What artist touched you the most out prog?

I'm curious then, just bought Strong persuader today but haven't listened to it yet. I know the title track and that's a pretty good one so i have high hopes.

Edit: Just realized this afternoon that Strong persuader is from the Robert Cray band, Steve Ray vaughn is the man who made  Texas Flood amongst other albums. Strange mixup, i must be getting old . I don't have this Texas flood album, a friend of mine who used to  love blues music used to play it a lot  long time ago, so i know this is a good album. I'll look out for it but for now it's Robert Cray band.


Edited by Dirk - July 29 2007 at 12:56

E-Dub wrote: U2 without a doubt. I saw them on the Elevation tour only months after 9/11. During the song "One" all of the victims' names scrolled slowly up the screen behind the stage. Once the names reached the top of the screen they were then projected throughout the arena. Seeing U2 live is like a religious experience. Nobody can come close to them live. E

Stevie was the best white blues player of all time, and one of the top 5 blues guitarists period. For me he even beats out Clapton b/c of his incredible emotion that stood out even in the genre of emotion. Clapton, though a little more skilled and a lot more important, rarely put that kind of soul into his music.

Probably Hendrix and Lou Reed.

Hendrix is a constant amazement to me.  Are You Experienced? was the 2nd CD album I ever got and I still have it 10+ years later.  Lou Reed on the other hand was helpful in my ever expanding taste in music.  When I heard Velvet Underground & Nico I was taken by its innovative and original take on pop/rock music.  It was like nothing before and it still sounded incredible 35 years after its release.  The later VU albums and Lou's solo career were equally awesome and I was lucky enough to see him live 5 years ago.

There a lot of them, first on my mind when this question comes up are always the Kinks and Creedence clearwater revival. Fleetwood mac, Stone roses, Pulp are some other good bands that come to mind right now.

My sister always used to play  albums from Leonard Cohen when we were young. I got 2 of his albums lately. I don't think you can stray much farther from prog than he does, some of his songs are only accompanied by acoustic guitar and it never gets much more complex than that but what a gift for melody the man has. I wonder if there are others here that like his music.

TheProgtologist wrote: Outside of prog definitely The Beatles and Led Zeppelin.Those two bands literally changed my perception of music and what music was all about.

same for me. The Beatles rediefined what could be done with pop music, and it came as a revelation to me when I first heard them in 98, three decades after the fact. Modern pop artists can never hope to attain the level of perfection and integrity (equally as important to me) the Beatles enjoyed. LZ pushed blues much farther than it had ever gone before by mixing it wth folk (not the first to do that, see Tull), and Indian music (George Harrison brought a sitar to the studio, but he didn't truly fuse rock and Indian classical, he kept them separate). Both bands made so much possible and now matter how often they are venerated and honored, their importance cannot be overstated.

Outside of prog definitely The Beatles and Led Zeppelin.Those two bands literally changed my perception of music and what music was all about.

cuncuna wrote: The T wrote: Out of these... The Doors....the first rock group I really liked....   I agree.. this list is based on.... I think he was touched by at least one member of those bands...

From the list Jimi Hendrix, had he lived longer he would have changed the sound of rock music (just listen to Band of Gypsys).  Not on the list Sly Stone.  His music touched and influenced many who are now legends (Miles Davis just to name one).

Had to vote other.  A New England Indie group called rane is one of the few groups that's been able to pull me out of my prog/classical/blues/jazz rut.