And Ad-Rock is just full of life. 100 Greatest Guitarists - Rolling Stone I went backstage, and we hooked up. "His original idea was a feature-length musicians' film in a similar way that Any Given Sunday was about the inner life of football players. It was sold out. And they did. Two extraordinary artists were giving me the gift of their vocals and guitar parts for my album, Watermark. Theyve all put a smile on my face.. It hit me like a fucking ton of bricks. She didn't sing like Aretha Franklin she wasn't a gospel singer but she was a stylist, and you always believed her. The Beasties were a punk band listening to hip-hop. He sang Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come," and the audience wept. Zappa gave me the faith that anything in music was possible. You heard that every day of your life, for at least three or four years around then. I was on holiday with my parents in the late Sixties when I heard "I Wish It Would Rain." On the back it says "To the Only Girl in Our Band." I could tell that Joni was a painter by the way she wrote lyrics. A lot of deep records like Pink Floyd's The Wall or Nine Inch Nails' The Fragile are dense, long journeys. Guns n' Roses revived our kind of rock. When I'm with the Allman Brothers, the band always leaves it up to me how much of Duane's influence I should show. Black Sabbath's rhythm section doesn't get enough props. You can think that it's all been written, but it hasn't. You don't have to emulate them, but thanks to them, you can take it anywhere. When I played his songs early on, I used to get really sick of everyone in the crowd yelling "yee-haw" all the way through. To me, it all sounded like music from heaven. With the theme from Chariots of Fire, he created one of the most well-known 'keyboard songs' of all time, and his Jupiter-fuelled score for 1982's Blade Runner is recognised as one of the most influential electronic music works of all time. I had never seen or heard anything like it before. The best guitarists of all time: Rolling Stone's Top 15 - MSN I was floored. I couldn't get in. I had the honor of inducting Jackie Wilson into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Of course, the Attractions were really important to his music if you're going to cram a whole book into one song, it helps to have a steady groove. They started out in the age of the sensitive singer-songwriter, and their music was as smart and sensitive as anyone's, but when they called upon it, they also had the power of a great rock & roll band. People have said that "There Goes My Baby" was a very influential record because it helped set the stage for the Wall of Sound and Motown. In these fan testimonials, indie rockers pay tribute to world-beating rappers (Vampire Weekends Ezra Koenig on Jay-Z), young pop stars honor stylistic godmothers (Britney Spears on Madonna) and Billy Joel admits that Elton John kicks my ass on piano. Rock & roll is now a music with a rich past. But you could see them the band was right in the window. In the Sixties, I was in a band called Chain Reaction. "A filmmaker called Eric Hamburg, who was a co-producer on two Oliver Stone films, Nixon and Any Given Sunday, came to me a few years ago and told me that there should be a documentary about me. It was like I unlocked a box: His music spoke to me. Dickey was remarkable in his own right. And the younger generation coming up now if you don't talk about the music or the artists, they don't know them. Then, six weeks in, Jay-Z's "Can I Get A " video debuted at Number 10. How many artists make it 15 years without embarrassing themselves, let alone while maintaining their relevancy? Chuck Leavell is the principal keyboardist for The Rolling Stones and has toured since 1982. He produced a terrific debut album called Pretty Hate Machine. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Go look back at those TRL charts and it's not hard to tell why a generation of musicians, critics and fans became so deeply connected to the lyrics of a dude who, supposedly, was describing a world that at least 50 percent of his fans "couldn't relate to.". We would linger by the stage after our set and listen to Duane and Dickey Betts play guitar together. On "Public Service Announcement," he described himself as being like "Che Guevara with bling on." But if those guys were speaking to you, Al Green was speaking for you. They knew he knew. Eminem lives, sleeps and breathes music he's a bit like me in that respect. It was a planned community with man-made lakes. My uncle Jerry was a DJ and introduced me to all the P-Funk records when I was a little kid: The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein, Mothership Connection. I am amazed at how great the Kinks' records sounded even though, when you listen closely, there is very little going on in them. In a way, that upheaval may be part of the reason they recorded so many immortal songs over such a long period. Hank lived what would have been a rock star's life full of touring, drinking and woman troubles. Take a song like "Fat Old Sun," from Atom Heart Mother. When King left, we worked with him as a solo artist, and the Drifters kept on having hits too, first with Rudy Lewis as the new lead singer. Then Iggy turned to the side of the stage, where the elite were standing Sonic Youth, Queens of the Stone Age, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the other all-access rock stars and he gave us the jerk-off motion. When he took the stage, adorned in a magnificent white suit, he spread his arms open wide, as if trying to embrace the entire room. His melodies weave in and out and all over the place, and you can tell they just spring out of him. I knew the Byrds from Mr. Tambourine Man on; the Stones had worked some shows in California with them back then. Some people found this to be in bad taste, but it doesn't feel too off the mark to me. Jimmy Page must have looked at Cream and thought, "Fuck me, I think I'll do that," and then put together Led Zeppelin. I cannot believe that Spiral was released nearly 20 years ago now. I have experienced the thrill of collaborating with him numerous times as we have invited each other into our respective albums. It's probably the most beautiful piece of jewelry a man has ever given me, ever. 