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12-27-2006, 05:22 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | If there was a Mt. Rushmore for musicians...
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The passing of James Brown made me think if there was one, surely he would deserve a place.
Then I started to think, who else?
Bill Monroe pretty much invented bluegrass. That's gotta be worth something.
WC Handy? You could make a pretty darn good argument for that...
Then I kind of ran out of steam. Elvis, Sinatra, Gershwin, Garth (gag) Brooks, Beatles and a bunch of others all had huge impact but, enough for the side of a mountain?
The clasical masters despite their profound contribution to music never really had that big of an impact on American music and culture (imho) and it IS an American mountain we're talking about so...
Who would YOU pick?
Keep in mind that this is the side of a mountain we're thinking about. Huge investment in labor, time and money, gonna be there for a thousand years... |
12-27-2006, 05:54 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Auburn, Washington | | | The Beattles?
4 people, so it would fit. I don't even listen to The Beattles or anything, but seems like they did a lot. |
12-27-2006, 05:56 PM
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12-27-2006, 05:58 PM
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12-27-2006, 07:32 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Levy's Leathers Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto/Niagara Falls, Ontario | | | Jaco Pastorius, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, and Bob Dylan.
I'd say those are the four musicians who broke down the walls, and did what they wanted. I wanted to put Paul McCartney instead of John, but I decided to go with John. |
12-28-2006, 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Joshua  Hard to imagine such a monument without Duke Ellington on it. | Indeed, or Louis Armstrong. |
12-28-2006, 05:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Bellingham, WA | | | No single mention of miles? He completely reinvented music about a half dozen times.
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12-28-2006, 06:29 PM
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Endorsing artist: Brubaker Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Gaithersburg, Md | | | You're going to either need a bigger mountain or smaller heads. |
12-28-2006, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Aaron No single mention of miles? He completely reinvented music about a half dozen times. | The thing is... You're not exaggerating. 
He would without a doubt be on my musical rushmore. |
12-28-2006, 07:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: St. Louis, MO, U.S. | | | Perhaps we should limit it to musicians before 1925. Fewer hard decisions, and that's when the real one was established, I think.
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12-28-2006, 10:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sac Area | | | Elvis, Jimi, Joey, James
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12-28-2006, 11:00 PM
|  | Hard rockin' stay-at-home dad | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The soggy state of Oregon | | | Too many great ones to choose from.
IMHO, James deserves a spot near the very top of the list. His contributions to R&B, Soul, and Funk were colossal. |
12-29-2006, 01:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Out Of My Mind. | | | the rush more would have to consist of Duck Dunn, Steve Ray vaugn, Steve Cropper. |
12-29-2006, 10:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Buffalo, NY | | | Frank Zappa
Miles Davis
Willie Nelson
Jerry Garcia
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12-29-2006, 10:09 AM
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12-29-2006, 02:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Norway | | | People from music that some folks still listen to:
James Brown
Frank Zappa
Elvis
Michael Jackson
With the possible exception of Frank Zappa, nearly everyone has heard of these guys. |
12-30-2006, 02:54 PM
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el Jefe: Rude Mechtronics | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Brisbane, Australia | | | My 'Mount Rockmore':
Elvis
Jimi Hendrix
John Lennon
James Brown
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12-30-2006, 03:11 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Inland Empire | | | Since this is a monument in the US the artists for my Mt Sugarloaf will be limited to folks "over here". Europeans can carve the side of the Matterhorn instead.
Elvis
Ellington
Robert Johnson
I'm torn between Jimi and EVH for what they did for rock guitar. |
12-30-2006, 06:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rochester NY | | | funny no one said bach...we bass(like the pun?) a huge portion of our current music theory on his work...
i cant decide who would be in mine, but certainly bach is one. |
12-30-2006, 08:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: St. Louis, MO, U.S. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by iplaybassguitar funny no one said bach...we bass(like the pun?) a huge portion of our current music theory on his work...
i cant decide who would be in mine, but certainly bach is one. | He's a bit German to be getting a prime spot on an American mountain though.
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