It appears most people here only listen to rock music, nearly every one of these lists are limited to rock musicians. My lists wouldn't include many rock musicians, if you can talk about skills without having preferences the famous jazz guys should all be top five every time with a few true rock innovators like Hendrix sprinkled in. Lars Ulrich over Krupa or Rich, oh hell no, I don't think I could find room for Bonham in the top five either. Best and favorite aren't the same thing, you have to be able to put on blinders to be truthful.

As previously mentioned the term supergroup orignally meant that the members that make up the band were previously famous from their work in other bands before coming together, and as I far as I know it still means that. A lot of books point to Cream as the first supergroup and while that may have been true in the UK I don't think many people outside of the UK knew who Bruce and Baker were. The first band I remember being called a supergroup was Blind Faith, pretty much every rock history book points to them as the first. Here's the wiki entry for supergroup. wiki supergroup

I didn't forget him, he is amazing, but definitely not of the same generation. Since the generation point was made earlier I limited it to that. There are guys out there doing stuff with slide guitar now that would amaze the greats of the past. Guys like Derek have taken it to a different level.

and Johnny Winter, Jesse Ed Davis, Brian Jones, David Lindley, Rory Gallagher, Alan Wilson, Gary Rossington, Lowell George, Mick Taylor, Billy Gibbons, etc.

In many ways Woody seemed like the perfect fit at the time, he was in his prime and wailing with the Faces. Bad timing or bad chemistry who knows. One thing is for sure the end of the Taylor era was the beginning of the decline. Not so much because of Woody but because the focus of the band changed. Mick became complacent as he coasted on his star power and Keith was content to be a junkie, as a result the music suffered. By the time they got the train back on the track the magic was starting to fade. In many ways I think they squandered the talents of Ron Wood, he put out some damn good albums in the 70's. And I think he and Keith could of had a pretty good thing if there was more focus on music, the clips of Keith playing with the Faces prove that. He pretty much joined the band and sat idle until 1978, by then things were pretty messy. Though Some Girls is a damn good album.

At the time, which goes back to the old board, I was using that user name for every forum I frequent. I don't use that name anymore but to be consistant I kept it when the old forum went away and this one started.

I'm not a big PF fan so I don't see the attraction. They did some things I enjoy but most of it I can do without. I do think they get too much credit for their synth use, many think PF singlehandedly pioneered it but there were others. I own Meddle and I like that era but anything before Saucer and after Dark Side doesn't appeal to me. Even though they were at the front of the movement when things started getting psychedelic and avant-garde I don't feel they made the important strides bands like Velvet Underground, Moby Grape and Zappa made.

Woody could move to bass, he was awesome back in the day. Surely he has time for both bands.

You forgot Wyman .

I wonder how the rehearsal went, good I hope.

The new news I've read is that Monday's rehearsal will serve as the testbed for whether or not they will actually do it. It's sounds like Rod has to be pleased with the results or he's not interested.

I know there was a thread about this but I couldn't find it. After Googling it there are several sources on the net posting the same news, supposedly from the mouth of Rod himself that it is on. I am far more excited about this than I was any other reunion, though I was hoping for the Blind Faith thing to pan out. link

This just made me REALLY freakin' happy. Follow the link to see Peter playing in 2008. PG vid

Wow 40 Stones shows, that's a lot.

Found this on youtube last night, very different for Sabbath, very cool as well.

Hmm I feel like I'm butting in in the middle of argument, though I have nothing to contribute to that. The Stones are pretty much my fave band ever. If I had to pick a favorite era or favorite albums it would be the early stuff. I think many people miss some of the cool things they did back then. Like the killer 12 string guitar Keith plays on Good Times, Bad Times or the amazing harp Brian blows on Look What You've Done. I think what Keith was doing on guitar back then tends to get overlooked, he was all over the place, from tasty blues to intricate acoustic work. Despite all that it's the Yardbirds guys people get all wet over, I don't get it.

I love F-Mac, every era. Though if I had to pick a favorite era it would be post Green, pre Buckingham-Nicks era when Danny Kirwan stepped to the front. Bare Trees is a damn good album. In many ways I think Kirwan is under-appreciated by the Peter Green fans, who may not know or be able to tell that much of the hot guitar playing heard during the Green era was really Danny. Danny is all over Then Play On and stuff like Jigsaw Puzzle Blues is every bit as tasty as Albatross. IMO Kirwan may be the best guitarist that most people don't much about. Sad what happened to him.

Judas Priest-Sad Wings of Destiny (CD), track one "Victim Of Changes". Up next track two "The Ripper".

Me sportin' my funky red suit.

Cool. If I had to pick a fave track from Watt it'd be She Lies In The Morning. I love the groove of that tune however My Baby Left Me has an infectious riff too. All in all a very solid album. I think WATT and Cricklewood Green was their best work but all of it is great. Though I must admit I never really got into A Space In Time.

No love for WATT? That was\is my fave, the vinyl was cool because it came with a nice poster.

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Usually the gripe is the other way around, that Clapton has spent a large part of his later career leaning towards pop. I think it's fair to say EC has been not only more active but more varied in his later career, JB and JP have by and large been musically inactive compared to EC. If JB and JP have moved beyond their roots it's been toward semi-retirement while EC has stayed active.

Peter Green=great phrasing and touch. IMO he is the best player of his era, his vocals were damn smart too, especially on songs like Need Your Love So Bad.