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He was fun to be around, great to play with as a musician. Vote up the top pianists below based on their compositions and worldly influence. It's no accident that the Beatles' Apple Records signed James Taylor at its inception. This was my opportunity to learn something from the Wolf. What bugged me out about the Beasties was that they knew everything about hip-hop the Cold Crush Brothers, the Treacherous Three and Afrika Bambaataa, all the old-school shit. Carl was that good. Al Kooper 10. Freddie's songs are just so much fun to sing, and he had such stamina. They played traditional blues mixed with their own unique brand of rock & roll, and there was nothing but strength in that group. He took it to the honky-tonks the real honky-tonks where people would be drinking out of a jug. Joni had an edginess that not many women expressed then. Who are we to argue? Duck was a great bass player, and very funny one of them good old Southern beer-drinking boys. In a way, their name says it all. Melodically oriented and, because of record-company contractual problems, supported by what became a three-year tour it birthed the first real mainstream breakthrough for industrial rock, selling over a million copies. And that motherfucker could make chicks cry. The Eagles were a real band. Page 2 of 11: The best blues guitarists of all time Keith Emerson (ELP) 2. We were 10 feet from Jerry Garcia, and you could see how that audience zeroed in on him. But it still held together as a bitchin'-ass song. Yet for all their fantastic records, the Drifters had the least stable lineup of any of the great vocal groups. They may have had three guitar players, but they understood restraint. Obviously, most of today's jam bands are influenced by the Dead. He was streamlined in a way that reminded me of Keith Richards, was always wasted and had a careless guitar style that was really cool. Besides being a musician, Leavell is also a tree farmer and owns land in Georgia with his wife.. That stuck with me. The Eagles forever changed country and rock, but I just think of what they did as being great American music. But the thing that caught my eye: She was wearing a Fables of the Reconstruction T-shirt. Parliament and Funkadelic were 30 years ahead of their time. He catches us at our tricks, and that's always thrilling. For me and I imagine for millions of others Tina now stands as an enduring symbol of survival and of grace. His dancing was spellbinding twists and splits that left me in total disbelief. "Bohemian Rhapsody" is arguably the greatest song ever written. The ballads especially connected with me: "Loser," "Wharf Rat," "Stella Blue." What about those people we done forgot about, like Wolf? But whatever you think of him, he definitely developed his own style: He didn't sound like anyone who came before him. I met her at a Vanity Fair photo shoot. And he was a great harmonica player. I'll never forget the first time I saw him live, in New York, when I was in high school. When I was growing up in the 1970s, Pink Floyd were ever-present. They feared no one. When Metallica started in 1981, they didn't really take your typical path to success. Carl was the real deal a true rockabilly cat. We were both fans of the Drifters even before we started writing, and later producing, for them. BIO. Over the years, the Drifters were a couple of different great groups and a whole bunch of wonderful guys. Matlock was cool, but Sid was everything that's cool about punk rock: a skinny rocker who had a ton of attitude, sort of an Elvis, James Dean kind of guy. Rolling Stones Mick and KeithAnd Chuck: The Rolling Stones' Essential, Unsung Rock-and-Roll Hero Chuck Leavell, the Stones' piano player and road musical director, keeps the musical peace. The greatest keyboard players of all time, revealed | MusicRadar Our first cut writing for the Drifters was "Ruby Baby," which Nesuhi Ertegun produced and Johnny Moore sang lead on, in 1955. "Sweet Home Alabama" sounds like seasoned studio musicians twice their age. Even Elvis Presley knew why Wilson was called "Mr. His records are enormously important to country music, but I think I responded to them because they sounded so exotic. 50. 50 Greatest Bassists of All Time - Rolling Stone But you have to say, they did pretty well. I've always held on to the same dreams as Freddie. We had an old battery-powered radio, and we'd listen to this half-hour program that came on at night. : players like Remi/mygh69 excluded due to suspicious activity. Middle school was brutal for me, and I clung to my music like a life raft. Quickly soaked in sweat (nobody knew how to sweat as good as Jackie Wilson), he took off his jacket and pretended he was going to throw it to the crowd, creating a pure sexual enchantment. It's amazing how many rock bands with serious grooves are made up of skinny English dudes. I realized these songs were all acts of imagination, that Ray was commemorating an England that was slipping away. Anyway, these are our 100 Keyboard classicslet's hear what you think should be included. Maybe they were thinking they were going to break into Casey Kasem's Top 40 countdown with their debut record, Kill 'Em All. 'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' Is - Rolling Stone