Help me with a 70's playlist please!

[bbif]

Hi,

Haven't been around in quite some time due to emigration, health issues etc but hoping to get back into it now.

Hoping some of you might help me put a playlist together....

I go to my buddy's most Friday nights to shoot pool, drink beer & listen to good music.

One of my fav playlists has a lot of Ten Years After, Spooky Tooth, Be Bop Deluxe, Robin Trower. - It's great to hear those less popular but no less talented bands

However, I'm struggling to come up with a new playlist of similar music. Bands like the above - bluesy rock with great guitar, but not TOO traditional rock and roll Bill Haley sound.

Any ideas gratefully considered!

 

[bbif]

Really? No one can suggest a single semi-forgotten classic for my playlist?

I'd bet loads of you have listened to such a song in the last couple of days?

If I've listed this in the wrong forum, please do point me in the right direction!

 

[Jake T]

Sorry bbif. Think people have done this so many times that they are burned out.

Here's a few from 1970:

Fresh Air - Quicksilver Messenger Service
Gypsy - Uriah Heep
Let Me Swim - Cactus
Lucky In The Morning - Bloodrock
Medusa - Trapeze
Never In My Life - Mountain
Party 'til The Cows Come Home - Elvin Bishop Group
Pilot - Blue Cheer
Sad And Deep As You - Dave Mason
Teacher - Jethro Tull
Whiskey Train - Procol Harum
Woman - James Gang

 

[Jake T]

A few from 1971:

Because I Love You - The Masters Apprentices
Black Snake - Atomic Rooster
Evil - Cactus
If I Die - Rare Earth
July Morning - Uriah Heep
Kool-Aid Kids - Bloodrock
Let It Rock (Rock and Roll on the Radio) - Savoy Brown
Let The Sky Fall - Ten Years After
No Lies - Grand Funk Railroad
Rainmaker - Traffic
Run Run Run - Jo Jo Gunne
South Side Of The Sky - Yes

 

[bbif]

Sorry bbif. Think people have done this so many times that they are burned out.

A good point mate, and one that i didn't consider.

Appreciate your listings, will have a listen through them tonight

 

[BikerDude]

Pick through one of the many online best xxx songs of the 60's.
Just google best songs of the 60's.
Some you'll agree with. Some will be crap.

 

[Frands]

Maybe you can find something useful here: http://playlists.net/

 

[Jake T]

Some songs from 1972, my favorite year.

Another Man's Woman - Atlanta Rhythm Section (version from their first album)
Autumn - Edgar Winter Group
Blowin' Free - Wishbone Ash
Cadillac Cowboys - Spirit
I Am The Dance Of Ages - Argent
Lost And Lonely Child - Savoy Brown
My Stars - Alice Cooper
Pictures Of Home - Deep Purple
Rainbow Demon - Uriah Heep
Rock & Roll Candy Man - Bloodrock
Rock My Soul - Elvin Bishop Group
White Sun - The Doobie Brothers

 

[bbif]

When I was only 17
Fell in love with a Gypsy queen.............

hadn't listened to that in years - thanks Jake!

Thanks to everyone else too. I know there's plenty of list sites online, but was curious to see what you guys would recommend.

All the replies are appreciated & I'll be adding in some of Jakes' suggestions for sure

 

[Dave78]

bbif -- here's a list of songs that are mostly from the classic rock era that you might be interested in for your next Friday night of partying.

I Am Not Willing - Moby Grape
White Bird - It's A Beautiful Day
Death And Destruction - New Riders of the Purple Sage
Low Spark of High Heeled Boys - Traffic
South California Purples - Chicago
Chimes - J.Geils Band
Anyday - Derek & The Dominos
Wishing Well - Free
The Serpent - Genesis
I'm Your Captain/Closer To Home - Grand Funk
Live With Me - Humble Pie
County Fair - Joe Walsh
Nantucket Sleighride - Mountain
Chest Fever - The Band
Love Like A Man - Ten Years After
Wild Child - Sugarloaf
Mr. Skin - Spirit
Cotton Growing Man - Spooky Tooth
Gonna Be More Suspicious - Robin Trower
Knife-Edge - ELP
Look To The Future - Journey
Mirage - Santana
Mozambique - Bob Dylan
Blind Prayer - Rod Stewart
Space Station #5 - Montrose
California Here I Come - Shocking Blue
Modern Love - Peter Gabriel

The thing I like about listening to songs like these with other like-minded people is the conversations they spark. It's a never-ending running commentary of your youth, your life and maybe even the music industry itself.