Greatest American Rock band ???

[Blues Man]

Allman Brothers.

Especially when Duane was alive

 

[BothWings]

My favorite American bands would be the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, or the Beach Boys, depending on my mood.

Two thumbs up on the Allmans! No British band did what they did. American southern blues/rock is only a cornerstone of my musical repertoire, but I concede it is something bold, fluid and eloquent that is uniquely ours that the Brits just don't seem capable of without sounding repressed.

 

[BothWings]

Redbone Potlatch was great - so was James Gang, and certainly Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Joe Walsh, always one of my favorites. I would put him in my top 3 of American musicians. Such a low-key "ordinary average guy", no posturing or stupid strutting. He just plays, and "the smoker he drinks the player he gets"!

 

[Innocynioc]

Allman Brothers.

 

[Quasar44]

Joe Walsh, always one of my favorites. I would put him in my top 3 of American musicians. Such a low-key "ordinary average guy", no posturing or stupid strutting. He just plays, and "the smoker he drinks the player he gets"!

Is tom petty in the top 5 ??

 

[Harry Dresden]

Two thumbs up on the Allmans! No British band did what they did. American southern blues/rock is only a cornerstone of my musical repertoire, but I concede it is something bold, fluid and eloquent that is uniquely ours that the Brits just don't seem capable of without sounding repressed.

yes a british band did do what they did......use the dual lead guitar concept....Wishbone Ash was doing it at the same time,and they never heard of each other at that time....69/70....

 

[leftwinger]

Mashall Tucker, Lynrd Skynrd, Bob Seger, Niel Young, maybe Grateful DeaD live?

So many.

 

[BothWings]

yes a british band did do what they did......use the dual lead guitar concept....Wishbone Ash was doing it at the same time,and they never heard of each other at that time....69/70....

LoL! I know of Wishbone...They were good, but still very tame and "nice" compared to the Allmans. Youre seriously using the "double lead" thing to compare them? The Allmans were WAY better at it!

 

[BothWings]

Is tom petty in the top 5 ??

I do like him...but I don't know about that.

 

[Harry Dresden]

LoL! I know of Wishbone...They were good, but still very tame and "nice" compared to the Allmans. Youre seriously using the "double lead" thing to compare them? The Allmans were WAY better at it!

i corrected what you said.....doesnt matter who was better.....there was someone doing what they were doing at the same time........

 

[WinterBorn]

Is tom petty in the top 5 ??

He should be.

 

[Ralph Norton]

who is your favorite can be rock, hard rock or soft rock

i dont know. British music is so much better

Steely Dan

 

[rupol2000]

James is a genius at writing songs. His lyrics are insanely deep and profound. Pure genius.

His ideology is contradictory.

In the 90s, he sang about the tragedy of man in a totalitarian system, about how he lacked the sun, but at the same time he praised the totalitarian wolves. Are they different authors, or does he have a split personality?

Musically, everything is different there too - the romance of things like "unforgiven" contradicts the primitive trash that they usually wrote.

 

[Zincwarrior]

US only: ZZ Top (although a lot of their stuff is R&B), Ray Charles, Michael Jackson, BB King, Metallica, Aretha Franklin, Beyonce

 

[leftwinger]

I usually go by how many songs on each album did I look forward to hearing. Not having to skip around.

Lynrd Skynrd - Pronounced (probably 90% great) only about 10 songs?.
MTB - first 6 albums (1973- 1977) probably 95% great)
Neil Young - ****born in Canada, not American band (most that I liked (HARVEST) were nearly 98% for me). He had some style changes that I did not like....then came back to earth.

Bob Seger - Not sure but his 1970s' albums seem to be at least 70%? With some great stuff mixed in up to 1980 (Against the Wind).
Grateful Dead - American Beauty (as close to 100% as I could rate any album). But most of their albums don't compare with their live performances.

Probably a whole lot more: Jim Croce, Harry Chapin, Billy Joel, Neil Diamond? DOORS.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Billy Joel indeed.

 

[leftwinger]

Billy Joel indeed.

My God I forgot Hendrix. The Jimi Hendrix experience "Fire, the Wind cries mary, manic depression) another 90% type album.

 

[Quasar44]

What about Aerosmith
I never got into them but I know others like them
IS Journey, Guns N roses, the best American bands lol

 

[Quasar44]

Billy Joel indeed.

He is ok.. maybe top 20 for sure.

Even the best American band is terrible compare to the English .

 

[Foxfyre]

who is your favorite can be rock, hard rock or soft rock

i dont know. British music is so much better

You have to go back many decades to "The Ventures" for my all time favorite rock band.