Your Top Ten Favorite Bands/Artists of All Time

[StevieRay]

Stevie Ray is a 20' bowrider Sea Ray I used to own and share with Tequila Cowboy

Dylan
The Band
Stones
VU
Gram Parsons
Uncle Tupelo
J.J. Cale
The Incredible Casuals
GD
Ween (just kidding - DBT actually) I love Ween too; but, I can't leave DBT off the list.

**Holy crap, I can't leave Neil off. What to do?

Holy crap, how can someone named Stevie Ray leave Stevie Ray off?

[beantownbubba]

The question stands unless and until i get a ride, complete w/ brew filled cooler

[StevieRay]

sounds like a plan boston

The question stands unless and until i get a ride, complete w/ brew filled cooler

[beantownbubba]

sounds like a plan boston

The question stands unless and until i get a ride, complete w/ brew filled cooler

As the man from the southwest commercial* says, "it's on!"

*Wish i could translate his wonderful accent to text, but i cant

[TW_2.0]

Top 10, in order:

The Band
DBT
Stones
Guy Clark
Hank
Dylan
Bruce
Townes
Neil
Wilco

[LuthierJustin]

Bruce

[brstigerfan]

Probably different from the last time i did this on 9b. Who knows.

The Beatles
The Band
The Rolling Stones
Neil Young
Bob Dylan
Talking Heads
Stevie Wonder
Pearl Jam
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
tied for tenth DBT, Ryan Adams/Whiskeytown, and Outkast
(I copped out, it's hard to narrow it to 10)

[Flying Rabbit]

Dang.

DBT
Sonic Youth
Minutemen
Grateful Dead
Wilco
Black Keys
Pete Seeger
Pearl Jam
The Stooges
Avett Bros.

But like everyone says, this is subject to change any moment without notice.

[4sooner]

neil
stones
dylan
dbt
band
ccr
zevon
bottle rockets
talking heads
waylon

[Steve McWeen]

Beatles
Ween
DBT
Black Keys
Reigning Sound
Wilco
Grandaddy
Radiohead
Johnny Cash
Sigur Ros

[d_bob76]

Beastie Boys
DBT
Cracker
Ween
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Meat Puppets
Black Keys
Camper Van Beethoven
Secret Machines
Beck

Or something like that...

[beagle001]

Old Thread but w/e. In no order yet it kinda is because one thinks of their favorites in the general order they fit

DBT
Lucero
Slobberbone
The Rollings Stones
The Band
Willie Nelson
Waylon Jennings
Merle Haggard
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Glossary is quickly climbing along with JTE, Drag The River and Alejandro hanging on the edge. If I ever get to see Chris Knight he might make the list and Ryan Bingham as well

[dime in the gutter]

ray charles

[Tequila Cowboy]

We've done this and variations on this before but I thought it would be fun to do it again over at 3DD and get a glimpse into some of the newer folks' tastes. Mine's always a bit in flux but many haven't left the top ten in twenty years or more. INPO:

The Replacements
DBT
The Rolling Stones
The Clash
Led Zeppelin
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Bob Dylan
The Grateful Dead
Dire Straits
Faces

This was mine six months ago but upon further review I have to replace Faces with The Band.

[Iowan]

INPO
1) The Rolling Stones
2) Pearl Jam
3) DBT/Isbell
4) The Hold Steady
5) The Black Crowes
6) Wilco
7) Lucero
8) Ryan Adams/Whiskeytown
9) White Stripes/Raconteurs
10) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakesr

JUST a bit outside...
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rage Against the Machine
The Who
Dave Matthews Band
The Band
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Foo Fighters

[Smitty]

(prolly my 2nd time around)
INPO
Hank Williams
Neil Young
DBT/Isbell
The Rolling Stones
Todd Snider
Bruce Springsteen
Townes Van Zandt
Miles Davis
Steve Earle
Merle Haggard

[Slipkid42]

Beatles
Who
Allman Bros.
Jackson Browne
Stones
Hank
Zeppelin
Clapton
Neil Young/Crazy Horse
DBT

[Erdlivz]

INPO

Drive By Truckers
Pink Floyd
Grateful Dead
Rolling Stones
Bob Dylan
Led Zeppelin
The Who
Pearl Jam
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Beatles

Neil Young, Allman Brothers, Black Sabbath, Public Enemy and The Beastie Boys sniff my top ten.

