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SirSeymour · 01-08-2005, 06:26 AM

Wow. So many possible answers and so little time. So, in no particular order...

The Benny Goodman Orchestra - one of my first albums was the Live at Carnegie Hall recorded in 1939. On that album is a 20 some odd minute version of Sing Sing Sing featuring solos by Goodman, Krupa and Hampton, amoung others. Many of the gods of Big Band were in on this concert and it was amazing. The first ever jazz/big band concert at Carnegie and perhaps still the best.

Styx - one of the first rock albums I ever got was Pieces of Eight. I loved the song Renegade from the radio and so asked for it for Christmas. I had heard little of Styx's earlier work but the album was so diverse. It showed me that rock was not all screaming guitars and screaming singers.

Simon and Garfunkel along with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young impressed upon me the beauty of well done harmony. Something that is almost lost in the music of today, I might add, in the age of the single lead singer who might get joined by other members for the chorus.

And finally, the Dave Matthews Band who are proving every year that it matters little what you can do in the studio where almost anyone can be made to sound good. What matters is if you can do it live, day in and day out. These guys actually sound better live than they do on studio recordings. They give you a great concert everytime you go to see them and they don't worry about the show, if you know what I mean. You also get what you pay for as this band is working to keep ticket prices down and still puts on a 3 plus hour show evernight. My first real exposure to DMB was the accoustic Live at Luther CD and I feel for a song called Seek Up. When I saw my first concert a little over a year later, they opened the show with it and I was hooked. Been that way ever since. They are the only band I will travel to go see play live.

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SirSeymour Ambling Toward the Light Location: The Early 16th Century	Wow. So many possible answers and so little time. So, in no particular order... The Benny Goodman Orchestra - one of my first albums was the Live at Carnegie Hall recorded in 1939. On that album is a 20 some odd minute version of Sing Sing Sing featuring solos by Goodman, Krupa and Hampton, amoung others. Many of the gods of Big Band were in on this concert and it was amazing. The first ever jazz/big band concert at Carnegie and perhaps still the best. Styx - one of the first rock albums I ever got was Pieces of Eight. I loved the song Renegade from the radio and so asked for it for Christmas. I had heard little of Styx's earlier work but the album was so diverse. It showed me that rock was not all screaming guitars and screaming singers. Simon and Garfunkel along with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young impressed upon me the beauty of well done harmony. Something that is almost lost in the music of today, I might add, in the age of the single lead singer who might get joined by other members for the chorus. And finally, the Dave Matthews Band who are proving every year that it matters little what you can do in the studio where almost anyone can be made to sound good. What matters is if you can do it live, day in and day out. These guys actually sound better live than they do on studio recordings. They give you a great concert everytime you go to see them and they don't worry about the show, if you know what I mean. You also get what you pay for as this band is working to keep ticket prices down and still puts on a 3 plus hour show evernight. My first real exposure to DMB was the accoustic Live at Luther CD and I feel for a song called Seek Up. When I saw my first concert a little over a year later, they opened the show with it and I was hooked. Been that way ever since. They are the only band I will travel to go see play live. __________________ SQL query SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue > 0 Zero rows returned....