OK - I have to weigh in NOW!!! Jamie & Raf take your blinders off.
But first this - no Norm, DC boy is not a cut down it simply means I'm male and used to live in DC, as I stated. Appears we have a number of former and current DC residents here.
Yes Tony, DC has some fine homegrown talent- Danny Gatton, Roy Buchanan, Link Ray - all three are, by the way, on Rolling Stones Top 100 Guitarists list. Jerry Garcia didn't make the cut. Lists are subjective and RS is tilted to rock, but blame them not me. As far as the "greatest American R&R band"? - get real Raf! R&R is fast, loud, and it ain’t that pretty! As I recall only one pure rock & roll band is featured on NPR's list of the 100 most important American songs - and that is "I Wanna Be Sedated" by THE greatest American ‘ROCK N ROLL’ band, the Ramones. I’ve seen 100’s of concerts, the first being Jimi H. at the DC Armory at age 11 (thanks to older brothers) and I’ve seen the Dead many times and do appreciate them, and you’ll find their CDs in my collection, so I’m not trying to take anything away from them. And Raf, as far as Trey being better than Django, ask Trey and I’m sure he would have good laugh – and greatness isn’t a matter of popularity. I think if you polled a group of objective guitar enthusiasts you would find Segovia, Rhienhardt, and Hendrix always at the top but forever underground.
Thanks Mats! Post-punk as a period definition refers to those following the initial punk explosion of the 70’s. And FYI, my fave R&R concert – the Clash, London Calling tour, Richie Coliseum, University of Maryland, 1980.
All that said waaaay off thread . . .
But first this - no Norm, DC boy is not a cut down it simply means I'm male and used to live in DC, as I stated. Appears we have a number of former and current DC residents here.
Yes Tony, DC has some fine homegrown talent- Danny Gatton, Roy Buchanan, Link Ray - all three are, by the way, on Rolling Stones Top 100 Guitarists list. Jerry Garcia didn't make the cut. Lists are subjective and RS is tilted to rock, but blame them not me. As far as the "greatest American R&R band"? - get real Raf! R&R is fast, loud, and it ain’t that pretty! As I recall only one pure rock & roll band is featured on NPR's list of the 100 most important American songs - and that is "I Wanna Be Sedated" by THE greatest American ‘ROCK N ROLL’ band, the Ramones. I’ve seen 100’s of concerts, the first being Jimi H. at the DC Armory at age 11 (thanks to older brothers) and I’ve seen the Dead many times and do appreciate them, and you’ll find their CDs in my collection, so I’m not trying to take anything away from them. And Raf, as far as Trey being better than Django, ask Trey and I’m sure he would have good laugh – and greatness isn’t a matter of popularity. I think if you polled a group of objective guitar enthusiasts you would find Segovia, Rhienhardt, and Hendrix always at the top but forever underground.
Thanks Mats! Post-punk as a period definition refers to those following the initial punk explosion of the 70’s. And FYI, my fave R&R concert – the Clash, London Calling tour, Richie Coliseum, University of Maryland, 1980.
All that said waaaay off thread . . .