and the soul numbers ("Long As I Can See the Light"). You can see what it was like in the movie What's Love Got to Do With It. It's such a lonely album not in the "I don't have any friends" sense but in the sense that you're a little bit removed, and always watching. Think about a song like "Nutbush City Limits." That warmth and wit came through in his music. These days rappers will just tell you, "I'll kill you.". Artists like Eminem who use their free speech to get a point across are vitally important. After three or four albums, Lynyrd Skynyrd transcended the Southern-rock tag. People imitate Stevie Wonder or whomever, but how many people can do Elvis Costello? When we played the Reading and Leeds festivals, we had to follow Slayer, and got bottles of piss thrown at us. They influenced everyone from the Ronettes and Motown girl groups like the Supremes to the Beatles, who covered "Baby It's You" and "Boys." And to me, that's what the best music is made of. They paint an ugly picture. Each of the Beastie Boys has a different personality. The 100 greatest guitarists of all time - guitarworld But Al Green is the show, and when you watch him perform, you see something honest and soulful and amazing. For whatever. And when Wolf said, "Motherfucker, you can't play," what he was really saying was, "I'm gonna fire your ass up. When she said, "Baby, it's you," you thought, "Baby, it is me.". Backstage, Carl was very nervous about coming out with us. And Queen were always trying something new; none of their hit songs were paint-by-numbers. The impact she had wasn't flashy. Steve Winwood 8. It was like they were weaving a beautiful piece of cloth. And he could express it all the music from Nashville and Bakersfield, California, the stuff from Texas in his singing and songwriting. ", Tom is a great and loyal friend, but he's also honest like that. Billy Preston 6. But I believe it's time to put the Ike story to rest. Nobody moved like the Tempts. Whether it was Ruffin or Dennis Edwards or Eddie Kendricks or Paul Williams singing lead, the Tempts were always an all-star vocal band. Their music can make you think of walking on the beach with your wife, or of locking yourself in your room with your big toe on the trigger of a shotgun sometimes within the same song. Argent Hold your Head Up. Foghat? He worked on a lot of bottom-of-the-rung cars that didn't have cassette decks. But maybe my favorite thing about the Beastie Boys is that they're worldly. Somebody left an 8-track tape of Queen's Greatest Hits in a car the one where they're wearing leather jackets on the cover, and Freddie's got the mustache. On The Stooges and Fun House, while his brother Ron, the guitarist, was playing these loud bar-chord progressions, Scott was making the band rev and swing. There was just nothing cooler than Aerosmith coming out of America at that point. I stood outside. If you listen to the way that Geezer Butler and Bill Ward play off of each other, that's the core of the heaviness right there. Ted has them committed to memory: "Bo Diddley, Ronnie Montrose, Gary Moore, John Sykes, Derek St. Holmes, Eric Johnson, SRV, Joe Perry, Sammy Hagar, Duane Eddy, Dick Dale, Brad Whitford, Steve Vai, Chris Duarte, Angus Young, Johnny Winter, Steve Hunter, Bugs Henderson, Joe Satriani, Richie Blackmore, Steve Morse, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Mick Andy Summers has both great technique and rhythmic sense. Somewhere between LOL and FML there was "TRL." They're a fucking piece of the mountain coming down behind you, and you can't do anything about it. Jimmy and Tom decided to give me "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," which they had written with Campbell. He was an amazing guitar player: If you want to play Fifties rock & roll, you can either play like Chuck Berry, or you can play like Carl Perkins. On Sea Change, I made a conscious effort to try to write songs as direct as Hank's. Vol. Iggy's parents were intellectuals his father was an English teacher and that gave him an edge. Axl knew how to work an audience. I obviously still have my work cut out for me. I'll go on record as saying they're the greatest rock & roll band of all time. The Shirelles had a "sound," a word that people from the Sixties vocal-group era use with a lot of reverence. Those first three albums Santana, Abraxas, Santana III are really special to me. When I was a teenager, it was a career aim for many of my friends to have a song written about them by Elvis Costello. When David Gilmour sings about the sun going down, there's something simple about it. Word spread very quickly in those days. There would be this moment this collective breath from the audience as he walked over, picked it up and started playing the most ripping, beautiful solo. Most artists now just aren't smart enough to write that, or honest enough to write a line like, "I ain't a killer but don't push me." Just write some great songs that's what you do." "Knee Deep" was their coming-out music. I only get 11 songs and one of them won't be mine." The Stooges' sound was so evocative yet so simple. Every time I buy a Radiohead album, I have a moment where I say to myself, "Maybe this is the one that will suck." Prog warriors rubbed shoulders with synth-pop heroes and soul/funk legends, and lets not forget the musical magicians of the pop world, either. The singing lines are slow, steep plateaus. Eric Clapton we don't have to talk about it's obvious how amazing he is. When Eminem and I did "Stan" at the Grammys in 2001, we got together to rehearse out in the Valley. Every Cliff Burton-based solo I've ever heard is a soulful, psychedelic, headbanging expression that rocks your world, trips your brain out and gets the house rockin'.
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