JEROMEO'S LIST OF ESSENTIAL LISTENING

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  1. The Beatles...Revolver
  2. John Prine....Bruised Orange
  3. James McMurtry...Too Long In The Wasteland
  4. Neil Young...Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
  5. The Police...Synchronicity
  6. The Rolling Stones...Some Girls
  7. The Beatles...Abbey Road
  8. Peter Gabriel...Up
  9. Steve Earle....Transcendental Blues
  10. Michelle Shocked...Short Sharp Shocked
  11. Ellen McEllwaine...Up From The Skies
  12. Crash Test Dummies...Give Yourself A Hand
  13. It's A Beautiful Day...It's A Beautiful Day

 

Bodid's Vital List

My good friend from college, Bodidley, sent me his list. We played hundreds of gigs together back in our day and now he is head of the music department at Black Hills State Colllege in S.D. Apparently he would be willing to live the rest of his days on a deserted island, as long as he had the following records on his IPod.

  1. Abbey Road – The Beatles
  2. Kind of Blue – Miles Davis
  3. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
  4. White Album - The Beatles
  5. Waiting for Columbus – Little Feat
  6. Time Out – Dave Brubeck Quartet
  7. Pet Sounds -The Beach Boys
  8. Are You Experienced? -The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  9. Moondance – Van Morrison
  10. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
  11. Appalachian Spring – St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

CHUCK'S LIST

Charlie Komodo (Kimono?) Dragon here.  Luvdragonguitararound has published his Top Ten Desert Island albums, and I feel a need to weigh in.  Most bands’ Top Ten lists go to ten, but ours go to eleven.  I just hope there is a power source on this deserted island (forget the logic—go with me here) or I will be forced to hum. 

  1. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
  2. Get Happy! - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
  3. Utopia Parkway - Fountains of Wayne
  4. Imagine - John Lennon
  5. Ram - Paul McCartney
  6. Le Tombeau de Couperin - Maurice Ravel
  7. Murmur  - R.E.M.
  8. Avalon- Roxy Music
  9. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
  10. Speaking in Tongues  - Talking Heads
  11. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - U2

What Ed Can't Live Without

  1. The Wall.....Pink Floyd
  2. Glass Houses.....Billy Joel
  3. The White Album...The Beatles
  4. That Was Me.....Todd Snider
  5. Fulsom Prison.....Johnny Cash
  6. The Mountain....Steve Earle/ Del McCoury Band
  7. Harry Chapin's Greatest Stories Live
  8. The Concert In Central Park....Simon & Garfunkel
  9. Ain't Life Grand.....Widespread Panic
  10. And any CD that I would grab on my way out the door like something by??????
    Police, Bob Marley, Jerry Jeff Walker, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Wilco, John Prine, Wavelength, Ween, Cake, Soul Coffee or maybe something else???????? Man I love music!!!!

Byrdy Kessler (Daughter Extraordinaire)

  1. Led Zeppelin -- III & IV
  2. The Beatles -- Magical Mystery Tour
  3. The Moody Blues -- To Our Children's Children's Children
  4. It's A Beautiful Day -- It's A Beautiful Day
  5. King Crimson -- In the Court of the Crimson King
  6. Spirit -- Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
  7. Donovan -- Sunshine Superman
  8. Pink Floyd -- Atom Heart Mother
  9. The Byrds -- Younger Than Yesterday
  10. Hair: The Musical
  11. Crash Test Dummies -- Give Yourself A Hand
  12. Wolfmother -- Wolfmother
  13. The White Stripes -- Icky Thump

Tom Hubbell (Omaha's most famous potter)

  1. Allman Brothers....Live At Fillmore East
  2. Butterfield Blues Band.....East/West
  3. Steve Earle....The Mountain
  4. Rolling Stones.......12 by 5
  5. Tom Petty and Heartbreakers...1st Album
  6. Byrds.....Notorious Byrds Brothers
  7. Beatles....Revolver
  8. Storyville......Self-titled
  9. Robert Palmer....Pressure Drop
  10. Jerry Lee Lewis....Pick one

Bob Snodgrass (SC's most famous guitarist)

1. Led Zeppelin ~ Physical Graffiti
2. Van Halen ~ Fair Warning
3. The Allman Brothers ~ Live at the Filmore East
4. Jimi Hendrix ~ The Band of Gypsies
5. Megadeth ~ Rust in Peace
6. Testament ~ Souls of Black
7. Black Sabbath ~ Black Sabbath
8. Fugazi ~ Steady Diet of Nothing
9. Joe Satriani ~ Crystal Planet
10. Steve Vai ~ Passion and Warfare

11. Pat & Debbie Boone...Best of

 

 

Ron Carson of Burnin' Sensations

  1. Crown of Creation - Jefferson Airplane
  2. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
  3. Fragile - Yes
  4. Who's Next - The Who
  5. Abbey Road - The Beatles
  6. The Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra
  7. Abraxas - Santana
  8. Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  9. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
  10. Horses - Patti Smith
WESTSIDE MIKEY LANGLEY
  1. Jon Langley--Posthumous Archives #67
  2. Jack and Mike Langley--European Reunion Tour
  3. Yes--Fragile
  4. Traveling Wilburys--(Vol. II--their first record)
  5. Neil Young--Ragged Glory
  6. George Martin/The Beatles-- Love
  7. Neil Diamond--Home Before Dark
  8. Kris Kristofferson--This Old Road
  9. Iggy Pop--Brick By Brick
  10. Willie Nelson--Red Headed Stranger
  11. Hank Williams--my collection
  12. Bobby Zimmerman--Time Out Of Mind

