Really? Really?

Very nice sir.

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Tough to narrow this down. I'll list my 10 favorites all time and then do 10 more
current bands that I enjoy listening to.

All timers for me

Bob Dylan
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Pearl Jam
The Band
The Who
Jimi Hendrix
Radiohead
Wilco
Ray LaMontagne


More recent bands worth checking out IMO

My Morning Jacket
The Black Keys
Modest Mouse
The Killers
Phoenix
Fleet Foxes
The Head and the Heart
Amos Lee
Arcade Fire
Band of Horses

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

MMJ is probably my favorite band going right now

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Yeah, they are really good. My favs include Z, Okonokos ( live album ), and just
this morning I listened to the Yim Yames Tribute to George Harrison LP. Great stuff.
Their brand new album is very good as well.

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

Okonokos was what moved them way up there. That's one of my favorite live CDs.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

I thought my friends and I were the only people that liked them. Always wondered why they didn't make it bigger since their music was so radio-friendly.

Remember going to see them at a Thanksgiving morning concert at the Hard Rock Cafe ?1993. I passed out and missed the show.

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Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be.

Jim Ellison killed himself before they had a chance to crossover

That would make it kinda tough.

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Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be.

Jim was a man out of time. He had a way with a pop hook in a time when pop hooks weren't particularly admired. He was part of the group of guys I hung out with and played with mainly because he booked the shows at Batteries Not Included. I think most of us considered him careerist. He posted an ad in the Illinois Entertainer looking for band members and one of the criteria was that they be blonde. That was something to mock at the time. Just the fact that you looked at the Entertainer would have made you an outcast in certain circles.

I found him to be a funny guy, but also pretty prickly. I wouldn't call him a friend, but we definitely knocked back a few on occasion. After looking in the sink at my friend Bill's apartment and seeing it stacked with dirty dishes and all kinds of nasty crap, Jim said, "Man, that's a bad Sponge!" That became the name of the first LP Bill recorded, Born Under A Bad Sponge.

Ellison had a kind of Tom Petty look to him and he sang in that nasally voice. I remember once he was playing a solo set at Avalon and a bunch of us rolled in there all fucked up and started yelling, "TOM PETTY!" just to agitate him. He didn't miss a beat and whipped out a killer version of "American Girl". I thought he was pretty cool that night.

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Don't take it personally.

1 Bob Mould
2 Indigo Girls
3 Rush
4 Jimmy Buffett
5 Garth Brooks
6 Queen
7 Toby Kieth
8 Night Ranger
9 Doors
10 Trace Adkins

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

When my friend got married the dj was forced to buy Some tom Waits cuse we all loved him was kinda wierd playing it at a wedding. Tom is great

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

I am extremely fond of the entire Scarecrow CD.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

1. Beatles
2. Floyd
3. Dylan
4. Stones
5. Neil
6. Zep
7. Who
8. Bruce (early)
9. AC DC
10. Petty

Honorable Mention: Doors, Eagles, The Band, CSN, Rush, The Kinks and The Allman Brothers.

The last time the Grateful Dead played Alpine was '89.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Word on the Clinton love.

I always liked some of Mellencamp's songs, until I saw him at FarmAid. He just danced around the stage, while smoking cigarettes. He barely even picked up his guitar.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way