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How many American Music Icons Are There?
Aug 16, 2018, 1:11 PM
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Let's say in just the last 100 years. By icon, I guess you'd have to include the best of the best and people who made it critically as well as commercially. Also, you don't have to like their music to include them. I'd go with the following from oldest to youngest. I guess also, you could put someone like George Gershwin on there as he's not much older than Armstrong.
Louis Armstrong
Frank Sinatra
Hank Williams
Miles Davis
James Brown
Elvis
Bob Dylan
Aretha Franklyn
Barbara Streisand
Michael Jackson
Who'd I miss?
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Wesley Willis***
Aug 16, 2018, 1:14 PM
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DAVEFUCKINGMATTHEWS***
Aug 16, 2018, 1:14 PM
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Prince, Clapton***
Aug 16, 2018, 1:15 PM
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TIL Eric Clapton is an American
Aug 16, 2018, 1:31 PM
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Seriously, where's Willie Nelson?***
Aug 16, 2018, 1:15 PM
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2nd tier with Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix, Gregg Allman,
Aug 16, 2018, 1:42 PM
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Waylon, the Boss...
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Tom Petty probably falls in that ring***
Aug 16, 2018, 2:02 PM
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Or MJ or Sinatra or Louis Armstrong if
Aug 16, 2018, 2:13 PM
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I was only going by music I liked.
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Nah, those 3 are fine.***
Aug 16, 2018, 2:25 PM
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Also, millions of Jewish ladies and Gays disagree.***
Aug 16, 2018, 2:26 PM
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He may be up near the top but below Dylan, Springsteen,
Aug 16, 2018, 2:15 PM
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and Brian Wilson.
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Yep, just have to disagree if you’re gonna put him on
Aug 16, 2018, 3:04 PM
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the same level as Dylan and above Jerry Garcia, Gregg Allman, Duane Allman, and Springsteen.
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I don't know about 'above' but I guess the first order would
Aug 16, 2018, 3:12 PM
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be to define 'icon'. I'll say this much...FAR more people in the general population can probably hum a Willie Nelson tune before they can hum a Jerry Garcia tune. I think THAT would be a more true definition of icon.
To me personally, a list of American music icons would be long and comprehensive, and those that made the list would be equal. I'm not sure about a tiered approach...you're either an icon or you're not. Just because you and I listen to someone, or don't listen to someone, that doesn't really exclude them from their place in music history.
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John Effin' Bell ?
Aug 16, 2018, 1:16 PM
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@jJohnFBell.
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Jerry Garcia
Aug 16, 2018, 1:17 PM
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Come on man...
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Re: Jerry Garcia
Aug 16, 2018, 1:30 PM
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Yea, and don't forget about Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Pig Pen, Donna Jean Godchaux, Micky Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Robert Hunter, Keith Godchaux, Warren Haynes, Greg Allman, Dave Schools, Charlie Daniels, and the dude that dances for Mighty Mighty Boss Tones!
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Whoa, you left out the most important of them all
Aug 16, 2018, 1:30 PM
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TODD NOSECANDY NANCE
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Jimmy Buffett?***
Aug 16, 2018, 1:18 PM
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whoa***
Aug 16, 2018, 1:19 PM
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Jimmy 'effing Buffett
Aug 16, 2018, 1:19 PM
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you know he's an icon
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how did I know you were a ####ing Buffet fan
Aug 16, 2018, 1:29 PM
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He's been touring for 41 years. That's 11 more years that
Aug 16, 2018, 1:36 PM
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Jerry Garcia and The Dead.
That puts him in some rare air as far as touring bands.
Crap. I forgot the band that played at my wedding. Yikes. whew....Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs. Thank you Google. Half the church was hung over the next day, father-in-law leading the way.
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and he's parlayed it into a fortune
Aug 16, 2018, 1:38 PM
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restaurants, resorts, and retirement homes
Fins Up!
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The weather is here, I wish you were beautiful.***
Aug 16, 2018, 2:19 PM
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Myrtle Beach ~1986***
Aug 16, 2018, 2:20 PM
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yesterday's over my shoulder***
Aug 16, 2018, 2:29 PM
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I'll preface this by saying I'm not a Buffett mega-fan.
