Who is your favorite band ???

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: PHJim
Date: 08 Aug 13 - 08:13 PM

The Red Clay Ramblers spend a lot of time on my turntable these days.

Red Clay Ramblers' Merchant's Lunch

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 08 Aug 13 - 03:46 PM

The Allman Brothers Band from 1969-71, when Duane Allman and Berry Oakley were still alive. I haven't been a fan of the band's later incarnations, though I do like The Derek Trucks Band.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Elmore
Date: 08 Aug 13 - 12:02 PM

What Gillymor said. Would've loved to see that band in concert.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Amergin
Date: 08 Aug 13 - 12:23 AM

I dunno...I use to wear head bands many years ago....to help keep my hair from my eyes....I have this wrist band my daughter gave me one year for Father's Day....I don't wear it often because I'm afraid to lose it. I do like it though...

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: GUEST,gillymor
Date: 07 Aug 13 - 02:51 PM

Thanks for that link, Jim. That was a hot band and it's good to see a clawhammer banjo out front. Cathy Fink is one of the best.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: PHJim
Date: 07 Aug 13 - 02:39 PM

Blue Rose was a great band. I wish they'd have a reunion.
Molly Mason - bass
Laurie Lewis - fiddle
Cathy Fink - banjo/guitar
Sally Van Meter - Dobro
Marcy Marxer - guitar/mandolin

Blue Rose - Wild Rose Of The Mountain (Si Kahn)

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Aug 13 - 01:56 PM

Jim White and the session musicians that back him on whatever his current project is.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Claire M
Date: 07 Aug 13 - 11:36 AM

Hiya,

I'd love another gig. Stables closest & best for me. Looking forward to cd too. How Terry Pratchett passed me by for so long I don't know. Steeleye have never led me wrong.

I think I get him more now cos my tastes have reverted & I recognise the words he uses, & the description of the Chalk was so similar to the way I grew up I had tears in my eyes. Seen quite a few Morris dancers too but didn't appreciate them cos I didn't really get what they were dancing for -- luckily I know quite a few fans so I'm covered for his books.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Bobert
Date: 06 Aug 13 - 08:31 PM

Yeah, Shimbo Darktree, Dr. Hook is right up there with the best bands... The songs were great and the vocals were, too...

Me??? I'm an ol' rocker... Humble Pie, hands down...

B~

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: GUEST,eldergirl
Date: 06 Aug 13 - 08:25 PM

Oh, yes. True love never dies! A good song finely crafted and played will go on forever. Even if their later stuff doesn't quite cut the mustard, their songs that first grabbed your heart away will never lose that magic! Uh, is that grammatical? Pfft. Too bad ..

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Claire M
Date: 06 Aug 13 - 01:48 PM

Hiya,

I've dreamt of fav bands before; the members mostly pop up to give me advice, w/ them introducing themselves saying "I am ____/we are ____" & my shocked/pleased response being "are you really?! Are you sure?".For something that never actually happened they haven't ½ been vivid.

This topic got me thinking; I've always seen love for bands like being in a relationship. They cheer you up; they comfort you when it's needed; they keep you going. When/if you dump them for a few years can you still say they're favourites

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Elmore
Date: 06 Aug 13 - 11:15 AM

Leonard Cohen and The Unified Heart Touring Company.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: GUEST,gillymor
Date: 05 Aug 13 - 01:32 PM

Carolina Chocolate Drops doing a Charlie Poole song.

The Shins

I agree, eldergirl, the early Byrds really caught the worm (grimace).

Old Blind Dogs.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: GUEST,eldergirl
Date: 05 Aug 13 - 01:04 PM

Then: the Beatles, the Byrds till Gene Clark left, then loads of individual songs/recordings by anyone who caught my ear, till I discovered Crowded House and fell in love with their stuff.
Now: Cupola are brilliant! I recommended them to my home town folk club after seeing them and getting their CD at a festival 2 or 3 yrs ago, but as often happens they ignored me (sulk) but now I see Cupola are linked with Lucy Ward, so local fc even less likely to afford them now.. Shame. That'd be a great night!

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: GUEST,Azoic
Date: 05 Aug 13 - 11:04 AM

Either Quercus or the Tiger Lillies.I cannot decide.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: topical tom
Date: 05 Aug 13 - 10:55 AM

The Del McCoury Band, Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, Don Reno and Red Smiley, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, The Weavers, The Blue Sky Boys, and Finest Kind, to name a few.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: GUEST,Dr Bob.
Date: 05 Aug 13 - 06:44 AM

Les Alanos & The Dooleys.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Claire M
Date: 04 Aug 13 - 02:15 PM

Hiya,

Somebody was going to take me to the Cambs Folk Fest but I knew any sort of festival would be a problem, so never bothered making a habit of checking who was on.

