"blood sweat and tears was primarily about the horn charts and david clayton thomas's voice...devo was primiarily a synth band, if i remember...did supertramp even use guitars? i remember mostly fender rhodes and whiny vocals."
what about "Bloody well right", great stuff right there
I'd incluce blood sweat and tears, some really good stuff there...
April Wine
atlanta rhythm section
Focus
10cc
the sweet
blue cheer
black oaks arkansas
canned heat
Chilliwack
Creation (used the violin bow before jimmy page)
country joe and the fish
hot tuna
Elo
Dr John
Grand Funk Railroad
James Gang
Joe Walsh
Ten Years After
Electric Prunes
Strawberry alarm clock
Chocolate watch band
13th floor elevators
Triumph
Johhny/Edgar Winter
Pat Travers
Kim Mitchell/Max Webster
Lighthouse
Steve Miller Band
Little Feat
Vanilla Fudge
Moby Grape
Rick Derringer
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Rainbow
John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
sorry if some of those are one hit wonders, or 'obscure', or repeats....