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Arley Dealey's 50 favorite musicians
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The Top 10 |
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Artist |
Genre |
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1 |
Tom Waits |
Singer/Songwriter |
|
2 |
Bob Dylan |
Singer/Songwriter |
|
3 |
Thelonious Monk |
Jazz |
|
4 |
Rahsaan Roland Kirk |
Jazz |
|
5 |
Dexter Gordon |
Jazz |
|
6 |
Tom Russell |
Country |
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7 |
Patti Smith |
Punk |
|
8 |
Bob Marley |
Reggae |
|
9 |
Janis Joplin |
Blues Rock |
|
10 |
Velvet Underground |
Rock |
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The Rest (in no particular order) |
| |
Artist |
Genre |
|
11 |
Pete Seeger |
Folk |
|
12 |
Ahmad Jahmal |
Jazz |
|
13 |
Phil Ochs |
Singer/Songwriter |
|
14 |
Traffic |
Rock |
|
15 |
Utah Phillips |
Topical/Union |
|
16 |
Billy Bragg |
Folk/Punk |
|
17 |
Paul Butterfield Blues Band |
Blues |
|
18 |
Rolling Stones |
Rock |
|
19 |
Animals |
Rock |
|
20 |
Stan Rogers |
Singer/Songwriter |
|
21 |
Steve Goodman |
Singer/Songwriter |
|
22 |
Ray Charles |
R&B |
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23 |
Professor Longhair |
R&B |
|
24 |
Pogues |
Celtic Punk |
|
25 |
Pentangle |
English Folk Rock |
| 26 |
Steeleye Span |
English Folk Rock |
|
27 |
Incredible String Band |
Psychedelic Folk |
|
28 |
Al Stewart |
Rock |
|
29 |
Fats Domino |
R&B |
|
30 |
Quicksilver Messenger Service |
Rock |
|
31 |
Long John Baldry |
Blues |
|
32 |
Fairport Convention |
English Folk Rock |
|
33 |
Gil Scott-Heron |
Spoken Soul |
|
34 |
Richard & Mimi Farina |
Folk Revival |
|
35 |
Captain Beefheart |
Avant-Garde Rock |
|
36 |
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer |
Singer/Songwriter |
|
37 |
Dick Dale |
Surf Guitar |
|
38 |
It's a Beautiful Day |
Rock |
|
39 |
Jerry Jeff Walker |
Country |
|
40 |
Mary Gauthier |
Singer/Songwriter |
|
41 |
Mutubaruka |
Dub Poetry |
|
42 |
Nick Drake |
Singer/Songwriter |
|
43 |
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan |
Qawwali |
|
44 |
Ravi Shankar |
Indian classical |
|
45 |
Robert Earl Keen |
Country |
|
46 |
Sonny Rollins |
Jazz |
|
47 |
Stevie Ray Vaughan |
Blues |
|
48 |
Tom Paxton |
Folk Revival |
|
49 |
Warren Zevon |
Rock |
|
50 |
John McCutcheon |
Singer/Songwriter |
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