Who should be on this year but Steeleye! My love for them knows no bounds; my love of any sort of fantasy, old fashioned language & the Latin fetish I seem to have stems from them; & my favourite legend would have to be the one of the Nokken/the Sirens.

Caught up via iPlayer; they played 'I Shall Wear Midnight' – will never forget hearing that for the 1st time. I cried so much my face was as red as my dress & all blotchy. Peter Knight was looking right at me as he changed I to [b]WE[/b]. Couldn't stay off the loo for about a week beforehand (I never can anyway but this was even worse) The woman who came w/ me to see Maddy Prior on her own was so bored she kept playing w/ her phone

As for the Quartet – originally went for Martin Simpson, he was good but MQ were as Steeleye-ish as could be, the women even sounded similar to Maddy, the sort of high, loud singing she does; I was disappointed when they left for Simpson to come on! Their version of 'Bright Morning Star' had me sobbing & shaking (had heard it by Steeleye 1st)

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Little Hawk
Date: 04 Aug 13 - 02:08 PM

Okay....taking a long look back at all the bands I've ever listened to over the years...

I'd have to choose:

The Band

and

Dire Straits

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: GUEST,Fred McCormick
Date: 04 Aug 13 - 10:49 AM

The Memphis Jug Band, The Mississippi Sheiks, The Liverpool Ceilidh Band, The Dallas String Band, Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven, Milton Brown's Musical Brownies, The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys, Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys, Egschiglen. That'll do to be going on with.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 04 Aug 13 - 10:46 AM

Grammatically speaking I guess it should be "Which is your favourite Band"

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 04 Aug 13 - 08:49 AM

It occurs to me, in the traditional mode of Mudcat pedantry, to wonder whether it should be "Who are your favourite band?"

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: SteveMansfield
Date: 04 Aug 13 - 07:37 AM

Long-term, no contest, Blowzabella.

The Old Dance School of the comparitively new 'uns.

Very envious of Rog getting to see LAPD, they sounded every bit as good as you'd expect on The BBC Folk Show That Must Not Be Named and I look forward to the proposed album.

All in all it doesn't matter really does it - the variety is what makes the music special.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Rog Peek
Date: 04 Aug 13 - 04:21 AM

Saw LAPD at Cambridge, they were, as you would expect, sensational.

Rog

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Aug 13 - 02:57 AM

Churchfitters marvellous

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Elmore
Date: 03 Aug 13 - 09:18 PM

Klezmatics, New Lost City Ramblers, Le Vent Du Nord.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Shimbo Darktree
Date: 03 Aug 13 - 08:55 PM

You just can't look past Dr Hook (sorry - couldn't resist the rhyme). Great sound, great songs (mostly Silverstein's). Surprising choice for a folkie?

For folk/country bands/groups, there are so many, and Queensland (Australia) ones are wonderful! How's that for parochial?

Shimbo

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: gnu
Date: 03 Aug 13 - 05:59 PM

Brakin... yup.

If ya put a gun to my head... all of em.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Brakn
Date: 03 Aug 13 - 05:54 PM

But more importantly what's your favourite colour.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: GUEST,PeterC
Date: 03 Aug 13 - 04:19 PM

Danu, Fairport, Feast of Fiddles

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 03 Aug 13 - 03:24 PM

Steeleye Span have been my firm favourite (electric) Folk Band going way back but my other favourite... non Folk... is The Moody Blues who are still going and as good as ever in concert!

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Claire M
Date: 03 Aug 13 - 02:33 PM

Hiya,

Steeleye Span or Melrose Quartet.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Rich(bodhránai gan ciall)
Date: 25 Sep 00 - 11:47 PM

String Cheese Incident
Dervish
The Bothy Band

And then there is a former Chicago-based and currently Seattle-based band that consists of a melody section called Martin Hayes and a rhythm section called Dennis Cahill. They're a whole band in themselves.


Slán,
Rich

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Lepus Rex
Date: 25 Sep 00 - 11:23 PM

Odd... I don't listen to so many 'bands' anymore; mostly 'solo' performers these days. My current list of my favourite bands off all time, in random order: The Sugarcubes, GWAR, Bikini Kill, Szeki Kurva/The Fighting Cocks, Garmarna, Iron Maiden, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Motörhead, Death Piggy, Trip Shakespeare, Brave Combo, Hoven Droven, S.O.D., Dead Kennedys, JPP, Sleater-Kinney, Huun Huur Tu, old Megadeth, Triakel, Shonen Knife, Yat-Kha (especially the first one I bought, a REALLY strange self-titled cd with just Albert Kuvezin and Ivan Sokolovsky), Luna, and Whale. I guess.

