendous childhood and the enormous pressure of being who he is. If he has indeed molested kids (and I'm not convinced) I don't have any sympathy for that of course.
As for the music, I don't generally like a whole lot of R & B, but Mike's stuff is always original and some of it even appeals to me.
I would never turn down an opportunity to listen to Bad Criminal for instance.
Dude is wierd, but man he's talented. Good pick.
it's a shame he turned into such a weirdo. Instead of being known for one of the best albums of all time, he turned himself into a freak show.
Great pick Torture and no apologies necessary. Gord was here in Wichita in October I believe in a quaint little historic downtown theater and I didn't go. I suppose I will regret that. I didn't realize he was pushing 70.
The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald may be the first song that I can remember physically affecting me. That's actually a pretty big thing for a music fan when you think about it.
Lightfoot rules. He's someone I want to see before it's too late as well.
With our next selection in the Music Draft we a pleased to select in the Canadian Music Category Blue Rodeo... I have had the opportunity to meet the guys in the band a numebr of times and they are just all around great guys. Can't wait to have a beer or two with Jim Cuddy later this summer when he is down for vacation.
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The band consists of original members Jim Cuddy (guitar/vocals), Greg Keelor (guitar/vocals) and Bazil Donovan (bass), plus newer additions Glenn Milchem (drums), multi-instrumentalist Bob Egan, and Bob Packwood (keyboardist). [1] Packwood was the replacement for James Gray who left the band in 2005 after their release of Are You Ready.[2] Drummers Cleave Anderson and Mark French, keyboardist Bob Wiseman, and multi-instrumentalist Kim Deschamps are also former band members.
Cuddy and Keelor met in high school and became great friends. After University, when all their other friends were starting to get jobs, they decided to form a band and started to play music more often. They had put together a few different bands with not much luck, before Blue Rodeo ever came into existence. Cuddy and Keelor had moved to New York for some adventure and to help their music. There they met Bob Wiseman. When they came back to Toronto in the summer of '84 they thought about putting another band together. They had already thought of the name for the band before they met Cleave and asked him to join the band. Cleave brought along his friend, Donovan, and with this Blue Rodeo was born! [3]
Blue Rodeo is one of the most successful and well known contemporary Canadian bands, having released 11 full-length studio albums, 3 live recordings, 1 greatest hits package and 5 video/DVDs.[4] Their studio albums have sold over 3 million copies. Cuddy, Keelor, Donovan and Egan have all released solo albums, and Glenn Milchem performs his own solo music under the pseudonym "the swallows". Blue Rodeo members have collaborated extensively with other notable Canadian artists, including Sarah McLachlan, The Tragically Hip, Burton Cummings, Great Big Sea, Jann Arden, The Sadies, Skydiggers, Crash Vegas, the Cowboy Junkies, Sarah Harmer, and Kathleen Edwards. They have won many Canadian music awards, including 7 Juno Awards and 7 SOCAN awards.
with my next pick, I am pleased to select, in the UK category, the most fun band in the world, the one and only AC/DC. Yeah, some of their stuff is horribly overplayed. But forget You Shook Me All night Long, Thunderstruck, Back in Black and the deplorable Moneytalks and dig into songs like Gone Shootin', COD, Satellite Blues et al. And never, ever miss them live.
AC/DC are a rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. Although the band are considered pioneers of hard rock and heavy metal,[1][2] its members have always classified their music as "rock 'n' roll".[3] AC/DC underwent several line-up changes before releasing their first album, High Voltage, in 1975. Membership remained stable until bassist Cliff Williams replaced Mark Evans in 1977. In 1979, the band recorded their highly successful album Highway to Hell. Lead singer and co-songwriter Bon Scott died on February 19, 1980, after a night of heavy alcohol consumption. The group briefly considered disbanding, but soon ex-Geordie singer Brian Johnson was selected as Scott's replacement. Later that year, the band released their best selling album, Back in Black.
