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Fav musicians and when I discovered them |
With my recent discovery of Saint Etienne, I decided to look back at the musicians that have enriched my life, through the years: 1959, Prokofiev (Peter & the Wolf); 1962-67, Bernard Herrmann; 1964, Dean Martin; 1964-70, The Beatles; 1965-68, Beach Boys; 1965-66, Petula Clark; 1966-67, Mamas & the Papas, Monkees; 1968-69, Blood, Sweat & Tears; 1969, Creedence Clearwater Revival; 1971, Carole King; 1968-71, Moody Blues; 1970, George Harrison, Holst (The Planets Suite); 1970-73, Elton John; 1969-71, Chicago, Procul Harum; 1971-80, John Lennon; 1972-73, Bartok, Ravel, Shostakovich, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Joni Mitchell; Glenn Miller ‘s Army/Air Force Band; 1972-74, Bonzo Dog Band; 1973-74, Judy Collins, Harry Nilsson, The Kinks, Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder, Electric Light Orchestra; 1975-75, Erik Satie; 1975, Michael Murphy; 1971-1979, Paul McCartney; 1973-79, Leo Kottke, Supertramp; 1976-77, Cat Stevens, Debussy (again), Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian; 1978, Pete Townshend; 1978-79, 1983, Billy Joel, Dixie Dregs; 1979, Fleetwood Mac; 1980, Split Enz; 1981, ABBA (The Visitors), Genesis, Orchestral Maneouvers in the Dark; 1982, The Clash, The English Beat; 1982-86, XTC; 1982-84, Big Country, Simple Minds; 1983, Duke Ellington, The Fixx, Greg Kihn, Madness, Midnight Oil, Tears for Fears; 1984, The dBs, INXS; 1985, Kate Bush, Talking Heads; 1986-87, The Art of Noise, Love & Rockets, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Squeeze; 1987-93, Crowded House, New Order; 1988-89, R.E.M., Wire; 2002, Coldplay; 2006-07, Arcade Fire, The Damned; 2007-08, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club; 2010, Bizet; 2012-16, Deerhoof; 2013-14, Blonde Redhead; 2014-15, Blur, The Fall, Sonic Youth, Sparks; 2015-16, Belle & Sebastian; 2017, Saint Etienne |