---Lepus Rex

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Ely
Date: 25 Sep 00 - 09:06 PM

Freakwater, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Swallowtail Contradance Band (which morphed into Wild Asparagus), Cowboy Junkies

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: bigchuck
Date: 25 Sep 00 - 03:57 PM

The Seldom Scene, Finest Kind, Woods Tea Company.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Kim C
Date: 25 Sep 00 - 10:44 AM

The Beatles are my all-time favorite. There are so many others that I like, it's hard to pick a current favorite... I dig the Chieftains, Cherish the Ladies, Great Big Sea, the Voice Squad... there's just too many!

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Mbo
Date: 25 Sep 00 - 10:38 AM

Oooh EJ, Blues Traveler ROCKS! Especially love "Carolina Blues". Hesp, do you know "Anthem" from the Book of Taliesin album?

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Steve Latimer
Date: 25 Sep 00 - 09:43 AM

Rock/Blues: The Rolling Stones, Johnny Winter And.

Bluegrass: The Stanley Brothers

Blues: Muddy Waters various bands, Little Walters bands (although they shared many members)

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Jim the Bart
Date: 25 Sep 00 - 09:31 AM

Yes, Desert Rose has both Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen, which brings me to another favorite - the Dillards. And this brings me to another favorite, long gone but not forgotten, Dillard and Clark. That is Doug Dillard and Gene Clark, which brings me back to the Byrds.

Back in college (the first time), there were three groups that were extremely influential - The Byrds, the Buffalo Springfield and Moby Grape. All heavy on harmony and major key guitar licks. I have always had a soft spot in my head for jangly guitar; the Beatles and the Hollies sere right at the top of that kind of music (along with the Byrds, again). It seems that you find the descendants of that kind of music in the country/country rock field these days. Desert Rose is just that kind of band.

Let me throw one more out there - The ArcAngels out of Austin, Texas. Stevie Ray's rhythm section and two great singer/guitarists. This is hard hitting stuff.

oh yeah, and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: guinnesschik
Date: 25 Sep 00 - 09:30 AM

Eammon's Kitchen, of course...

You can pick yourself, right?

Cheiftains The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem Steve Earle Old and In The Way Beatles Pogues Led Zeppelin Bill Monroe

g'chik (having an identity crisis)

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Midchuck
Date: 25 Sep 00 - 09:28 AM

The Seldom Scene, up 'till Duffey's death.

Peter.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: GUEST,Nynia at work.
Date: 25 Sep 00 - 09:04 AM

Kentigern, Ossian, Strawhead, Battlefield with Sylvia Barnes as the singer.

Nynia

:-)

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Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: GUEST,andy mööer
Date: 25 Sep 00 - 08:31 AM

LAMB!!,and on the trad end.,Ottöpasuuna.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: death by whisky
Date: 25 Sep 00 - 04:15 AM

Manic Street Preachers,Catatonia.

No particular trad or folk come to mind.

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Bugsy
Date: 25 Sep 00 - 01:52 AM

Amazing what a quick search on the net will reveal. They are still going but with a very diferent line up to what I remember.

try this

Click here

Cheers

Bugsy

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Benjamin
Date: 25 Sep 00 - 01:46 AM

Earth Wind and Fire!

After that, there's too many names to give you.

I also love Fletchers! (you did say something about hotdogs didn't you?)

BMW

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 25 Sep 00 - 01:40 AM

Back in THE DAY...Byrds,Yardbirds,Cream,Airplane,Spirit,Hendrix Experience,Doors,Fairport Convention,Fleetwood Mac(Peter Green incarnation),Humble Pie,Burrito Bros

And then there was...Little Feat,Roxy Music,Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble,REM,Grateful Dead,Van Morrison (and whoever he happened to be playing with),The Band,Talking Heads

and Now... Steve Earle's Band,Cordelia's Dad,Live,The Battlefield Band,Blues Traveller

I need to check out Desert Rose Band...that's Chris Hillman's group isn't it?

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: Bugsy
Date: 25 Sep 00 - 12:49 AM

"Flairk", though sadly no longer together.

cheers

Bugsy

Subject: RE: Who is your favorite band ???
From: hesperis
Date: 25 Sep 00 - 12:29 AM

The Boss Brass (Rob McConnell)
Savage Garden
The Chieftains
The Tea Party
Deep Purple

I need to hear some more FOLK!!!!!

Mandolirium is really good!!! (You're not just biased, Metchosin.)
If I was in a band, it would be my favorite...
Wait! Does my Brass Quintet count? (We play some Spirituals really well...)
The Satellite City Brass

~*sirepseh*~