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john ledger
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Having always been brought up in a house full of music from Nat King Cole Ella Fitzgerald to Hendrix Capt Beefheart,classical to big band and even modern jazz i can remember to a degree the music in the decade i fished.
Having seen the Crickets live at the Sheffield City hall in the late fifties i have always had a liking for the rock musicians and here are my pick of what i think are the best of each decade.
Fifties
Carl Perkins Buddy Holly Gene Vincent
Eddie Cochran Jodimars (no i dont like Presley)
Sixties
Doors Capt Beefheart Beachboys Cream Led Zep Allman Bros MC5 Stooges Fleetwood Mac(Pete Green)Beatles Birds Dylan
Seventies
Free Little Feat Wishbone Ash Lynyrd Skynyrd Beefheart The Band Television
Lou Reed Steely Dan
Eighties (best left alone)
Nineties
Radiohead Pearl Jam Black Crowes and not much after
Best Live Acts
Crickets Capt Beefheart Cream Lynyrd Skynyrd Wishbone Ash UFO Free Stevie Ray Vaughn
Most influential
Dylan Lennon Don Van Vliet Brian Wilson Lou Reed
Favourite Artist
Capt Beefheart and the Magic Band(simply magic) Lynyrd Skynyrd (saw em three times)brlliant live
Favourite Albums
Safe as Milk Clear Spot Spotlight Kid all Capt Beefheart
Cant buy a thrill Steely Dan Marqee Moon Television
Favourite Track for fishing
Long Neck Bottles Capt Beefheart caught a few 2lb roach on upper Witham with this track ringing in my ears
Well thats my lot ,can you better it and please no Status Quo Phil Collins Abba Girls Aloud Westlife and certainly no Chas and Dave
Having seen the Crickets live at the Sheffield City hall in the late fifties i have always had a liking for the rock musicians and here are my pick of what i think are the best of each decade.
Fifties
Carl Perkins Buddy Holly Gene Vincent
Eddie Cochran Jodimars (no i dont like Presley)
Sixties
Doors Capt Beefheart Beachboys Cream Led Zep Allman Bros MC5 Stooges Fleetwood Mac(Pete Green)Beatles Birds Dylan
Seventies
Free Little Feat Wishbone Ash Lynyrd Skynyrd Beefheart The Band Television
Lou Reed Steely Dan
Eighties (best left alone)
Nineties
Radiohead Pearl Jam Black Crowes and not much after
Best Live Acts
Crickets Capt Beefheart Cream Lynyrd Skynyrd Wishbone Ash UFO Free Stevie Ray Vaughn
Most influential
Dylan Lennon Don Van Vliet Brian Wilson Lou Reed
Favourite Artist
Capt Beefheart and the Magic Band(simply magic) Lynyrd Skynyrd (saw em three times)brlliant live
Favourite Albums
Safe as Milk Clear Spot Spotlight Kid all Capt Beefheart
Cant buy a thrill Steely Dan Marqee Moon Television
Favourite Track for fishing
Long Neck Bottles Capt Beefheart caught a few 2lb roach on upper Witham with this track ringing in my ears
Well thats my lot ,can you better it and please no Status Quo Phil Collins Abba Girls Aloud Westlife and certainly no Chas and Dave