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Dennis Darrow replied to Roscoe's discussion 'Top Five Songwritwers'
I agree with names like Dylan ,Lennon,Ray Davies.I feel the best writer the past 30 years has to be Paul Westerberg.Along with Iggy Pop these are my 5 favourite artists of all time.
Dennis Darrow commented on Easy Ed's blog post 'Cry Like a Baby...The Passing of Alex Chilton'
he was as influential on generations of guitar pop bands as there was. with contemps like the flaming groovies,ny dolls and the kinks, they influenced as many bands as the beatles ,beach boys references often quoted by critics.its like a part of our…
Dennis Darrow commented on No Depression's blog post 'John Hiatt commenting contest'
i think it's a thing called love.it won a grammy and hiatt's version is about 10x's as good as bonnie raitt;s.hiatt and his band were cooking on that one.it's one of the 80's best songs along with the replacement's…
Dennis Darrow commented on Grant Alden's blog post 'Gram Parsons in the Country Music Hall of Fame? You're kidding, right?'
no magic in dylan or parsons .listen the stuff they did 40 yrs ago has not been surpassed.u2 and springteen are arena acts.petty is a student of the byrds who covered dylan.dylan like Townes Van Zant said gave us songwriters a job.
Dennis Darrow commented on Grant Alden's blog post 'Gram Parsons in the Country Music Hall of Fame? You're kidding, right?'
What is country anyway.Nashville is more cosmopolitan than country today.Parson's biggest gift was bridging the gap between the rock and country sound.he brought a new audience to people like buck owens,merle haggart,waylon,doug sahm..etc.he…
Dennis Darrow joined Will James's group
Dennis Darrow commented on Paul Cantin's blog post 'Review: Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings & More'
...ahh presley,penniman,berry,lewis,cash,holly,burnette.the golden age of american music.what do we have now a watered down u2 lady gaga beyonce...is there any comparison..watching the grammy's this year was a joke...thank god for bands like…
Dennis Darrow commented on Adam Sheets's blog post 'Who is the Best Rock Band of All Time?'
Personally i see the doors are one of the most overrated bands of all time. their best song was written by the guitarist.they came out of the same scene as Love and the byrds.(much better bands.
Dennis Darrow commented on Adam Sheets's blog post 'Who is the Best Rock Band of All Time?'
more hidden treasures. the dolls ,television/big star/flamin groovies,nrbq,blasters x allmans all influential bands.brit band xtc was fantastic.for pure simple rock the ramones .it tells you that there are very few new bands like them/maybe spoon…
Dennis Darrow commented on Adam Sheets's blog post 'Who is the Best Rock Band of All Time?'
beatles 64-68,stones 65-72/kinks 64-71/love66-68/byrds64-71/fleetwood mac67-70/replacements83-91/clash77-81/zepplin 72-76/the band 66-70.velvet underground 65-69.who 65-68/fairport convention 67-71/after that i don't know.
Dennis Darrow commented on Truersound's blog post 'Album Review: Chuck Prophet - Let Freedom Ring'
chuck is in the same position john hiatt was in during the late 80's.sooner or later the "rest"of the music world will didcover how good a writer,arranger and guitarist this guy is.
Dennis Darrow commented on Kevin Lynch's blog post 'WHY LES WAS MORE: How Two Electric Guitarists (and One Songwriter) from the Midwest Saw to the Changin’ Times.'
peter green resurfaced in the 90's with Peter Green Splinter Group.He also did some fine playing on an early Peter Barden lp 1969/70.His story is well documented one of the Great Artist whose talent is up there with Pete Townsend 1965-71.and…
Dennis Darrow replied to Jonathan Hull's discussion 'What's your favorite Wilco Album?'
i like summerteeth musically its the most diverse record.i find the last couple of albums are a little too safe
Dennis Darrow commented on Trevor's blog post 'My Artist Of The Decade- Will Johnson'
i have just discovered Centro-matic.what a dynamic band maybe the Replacements of the new breed.
Dennis Darrow commented on Kevin Lynch's blog post 'WHY LES WAS MORE: How Two Electric Guitarists (and One Songwriter) from the Midwest Saw to the Changin’ Times.'
AS we are talking about white blues guitarist.Is there anyone better than the great Peter Green.I haven't heard one.
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- At 12:57pm on December 27, 2009,
No Depression said… - Hi Dennis - Welcome to the No Depression community! We hope you're finding everything okay. Please let us know if you have any questions or feedback (here are some FAQs in case anything's confusing). Thanks for joining. Cheers!
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