Mitch Martin (Mr. Slide)

1. Chicago Transit Authority
2. Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
3. Kansas - Masque
4. Allman Brothers Band - Live at Fillmore East
5. John Mayer Trio - Try! (Don't think he can play guitar? Listen to this album!)
6. Van Morrison - Moondance
7.  James Gang - Bang!
8. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - Nothing But The Water
9. Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
10. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland

Randy Williams (retro-TWEED)

  1. Tommy Bolin-Teaser
  2. Black Sabbath-Black Sabbath
  3. Johnny Cash-Folsum Prsion Live
  4. Metallica-And Justice for All
  5. Jimi Hendrix-Axis Bold As love
  6. Led Zeppelin-Houses Of The Holy
  7. Aerosmith-Toys In The Attic
  8. The Rolling Stones-Stripped
  9. Pink Floyd-The Wall
  10. Kiss-Alive

Chris Radloff (writer, musician, webguy, activist, hippie)

1. The Allman Brothers, A Decade of Hits 1969-1979
2. Led Zeppelin, I
3. Various Artists, Desperado Soundtrack
4. Jimi Hendrix, Electric Ladyland
5. J.J. Cale, Guitar Man
6. Tommy Bolin, Teaser
7. The Yardbirds, Roger the Engineer
8. Tom Waits, Mule Variations
9. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Over-Nite Sensation
10. Credence Clearwater Revival, Cosmo's Factory

Jake Moreland

  1. Wilco - Kicking Television, Live in Chicago
  2. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
  3. Jackie Wilson - The Ultimate Jackie Wilson
  4. Sam Cooke - Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964
  5. John Coltrane - Live in Seattle 1965
  6. Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves
  7. Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" (Leonard Bernstein & the New York Philharmonic)
  8. Peter Tosh - Honorary Citizen
  9. Jurassic 5 - Power In Numbers
  10. Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk
  11. Miles Davis - Milestones (that modal shit REALLY begins..)
  12. Muddy Waters - Hard Again
  13. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
  14. Green Day - Dookie (seriously...pure genius)

Ryk Weiss(World Citizen)

  1. Blind Faith
  2. Johnny Clegg & Savuka- Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World
  3. Bruce Cockburn- Stealin' Fire
  4. King Crimson- Three of a Perfect Pair
  5. Bob Dylan- Infidels
  6. Cyndy Lauper- A Night To Remember
  7. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan- Mustt Mustt
  8. The Beatles- Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
  9. Grateful Dead- Wake of the Flood
  10. Robbie Robertson

Scott Webb ((retroTWEED))

1) The Babys-Union Jacks
2) Journey-Escape
3) The BEATLES-1 (love early rockin Beatles but this has a bunch of their hits)
4) Styx-Cornerstone
5) Foreigner(debut)
6) Boston(debut)
7) The Cars
8) Beach Boys-Endless Summer
9) Garth Brooks-Double Live
10) HAWKS

ANONYMOUS (The FBI thinks I'm dead and I'd like to keep it that way)

  1. JETHRO TULL...Stand Up
  2. BOB DYLAN...Desire
  3. TIMBUCK 3...Eden Alley
  4. JOE JACKSON....Big World
  5. T-BONE BURNETT...Crimnal Under My Own Hat
  6. GREG BROWN...Slant 6 Mind
  7. JONI MITCHELL....Hejira
  8. OINGO BOINGO... Best Of
  9. ALEJANDRO ESCOVIDO..With These Hands
  10. JOAN ARMATRADING...Secret Secrets
  11. MIDNIGHT OIL...Diesel and Dust

Ray MacAvoy

This may not truly be my top ten list cause there are hundreds of others I could have, should have, must have listed. Leo Kottke, The Doors, The Shins, Steve Earle, Jimmy Cliff, Peter Tosh, Simon and Garfunkel, Early Rod Stewart, The Stones, Elvis Costello, Dusty Springfield, Bedouin Soundclash, Emmylou Harris, Neil Young,Led Zeppelin, Cat Stevens, Third World, UB40, John Vanderslice, Eels, Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler, Aimee Mann, Wyclef Jean, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Johhny Clegg, Joni Mitchell, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Billie Holiday, Four Tops, Temptations, Traffic, Jimi Hendrix, Kate Bush, Pink Floyd , Alejandro Escavedo, Nick Cave, REM, more Beatles including John and George solo work any of these and more than I came up with off the top of my head can replace any of the above.

Ray MacAvoy

 

  1. Beatles -Revolver
  2. Who-Who's Next
  3. The Band-The Band
  4. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions- Rattlesnakes
  5. Bob Marley-Legend
  6. Lilac Time-Lilac Time
  7. Peter Gabriel- Hits and Misses double CD
  8. Sufjan Stevens-Illinoise
  9. Clash- Story Of
  10. Dire Straits-Making Movies
  11. Paul Simon-Graceland
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