Top ten favorite artists...

[Smitty]

... other than MMJ.
Forgive me if this was already in a previous thread.

right now:
Drive-By Truckers
Lydia Loveless
Todd Snider
Wilco
Lucero
James McMurtry
Jason Isbell
Ryan Adams
Angel Olsen
Son Volt

all-time:
Neil Young
DBT
Wilco
Rolling Stones
Gary Stewart
Hank Williams
Grateful Dead
Todd Snider
Replacements
Dylan

[LBSUNFLWR]

All time, not in any particular order:
Grateful Dead
Bob Marley
The Smiths
Radiohead
Counting Crows
Ryan Adams
The Black Crowes
Wilco
MMJ
Tom Petty

Current bands of the last several years who may someday make the list:
Josh Ritter
Jason Isbell
Phosphorescent
Real Estate
Bon Iver
Gregory Alan Isakov
Ray LaMontagne
Jenny Lewis
Bob Schneider


at one point in my life The Cure, U2 and R.E.M. were on that all time list. I just listen to them so rarely these days that they have been demoted, but still deserved mention. :)

[Jaimoe]

The Who
Jimi Hendrix
The Beatles
The Allman Brothers (until Dickie was fired)
The Rolling Stones
The White Stripes
Television
John Coltrane
Neil Young
The Yardbirds
The Kinks/Grateful Dead/Muddy Waters/The Stooges/Lenny Breau/Frank Zappa/MMJ

[jaye]

Not in order:

MMJ
Futurebirds
Radiohead
Ryan Adams
Jason Isbell
Frames
The Rolling Stones
The National
Bruce Springsteen
Van Morrison
Damien Rice/Phosphorescent/David Bowie/

[APR]

My Morning Jacket
Pearl Jam
Radiohead
Tool
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Tame Impala
Foals
Hum
Jeff Buckley

[Jaimoe]

Damn. I forgot Zeppelin and Jeff Beck. They are locks in my Top 10.

[johnnYYac]

My Morning Jacket
Grateful Dead
Pink Floyd
Allman Bros.
Jimi
Led Zep
Neil Young
Traffic
The Doors
The Beatles

[iLikeBeer]

Grateful Dead
My Morning Jacket
Wilco
The Band
The Beatles
Black Crowes
Built To Spill
Pixies
The Replacements
Neil Young

Honorable Mention (current bands I love):

The National/Phospherescent/War On Drugs/Futurebirds/Iron & Wine/Alabama Shakes/Avett Bros./J Roddy Walston

[HENRYH]

Right now*...

MMJ
Wilco
The New Pornographers
Kathleen Edwards
The Bad Plus
Band Of Horses
Beck
Tori Amos
Diana Krall
Elbow


All Time*...

Genesis
The Beatles
Bruce Springsteen
The Rolling Stones
U2
Elton John
The Police
Miles Davis
Frank Zappa
Rush


*All subject to change...

[kvgq420]

Present:
Radiohead
MMJ
Arcade Fire
Spoon
The Decemberists
Grizzly Bear
Tame Impala
Beck
Fleet Foxes

Past:
Pink Floyd
Can
The Velvet Underground
Steely Dan
Fela Kuti
Joy Division
The Smiths
Talking Heads
Funkadelic
Miles Davis

[dookie shoot bandit]

Bob Dylan
The Beatles
The Band
Sam Cooke
Pink Floyd
The Beastie Boys
Dinosaur Jr
The White Stripes
Modest Mouse
Bright Eyes

[crooney]

My Morning Jacket
Grateful Dead
The Band
Willie Nelson
John Prine
Neil Young
Waylon Jennings
Phosphorescent
The Rolling Stones
Miles Davis

[Mr. White]

My Morning Jacket
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Grateful Dead
Rush
Neil Young
The Who
Todd Rundgren (Utopia)
Black Sabbath (Ozzy & Dio)
Pearl Jam

[ellisintransit]

My Morning Jacket
Jack White (bands and solo...love it all)
The Cure
Rush
Mogwai
Red House Painters
Air
Genesis
Pink Floyd
Hum  (I see you APR!  Happy to see more Hum fans here.)

DAMN....a list without Bowie does not feel right.

[Cameron]

The Beatles
Pearl Jam
My Morning Jacket
Ween
Jason Isbell
Lucero
Neil Young
Drive By Truckers
Slobberbone
Joe Pug

[Jaimoe]

Mogwai

Have you seen the French horror TV series, The Returned (A&E has a US/Canadian version on now, but don't watch it). Mogwai does the music score for the France series and it is a co-star. Awesome stuff, and the show is freakin' great slow-burn, with fantastic acting.

[ellisintransit]

Mogwai

Have you seen the French horror TV series, The Returned (A&E has a US/Canadian version on now, but don't watch it). Mogwai does the music score for the France series and it is a co-star. Awesome stuff, and the show is freakin' great slow-burn, with fantastic acting.

I never did see that.  I got the soundtrack, which is awesome, and reading the premise it sounds really cool.  They can do such a broad range of sound, and I love that they keep that early Pink Floyd spirit alive in that way, where they have great songs, but can also adapt to ambient or ethereal situations.

[sillyboob]

Mogwai

Have you seen the French horror TV series, The Returned (A&E has a US/Canadian version on now, but don't watch it). Mogwai does the music score for the France series and it is a co-star. Awesome stuff, and the show is freakin' great slow-burn, with fantastic acting.

I never did see that.  I got the soundtrack, which is awesome, and reading the premise it sounds really cool.  They can do such a broad range of sound, and I love that they keep that early Pink Floyd spirit alive in that way, where they have great songs, but can also adapt to ambient or ethereal situations.

Totally agree.  Mogwai can go from insanely loud and bombastic to quiet and glacial, and be totally awesome doing either.

[searchinbig]

This was actually kind of hard because I like so much different music, jazz, Motown,etc.

So I kept this more rock.

Most of these I grew up with, some I'm still growing with. No particular order:

Beatles
Grateful Dead
Bob Dylan
David Bromberg
MMJ
Black Sabbath
Elton John
Hot Tuna
Allman Brothers
The Clash

Also funny to note MMJ has covered most of these bands!!

[pattilovesmmj]

B 52's
MMJ
The Innocents
Roxy Music
Johnny Cash
REM
U2
Bruce Hornsby
Led Zeppelin
Neil Young