purple kelly
the monogamous princess
Pick one, winner will move on to round 2
Traffic and Alan Parsons Project previously moved on
Traffic and Alan Parsons Project previously moved on
I am 100% in agreement with this ^^^^^^^^^^^^Can I get a four for the price of one?
Steely Dan......
Santana..........
Moody Blues...
Jethro Tull.......
...and ELO deserves a mention.
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My first Tull concert was the 1972 TAAB tour, followed by 1973 APP and 1974 WC. All seen at Boston Garden. Or should I say "heard" as the atmosphere was cloudy! Ian Anderson is, like many of these bands creative leaders, a musical genius.Tull all the way. I saw them in 1977 after Songs from the Wood came out. They were great live.
I must have missed the prior poll. I would have voted for Traffic too.Pick one, winner will move on to round 2
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I count myself a fan of the Guess Who and BTO, but never knew about Turner being in the Guess Who.
Likewise ELO and Todd Rundgren, but never knew about Jeff Lynne and Nazz. It's odd that Lynne would come to the US to be in an American band and then return to England to start ELO.
I guess sometimes your first success is far from home as Jimi and the Stray Cats could both attest. Well, if Jimi was still alive.....and if he didn't count being in other people's bands as success.
I picked ELO because although I like some on the list just as or nearly as much, I actually remember listening to ELO during the '70s. I didn't listen to the others much until after I started high school in 1980.
I really like the list used for comparison, but will be so differentiated in opinion it's scary! Anywho...........My only pick for first would also be Jethro Tull......Blues,yes! Rock/Jazz, yes! Pop/Rock Fusion, yes! What they haven't done can be measured on one finger! If you'd ask most bands that made it in the 70's (and 80's) would probably ALL say JT (Ian Anderson) had/has been an influence on a lot of thier album music or styles.........in one form or another. I got a head start on most of my family when I was listening to Blues in 67' and beyond and across my ears came a lot of bands that started in that Genre.
(If I rermember correctly:::.
#1....BTO.....Bachman and Turner both were in the group Guess Who (Canadian) all during the later 60's and BTO started later when the GW broke up in the later 70's
#2.....ELO......Jeff Lynne was in a band with Todd Rundgren called "Nazz" (Heavy Metal for the era) in the 1960's and the first recording of "Hello It's Me" was on the 2nd album, Razz Nazz and vinyl was red!!!! A very slow version if you can imagine that one???!!!
#3.......All of these bands are great in thier own way and I have owned 8 tracks, cassettes, LP's, CD's, MP3's and soon will be streaming..........One band worth mentioning would also be "The Kinks" (from the 60's to the 90's).......hits galore and very talented......Ray Davies was and is still a great influence on many good, talented artists today.