Bands the buddies have turned you onto

[jetdog]

<p>I'm at a point in my life where I'm open to alot of music that I wasn't necessarilly open too back in the day (punk-ass high school crap), so I've revisited some music that I wouldn't let myself like in the past (again, too punk for you). Based on Ron's enthusiasm, I've started listening to &quot;the Band&quot;, I fucking love it, the musicianship is unreal... but the real find was &quot;The Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East&quot;... </p><p>Holy God....that was probably the most intense live recording I've ever heard, I'm in awe....</p><p>So, any music you've picked up since listening to the Buddies?&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[torker]

Ronnie's love for Rush is infectious.

[reformed]

No bands, but two artists.&nbsp; King Solomn Burke and Sleeves.

[Gvac]

<strong>jetdog</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I'm at a point in my life where I'm open to alot of music that I wasn't necessarilly open too back in the day (punk-ass high school crap), so I've revisited some music that I wouldn't let myself like in the past (again, too punk for you). Based on Ron's enthusiasm, I've started listening to &quot;the Band&quot;, I fucking love it, the musicianship is unreal... <span style="background-color: #ffff00">but the real find was &quot;The Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East&quot;... </span></p><p style="background-color: #ffff00">Holy God....that was probably the most intense live recording I've ever heard, I'm in awe....</p><p>So, any music you've picked up since listening to the Buddies? </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It's so great to hear that younger generations are discovering the great &quot;classic rock&quot; artists all over again.&nbsp; The Allman Brothers often get overlooked when people mention their pick for greatest band or greatest guitarist, but they were an awesome bunch of musicians.&nbsp; </p><p>Duane Allman was a session musician for Muscle Shoals and Atlantic Records and played on albums by Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin, believe it or not.&nbsp; It blows my mind that he accomplished so much and was dead before his 25th birthday. &nbsp;</p><p>His brother Gregg is, to me, the only man on the planet who could possibly challenge Van Morrison for the title of &quot;Greatest White Soul Singer.&quot; &nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Don Stugots]

the name of the band escapes me but the song &quot;White Punks on Dope&quot; is one of my favs.&nbsp; it is always being played on the ipod.&nbsp;

[docgoblin]

<strong>Don Stugots</strong> wrote:<br />the name of the band escapes me but the song &quot;White Punks on Dope&quot; is one of my favs. it is always being played on the ipod. <p>&nbsp;That's The Tubes.</p><p>&nbsp;I never thought of John Mayer as anything but a sappy light FM artist until I heard him on the show. I bought the Trio album and was hooked. I never would have given him a second thought If it weren't for the R&amp;F show. </p><p>I also love Art Of The Topless... Especially their hit song &quot;It Makes Me Fez.&quot; </p>

[Sheeplovr]

clarence carter <br />

[KnoxHarrington]

I did run out and buy the Particle album "Launchpad" mostly because the song "Launchpad" used to be the opening theme for the XM show.

Other than that, I find that Ronnie's tastes pretty much matched mine from the start anyway, so it's not really a matter of influence.

[A.J.]

<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>jetdog</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I'm at a point in my life where I'm open to alot of music that I wasn't necessarilly open too back in the day (punk-ass high school crap), so I've revisited some music that I wouldn't let myself like in the past (again, too punk for you). Based on Ron's enthusiasm, I've started listening to &quot;the Band&quot;, I fucking love it, the musicianship is unreal... <span style="background-color: #ffff00">but the real find was &quot;The Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East&quot;... </span></p><p style="background-color: #ffff00">Holy God....that was probably the most intense live recording I've ever heard, I'm in awe....</p><p>So, any music you've picked up since listening to the Buddies? </p><p>It's so great to hear that younger generations are discovering the great &quot;classic rock&quot; artists all over again.&nbsp; The Allman Brothers often get overlooked when people mention their pick for greatest band or greatest guitarist, but they were an awesome bunch of musicians.&nbsp; </p><p>Duane Allman was a session musician for Muscle Shoals and Atlantic Records and played on albums by Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin, believe it or not.&nbsp; It blows my mind that he accomplished so much and was dead before his 25th birthday. &nbsp;</p><p>His brother Gregg is, to me, the only man on the planet who could possibly challenge Van Morrison for the title of &quot;Greatest White Soul Singer.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>My freshman year of college a buddy gave me a copy Fillmore East.&nbsp; After listening, really <em>listening</em> to the whole thing for the first time, I went out and bought myself a slide and taught myself how to play with it.&nbsp; And I loved that the Duane and Dickey just ran their guitars through the amps with no pedal effects -- just pure, unadulterated Gibsons at work.</p><p>You can hear so much in more than blues and rock influences in the music: half the stuff is directly influenced by jazz greats like Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman.&nbsp; And unlike the Dead and other jam bands, there are great dynamics at play.&nbsp; Every musician shines without overshadowing the other.</p><p>20 years later, like with the Beach Boys' <em>Pet Sounds</em>, I hear something new everytime I hear that album.&nbsp;</p>