hey need some help here

[Terra812]

Blues Traveler - Gotta Get Mean

BT - Sweet Talking Hippie

Dropping Some NYC

Alone

 

[Clockwork]

terra you also read me nicely... i like em all but gotta get mean, and alone are superb!

 

[TheFeldster]

Another blues-rock band you may like:

George Thorogood and the Destroyers

 

[joe]

The other members have come up with some great stuff.

In regards to prog/rock, Salmicus listed some great bands. Yes, King Crimson, Focus, and Rush.

Porcupine Tree is one of the best artists from the last 20 years IMO. Thier very influenced by Pink Floyd, especially in thier first 4 recordings. Later the bands goes into more of heavy prog/prog metal style yet still retaining the PF ambience. Here's a couple of tracks:





Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Keyboard dominated prog. You could say Kieth Emerson is the Jimi Hendrix on the keys:





Camel-UK symphonic prog/rock:





Gentle Giant-UK prog





Of course there is many great prog bands out there. I'm sure others will way in as well.

As far as blues rock, I will post some examples for you later. In the mean time check out the blues and jazz and the progressive rock forums. Lots of great videos and info on whole host of bands.

Enjoy the music.

 

[Clockwork]

i think it's official that porcupine tree will be my 2nd fav band... i mean wow... camel and gentle giant im loving!!! not too much a fan of emerson, lake & palmer... i dont maybe its lack of guitar sounds... the keys were played msterfully it just sounds like charlie brown music to me... no offense though... to each his own... but yeah camel and gentle giant are perfect for me... and porcupine tree has fascinated me beyond belief

 

[Clockwork]

hey feldster almost missed your post... thanks... i forgot about those songs and funny i never knew who the band was... i mean those songs are insanely popular and i've never heard of this bands name

 

[Clockwork]

im about crash but please keep dropping more songs... the more the better... and any kind of music... whatever you like i might like... keep em coming guys and thanks alot!!!!

 

[0000]

i think it's official that porcupine tree will be my 2nd fav band... i mean wow... camel and gentle giant im loving!!! not too much a fan of emerson, lake & palmer... i dont maybe its lack of guitar sounds... the keys were played msterfully it just sounds like charlie brown music to me... no offense though... to each his own... but yeah camel and gentle giant are perfect for me... and porcupine tree has fascinated me beyond belief

I have the Charlie Brown Christmas album and love it!
Seriously though, it's great to see you having so much fun getting into some great music.. Time for you to venture in and see the threads to get into more than just a few songs by these guys

Some harder 70s rock with a southern flair, lots of groove and blues influence
http://www.classicrockforums.com/forum/f6/molly-hatchet-8766/

My all time favorite band
http://www.classicrockforums.com/forum/f6/official-tom-petty-thread-4574/

Blues rock at it's finest
http://www.classicrockforums.com/forum/f6/brownsville-station-11807/

The hardest rockin' southern band in town
http://www.classicrockforums.com/forum/f6/blackfoot-3180/

The mighty Zep
http://www.classicrockforums.com/forum/f6/official-led-zeppelin-thread-6185/

Take a flight with the Eagles
http://www.classicrockforums.com/forum/f6/eagles-3308/

I don't know how much you're into country, but these are great vocals with some country influence, very rock n roll as well
http://www.classicrockforums.com/forum/f6/outlaws-11333/

The boss
http://www.classicrockforums.com/forum/f6/bruce-springsteen-2671/

Very bluesy, very riff oriented, very rock n roll
http://www.classicrockforums.com/forum/f6/atlanta-rhythm-section-3796/

Hard, Hard, Heavy rock
http://www.classicrockforums.com/forum/f6/bachman-turner-overdrive-3723/

hard blues rock, one of the best of the sort
http://www.classicrockforums.com/forum/f6/official-foghat-thread-10064/

That should allow you to dabble in my favorite portion for a bit.. The 70s..

 

[aeroplane]

If you want to be "flooded" with music, I'm more than happy to mail you some recordings of my old radio shows. I have probably 2-3 dozen extra cd's available. You don't have to pay me for any postage or the cd's. I'll do it on the house.

I did the 70's, 80's and 90's rock thing on the air for a long time. The recordings I have are on cd and generally feature one hour of programming with full songs and full mic segments. I put a lot of time into front selling and back selling music, in addition to giving the listener information about the artist, album and song. My playlist generally included a lot of popular name artists but songs of theirs that usually aren't played on the radio, or a lot of their newer material (which also never got played because most stations stick with the "old stuff").

Only catch is many of the cd's weren't recorded by me, so they are mostly one or two really long tracks (30 minutes-plus) instead of being divided up into a new track for each song. It means either you have to let it run or do the FWD thing

They are just cd'rs of course, so nothing "official" but it would be a good way to sample 8-12 songs per cd and learn a lot about the music I am playing in the process. Word of warning, I am no Casey Kasem or Howard Stern type. I was pretty "dry" on the air, with occasional bursts of witty puns or self-deprecating humor but otherwise a stody, straight man.

It is also a low-budget, el-cheapo station I was working for at the time so don't expect anything sounding "corporate" or "big time." We're talking college radio or internet radio quality here, even though it was a legitimate FM station with 2 frequencies on the dial.

Feel free to PM me a name and mailing address if you want a few cd's.

 

[electric funeral]

For some Blues/Bluesrock go to the blues and jazz section. Especially this thread: http://www.classicrockforums.com/forum/f10/joe-bonamassa-2635/