[hags28]

Order changes with company and mood...
DBT/Isbell
Zeppelin
Tool
Kevn Kinney/DNC
Rush
Beatles
Doors
GNR
Slint
"Grunge" in general notably...Soundgarden/Chains/Pearl Jam/Temple of the Dog

[blessedcurse]

Okay, I'll play. INPO

DBT
Cracker
Waterboys
The Band
Neil Young
Steve Earle
Tom Petty & Heartbreakers
John Lennon (with & without the Beatles)
The Clash
Tragically Hip

[Smitty]

updated

INPO:
DBT
Todd Snider
Wilco
James McMurtry
Hank Williams
Merle Haggard
Townes Van Zandt
Neil Young
Steve Earle
Lucinda Williams

[cortez the killer]

Turned your Stones card in, eh Smitty?

[tinnitus photography]

i missed this the first time around, so i don't have a chance to contradict myself.

inpo:


Neil Young
Sonic Youth
Guided By Voices
Black Sabbath
Pavement
Mogwai
Blue Oyster Cult
The Verlaines
The Stooges
The Damned


edit - i had to cut Felt and add Mogwai

[hanklow]

Bob Dylan
Neil Young
Bruce Springsteen
DBT
Townes Van Zandt
Rolling Stones
Beatles
Otis Redding
The Band
Son Volt

[Kudzu Guillotine]

At this moment, in no particular order:

R.E.M.
Beatles
Bob Dylan
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Waylon Jennings
John Prine
Guy Clark
Bob Marley & the Wailers
Grateful Dead
Little Feat

[DiamondDave]

As of today, in random order....

Grateful Dead
Bruce Springsteen
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Patti Smith
The Beatles
Miles Davis
Neil Young
Townes Van Zandt
Led Zeppelin
Fleetwood Mac

[Iowan]

Update:
Stones
DBT
Todd Snider
Jerry Jeff Walker
The Hold Steady
Neil Young
Petty
The Boss
Pearl Jam
The Band

All others save Dave Matthews are still fairly big for me. I just completely grew out of their music altogether. I still respect them as musicians, but the songs and subject matter rarely hold my attention at all these days.

[RevMatt]

Tough to limit it to ten, but I'll try. No particular order

1: Drive By Truckers -- their site, they get to be number one.
2: The Rolling Stones
3: The Velvet Underground
4: Neil Young and Crazy Horse
5: Buddy Holly
6: Echo and The Bunnymen
7: The Gun Club
8: Waylon Jennings
9: Hank Williams
10: The Replacements

A bunch of artists I couldn't fit, and tomorrow the list might be entirely different.

Four years later? Beatles are in the top ten. Take Buddy Holly out of the top 10. I don't know what my frame of mind was four years ago that The Beatles didn't make my top ten. Maybe because they weren't in my ipod.

Another change? Maybe swap out The Gun Club with The Cramps. I listen to The Cramps more.

The rest? Pretty much the same. Three bands from the much maligned 80's are in my top ten. On some days Steve Earle is in my top ten, so that would make four bands/artists who got their start the decade I came of age. I think the 80's are an underrated decade when it comes to music.

The other remark I'll make is that Hank Williams earns his spot in my top ten based on number of spins AND my respect for his legacy. I listen to Hank often.

New List:
1) Drive By Truckers
2) The Rolling Stones
3) The Velvet Underground
4) The Beatles
5) Neil Young and Crazy Horse
6) Echo and The Bunnymen
7) The Cramps
8) Waylon Jennings
9) Hank Williams
10) The Replacements

[Duke Silver]

Rolling Stones
DBT
The Band
Neko Case
Wilco
MMJ*
Felice Bros.
Pearl Jam
Greg Dulli/Afghan Whigs/Twilight Singers
rotating 10th spot: Constantines

*one more turd album away from falling out of the top 10

[StevieRay]

Stones
VU
The Band
Dylan
JJ Cale
DBT
GD
Neil
GP
UT