Aug 16, 2018, 2:50 PM
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But I'm a fan. Discounting his first independent release Down To Earth, his body of work through the next 7 records was excellent. He made the turn on his 9th record, Volcano, to a more formulaic pop sound that grabbed the masses by storm and that's what he's stuck with all the way to the bank. Coupled with his live performances, Buffett found the switch to the money machine. That said, props to him for being an absolute marketing genius. he's also an accomplished author, and I've probably read the bulk of his work, both fiction and non-fiction. He's actually quite good, and if you ever bother to read his autobiography A Pirate Looks At 50, you can see why I might have to include him on a list of celebrities I love to sit down and have a few beers with.
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at a $550 million net worth..he's done something right***
Aug 16, 2018, 3:25 PM
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Brian Wilson.
Aug 16, 2018, 1:26 PM
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But seriously these are all moderns. You have to consider your Duke Ellingtons, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Rogers & Hammerstein, etc.
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Maybe so.***
Aug 16, 2018, 1:43 PM
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But I tried to only include the ones known to every
Aug 16, 2018, 2:20 PM
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American over the age of 50.
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Ray Charles, Woody Guthrie, Muddy Waters, Bill Monroe
Aug 16, 2018, 2:53 PM
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Elvis Presley, James Brown, Johnny Cash...I think the list is far more extensive when it's not being filtered by personal biases.
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I tried to leave those out. I mean I don’t like BS and MJ
Aug 16, 2018, 3:06 PM
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at all.
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Re: How many American Music Icons Are There?
Aug 16, 2018, 1:27 PM
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Mariah Carey
Janet Jackson
Whitney Houston
The Beach Boys
Ray Charles
Justin Timberlake
Bruce Springsteen
Dianna Ross
Madonna
Little Richard
BB King
Johnny Cash
Chuck Berry
Otis Redding
Marvin Gaye
The Supremes
The Temptations
Tina Turner
Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
Alice Cooper
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Doors
CCR
Carlos Santana (Mexican???)
Fleetwood Mac
Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
KISS
Tupac
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Jay Z
Eminem
Notorious BIG
Pearl Jam (Eddie Vedder)
Foo Fighters (Dave Grohl)
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I was kind of trying to make it an exclusive icon club.***
Aug 16, 2018, 1:47 PM
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Though Ray Charles would be great choice.***
Aug 16, 2018, 1:47 PM
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Justin Timberlake
Aug 16, 2018, 1:30 PM
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Fight Me
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Re: Justin Timberlake
Aug 16, 2018, 1:31 PM
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Re: How many American Music Icons Are There?
Aug 16, 2018, 1:30 PM
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Benny Goodman
Bob Wills
Dave Brubeck
Crosby, Stills, Nash (Young is Canadian... btw, Clapton is a Brit)
Jimmy Hendricks
Joni Mitchell
Janis Joplin
Johnny Cash
Thas enough fer now. Ya'll join in.
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Jimmie Rodgers***
Aug 16, 2018, 1:38 PM
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If your going back 100 years you have to throw in
Aug 16, 2018, 1:32 PM
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Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller.
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It’s elementary of course, Doc Watson.***
Aug 16, 2018, 1:34 PM
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Bone Thugs N Harmony***
Aug 16, 2018, 1:38 PM
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Gregg Allman.***
Aug 16, 2018, 1:51 PM
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Armstrong, W. Guthrie, Muddy Waters, Bill Monroe,
Aug 16, 2018, 2:07 PM
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Leonard Bernstein, Elvis, James Brown, Cash, Hendrix, Public Enemy, Nirvana
https://photos.state.gov/galleries/amgov/4110/music_icons/
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Cash over Hank Williams?***
Aug 16, 2018, 2:30 PM
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I'd say more like WITH Hank Williams.
Aug 16, 2018, 2:55 PM
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Hank's body of work was prolific considering the short time frame he worked in.
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You've got to put a blues man in here too.***
Aug 16, 2018, 2:08 PM
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MJ is on there.***
Aug 16, 2018, 2:18 PM
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At the very very bottom.***
Aug 16, 2018, 2:19 PM
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List is oldest to youngest.***
Aug 16, 2018, 2:27 PM
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Re: List is oldest to youngest.***
Aug 16, 2018, 2:54 PM
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In order of sexual preference?
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Fat Domino, "Jimmmy" Hendrix, Springstein(######)
Aug 16, 2018, 2:28 PM
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Beach Boys. I could go on and on
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I agree. I had also had Little Richard on my list.
Aug 16, 2018, 2:55 PM
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Good call!
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Re: How many American Music Icons Are There?
Aug 16, 2018, 10:38 PM
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Sam Cooke.
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