Elvis Costello Peter Bruntnell Alejandro Escovedo Laura Cantrell Elliot Smith
alejandro - my word, inspired call, & ex member of the underrated, rank & file too...and peter bruntnell, new to me, thx, investigating now...
Peter Bruntnell is great, does Americana very well despite being British....it reminds me that I really have should added Bevis Frond...which is essentially a one man show.
Frank Tovey Nick Cave Ian Dury Bill Nelson Frank Zappa
Did Dury do any solo work? I thought all his music was with The High Roads and The Blockheads.
fait point, but you could argue that with many of the artists we've all listed, eg. nick cave & bad seeds etc.
That's why I tried to pick people for whom the band could have been any group of competent musicians, e.g. Elvis. Janis I'm citing because of her work after being part of Big Brother and The Holding Co.
The requirement as I understood the desire of our esteemed original poster is for people to be judged on their solo work, however I've seen his later comment so it would appear I didn't need to be so proscriptive.
Alex Chilton (& Chris Bell for I am the Cosmos) Lee Hazlewood (was lucky to see him live before he died) George Jones (pure & 'proper" country during the 50s/60s) Laura Cantrell (best contemporary female country singer in my book) Sandy Denny (for North Star Grassman alone)
Listen to these artists regularly - also love a bit of Messrs, Lowe/Young/Dylan etc but they've got enough vites
edit - just realised I missed out Gram Parsons - (sorry Laura you've been bumped)...arghhh EmmyLou Harris.....oh well
Sandy Denny had the most amazing voice. Who Knows Where The Time Goes can bring me to tears.
Good call on Barrett, his eponymous album is fantastic (the others ain't bad). Long time since I've heard any APP , might have to get on Spotify and refresh my memory.
Whilst we're on the subject of Floyd-related solos, Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports is a brilliant album, although I think that's chiefly down to Carla Bley.
Jacco Gardner (the Dutch Syd) Doug Paisley (more to Canada than tha Arcade Fire) Eilen Jewell (superb alt.country) Bill Ryder-Jones (made my favourite LP of 2013) Meg Baird (only one solo Lp but an absolute belter)
Such a lot of good music around if you take the time to discover....
Jacco Gardner (the Dutch Syd) Doug Paisley (more to Canada than tha Arcade Fire) Eilen Jewell (superb alt.country) Bill Ryder-Jones (made my favourite LP of 2013) Meg Baird (only one solo Lp but an absolute belter)
Such a lot of good music around if you take the time to discover....
well this IS a nice surprise - all new to me so a delving i will go...big thansk oakster!
Syd's been mentioned a couple of times now - and it's lead me to listen to him all morning for the first time in years. Profoundly disturbed through drug abuse but unbelievably talented.
ok, now we have the attention of lotsa musos on this thread, can anyone help with a download source or ANY way of getting these: the zatopeks - boy done good (the tune mentions going for a trial at charlton athletic & it's really good imo!) also, thatcher on acid - outwardly we are lying, inwardly we are crying (a 15 minute agit/anarcho-punk monster - i MUST have it again, lost the 12"). hellllpppp!
very quickly, off the top of my (too many drugs in the past) head, here is my disordered top 5 soloists;
billy bragg townes van zandt jules shear richard buckner van morrison (though not so much after veedon fleece) burial sandy denny terry reid warren zevon morrissey ryan adams bob marley rickie lee jones neil young pj harvey krishna das roky erickson damien rice nils lofgren daniel lanois jackson browne zbigniew preisner nick cave eno john martyn mary margaret o'hara jonathan richman moby wah! david bowie sinead o'connor joe frank gram parsons john lennon bob dyland so many more....
very quickly, off the top of my (too many drugs in the past) head, here is my disordered top 5 soloists;
billy bragg townes van zandt jules shear richard buckner van morrison (though not so much after veedon fleece) burial sandy denny terry reid warren zevon morrissey ryan adams bob marley rickie lee jones neil young pj harvey krishna das roky erickson damien rice nils lofgren daniel lanois jackson browne zbigniew preisner nick cave eno john martyn mary margaret o'hara jonathan richman moby wah! david bowie sinead o'connor joe frank gram parsons john lennon bob dyland so many more....
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Peter Bruntnell
Alejandro Escovedo
Laura Cantrell
Elliot Smith
Peter Gabriel
James Taylor
Marvin Gaye
Bob Marley
The requirement as I understood the desire of our esteemed original poster is for people to be judged on their solo work, however I've seen his later comment so it would appear I didn't need to be so proscriptive.
David Bowie
Marvin Gaye
Beck
Buddy Holly
Van Morrison
Paul Wellar
Diana Ross
Ella Fitzgerald
Gene Clark
Bob Dylan
David Bowie
Leonard Cohen
Johnny Cash
Elvis Costello
Seasick Steve
Burt Bacharach
David Bowie
Morrissey
Neil Young
Lissie
Also love a bit of
Thea Gilmore
Lou Reed
James Dean Bradfield
Paul Weller
Jimi Hendrix
Bjork
Jacco Gardner (the Dutch Syd)
Doug Paisley (more to Canada than tha Arcade Fire)
Eilen Jewell (superb alt.country)
Bill Ryder-Jones (made my favourite LP of 2013)
Meg Baird (only one solo Lp but an absolute belter)
Such a lot of good music around if you take the time to discover....
Elvis Presley
Bob Dylan
George Michael
Syd Barrett
the zatopeks - boy done good (the tune mentions going for a trial at charlton athletic & it's really good imo!)
also, thatcher on acid - outwardly we are lying, inwardly we are crying (a 15 minute agit/anarcho-punk monster - i MUST have it again, lost the 12"). hellllpppp!
Jimi Hendrix
Miles Davis
Joni Mitchell
Frank Sinatra
Special mention to:
Reza Goochannejad (solo artist - never passes the ball)
Chuck Berry
Etta James
Johnny Cash
Bob Marley
(Not my top 5 as I don't have a top 5, just 5 great artists across the Genres)
Paul Simon
Peter Gabriel
David Bowie
Buddy Holly
Aretha Franklin
Elliott Smith
Richard Hawley
Roy Orbison
Joni Mitchell