What artists do you listen to - besides Chris Rea?

[el_gavilan]

My favorite artistst/groups:

-Queen
-Charly Gacía
-Divididos
-Ottmar Liebert
-Eric Clapton
-John Lennon
-Alberto Spinetta
-Pink Floyd

Saludos!!!

[Jim M]

Mark & David Knopfler (Chris even does some guitar work w/DAvid)
Van Morrison
Rickie Lee Jones
BB King
Boz Scaggs
ERic Clapton
David Gilmore
JJ Cale
Buddy Guy
John Mayall
Some GREAT Canadian artists
Marc Jordan /Joni Mitchell /Gregory Hoskins /Neil Young /Jim Byrnes (Great Blues guy) /Jesse Cook (great Guitar player) /Randy Bachman (great guitar player and great new album -Jazz Thing)

[lilybee]

Dire Straits & Mark Knopler
Steve Ray Vaughn
Colin James
Harry Connick Jr.
Swing & Big Band
Nina Simone
Ottmar Liebert
Some Nu rock (Linkin Park, Greenday, Phoenix, PIlot Speed, Spoon, Deathcab for Cutie, and more...)
Some old rock ( Floyd, Zepelin, Clapton, U2, Nirvana, The Offspring, and more... )
Some country
Some classical
NO rap

[lilybee]

Part 2: (Too many to mention!)

BB King
Ruth Gordon
John Lee Hooker
Otis Redding
Sam Cooke
Billie Holiday
Ray Charles
Etta James
Buddy Guy
etc. etc. I love them all.

Lily

[chrisreafan]

Nearly forgot the soundtrack of "The three burials of Melquiadas Estrada" buy it, but first watch this movie from Tommy Lee Jones.

[chrisreafan]

how could i forget John martyn especially for the blueslovers i recommend "Glory box" on myspace His track on "the talented mr Ripley" is also overwhelming (for jazz lovers).

[Andrey]

Stevie Ray Vaughan (but it's not enough to hear him, you must see him!), smooth jazz music

[lilybee]

Stevie Ray Vaughan (but it's not enough to hear him, you must see him!)

Well, lucky those who got to see him live before he died...

Lily

[Alex_Sander]

Well, let's see...
When I was about 6-10 I didn't want anything but Beatles.
Then I started Depeche Mode, I was a fan of DM in 1990-95, Pink Floyd, Chris Rea, Midnight Oil, Sting, Republica, Garbage, U2, Avril Lavigne and many others, but much less.
The first I heard of Chris was The Road to Hell on the tape recorded by my cousen in Moscow. It was extremely hard to find any records here in my town that time, but by 1998 I had all albums by Chris including La Passione soundtrack.
But the REAL Musiciants for me are still Chris Rea, DM, Pink Floyd, U2 and Avril. I listen some different music sometimes like Linkin Park, Evanescence, even Rammstein, but not so much, only when in special mood.
Hate rap, hip-hop and foolish pop. Most so called RnBs are not for me too.
Yes, I forgot some Russian musiciants. But not so many of them who worth listening. I sometimes listened to Andrey Makarevich and his band Mashina Vremeny (the Time Machime). Also Yuri Shevchuk and his DDT, even visited concert when they were in our town in 1997. Well, that's all.

[chrisreafan]

Latest album i bought is Arlen Roth with "Toolin around Woodstock". Awesome.

[BBQ.Master]

I like many different artists (besides Chris Rea):

- ZZ Top
- Peter Gabriel
- Yes
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- Rory Gallagher
- Bruce Springsteen
- Dire Straits
- Muddy Waters
- Genesis
...and many more from these genres...

[chrismiller]

Well, besides Chris I listen to:

-Joe Cocker; one of blues' viceroys - I saw him in concert,too, awesome experience. His new album Hymn 4 My Soul beats the clock!
-Eric Clapton; pioneer of blues, just can't get round him
-Bryan Adams; daredevil of rock - I saw him twice and can't get enough
-Bruce Springsteen; he's simply The Boss
-Tina Turner; she's 'simply the best'
-Meat Loaf; one of the most powerful voices of rock history and a great performer
-Anastacia; remember, R'n'B used to mean rhythm and blues
-AC/DC; the masters
-The Rolling Stones; the gods, they were in Budapest last summer and they almost broke the house down
-Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler; well, he's Hungarian , performer of very fine, soulful music
-Elton John; he's a virtuoso, makes fantastic live gigs
-Johnny Cash; a pioneer, too, he can't be categorized - they say he played country but listen to his American Recordings!
-Rod Stewart; an other smoky voice, he can 'make himself home' in each and every style of music

This is my list in short.
And, of course, Chris Rea... Blue Guitars is definitely Number 1! I've also listened to his previous recordings lately; it was great to re-discover albums like 'Espresso Logic', 'Dancing with Strangers' and 'God's Great Banana Skin' where his blues-roots came to surface and his label couldn't put them back, if you know what I mean.
I heard some samples from the Earbook and saw a few videos of the tour, too, so I can't wait seeing him again on Monday night. Countdown!

Chris

[lilybee]

Nice list ChrisMiller! I like everybody you mentioned here too,

Lily B.

[PAB]

Let's go:

Prefab Sprout (30 hits at least)
Robert Palmer (what an artist!)
Tears for fears (my youth)
Peter Gabriel
ZZ Top
Art Mengo (a french singer with a voice closed to "You know who" - beautiful melodies - to discover) http://www.art-mengo.net/
Billy Paul
Paul Mc Cartney (not very known but good)
Sting (sometimes)
Barbra Streisand (because the voice is nevertheless the starting point)
The Commitments (because of Andrew Strong and a lot of "souvenirs")
The Style Council (my youth also, but with memories more, more, ... )
Tony Joe White
Many film musics
Etc, Etc
And Inspector Barnaby (he doesn't sing but I like him anyway) .

PAb

[chrismiller]

Thank you, Lily! I'm happy you liked it.

Chris