Georgemcdonnell: if you like the Stones, esp when they tilts slightly country, try The Nude Party. No one is, or will replace, The Stones. The Nude Party def shows a lot of influence from the Stones late 60s-early 70s. period, IMO.

Neil Young
Allman Brotherss
Black Crowes
Drive by Truckers
Tedeschi Trucks band
Gov't Mule
Willy DeVille
...and others

Govt Mule / Warren Haynes Band

Bonnie Raitt
David Bowie

CCR / John Fogerty

AC/DC (my fav band).

If you want a discography to dive into, I’d suggest Bowie or Tom Petty. I’m sure most of you have heard the hits, but for some deeper cuts, both artists put out incredible albums in their later years. Check out Mudcrutch 1 & 2 for Petty and Bowie had some great one’s post 2000..Reality & Blackstar.

If you want a younger live band to go see..go see the Killers. Their album Hot Fuss is great and Brandon Flowers is a front man at the top of his game vocally. They put out new albums every few years. A recent album to check out is Imploding the Mirage.

Pearl Jam is also great live. Eddie is worth the price of admission.

The Stones are number 1, no doubt. Second place must be the great Elmore James. Some of his stuff could be described as the best music that was ever recorded.


Other artists close to the top: Hank Williams, CCR, Jimmy Reed, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Redding, Bo Diddley, Bob Dylan and I guess a few more that I'm forgetting.

Like Keith, I'm not a big fan of most great rock bands like the Who and Zeppelin. They are great, but in my mind no where near Stones level.

I love the female country stars like Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, Patsy Cline, Emmylou. Lately I'm listening a lot to Melissa Carper.

Current band that is close to my top list is the Teskey Brothers. Brilliant soul musicians.

Dutch entry: Herman Brood

Edit: I forgot one of the greatest maestro's - Chuck Berry.



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The Stones are number 1, no doubt. Second place must be the great Elmore James. Some of his stuff could be described as the best music that was ever recorded.


Other artists close to the top: Hank Williams, CCR, Jimmy Reed, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Redding, Bo Diddley, Bob Dylan and I guess a few more that I'm forgetting.

Like Keith, I'm not a big fan of most great rock bands like the Who and Zeppelin. They are great, but in my mind no where near Stones level.

I love the female country stars like Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, Patsy Cline, Emmylou. Lately I'm listening a lot to Melissa Carper.

Current band that is close to my top list is the Teskey Brothers. Brilliant soul musicians.

Dutch entry: Herman Brood

Edit: I forgot one of the greatest maestro's - Chuck Berry.

Getting to finally see The Teskey Brothers in September. Recently stumbled upon their music. Thought they were a Staxact from 1969. Great vibe



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Bob Dylan
Neil Young
Pink Floyd
The Cure
Nick Cave
Dinosaur Jr
Pearl Jam
Tool
Jack White
Mastodon
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
…many others…



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Samantha Fish, Ben Harper, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Neil Young, Devil Makes Three are a few I am seeing instead of the Stones this summer.

Skatalites
Toots & The Maytals

Tom Waits
Leonard Cohen
Nick Cave

Virgin Prunes

Captain Beefheart

Muddy Waters
Little Walter
Chuck Berry
John Lee Hooker

Aretha Franklin

Frank Black (& The Catholics)

Aerosmith

The Rolling Stones - especially the MT era

Grateful Dead (not many any other deadheads here I noticed, I think it's The US Blues) they are not too popular in Europe, I guess.

Bob Dylan

I can be satisfied for a lifetime listening to thousands of tracts from these 3, covering all musical styles, bootlegs and rarities. It never gets old!

...Johnny Cash....

Sigur Rós in number 1 (with The Stones).

Other artists close to the top: Dire Straits, U2, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Queen...

It's an interesting question bc it shows people loving the Stones for different reasons. Or loving different facets of the band.
If someone answers Humble Pie, Free, Faces, Crowes, then you have a good idea of where they might be coming from musically.
If someone likes 90's type alt bands, I'd think they might like the Voodoo Lounge album.
Or I see matxil's answer, and I think 'I need to start paying extra attention to posts from Matxil' lol.

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It's an interesting question bc it shows people loving the Stones for different reasons. Or loving different facets of the band.
If someone answers Humble Pie, Free, Faces, Crowes, then you have a good idea of where they might be coming from musically.
If someone likes 90's type alt bands, I'd think they might like the Voodoo Lounge album.
Or I see matxil's answer, and I think 'I need to start paying extra attention to posts from Matxil' lol.

That's always good advice.

My band number two is Status Quo, closely followed by The Cult and Hanoi Rocks. Not because any of them are "better" or "best" compared with other bands – but simply because I've followed them from young age and I've been stuck with them, lol.

Others:
Led Zeppelin
Faces
The Beatles
The Kinks
Van Morrison
The Jayhawks, Mark Olson, Gary Louris
Nick Drake
Taj Mahal
Bob Dylan
Miles Davis
The Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons
The Byrds
Yes
Motorpsycho
King Crimson
The Clash
Pink Floyd
All the blues, soul and rhythm and blues greats



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Nobody here into Porcupine Tree / Steven Wilson ?


sjouke

Right now:

The Beatles - well, they're always 'there', or thereabouts
Oasis
Random Motown recordings - on Spotify, anyway.
Eric Clapton - bits and pieces, really; Derek & the Dominoes; Cream, solo

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Sjouke
Nobody here into Porcupine Tree / Steven Wilson ?


sjouke

Yeah me..Love PT and SW

I like The Band.
It was about the music like with the Rolling Stones; I believe it.
These bands have a similar history but have different personas. When I put them together, it covers the whole emotional and musical spectrum of the music I love.

I am finding myself listening to Spoon a lot this Summer. Great live.

A band is not like a wife or a husband, so I'm not sure about "after".

These are more or less the same level of preference:

Grateful Dead
Lou Reed/ VU
Bob Dylan
Buddy Holly (maybe he should be "before", as a matter of respect)


After would come The Who, David Bowie and some others

And sometimes there's nothing like Fats Domino for a while

If you mean in ranking order, then it’d be Springsteen – all versions. AC/DC rounds out the Top 3.

Beyond the Top 3, there are a TON of artists that I absolutely love:

Petty – solo and with the Heartbreakers
Bill Joel
REM
Neil Young – all forms
The Black Crowes
Bon Jovi
Cinderella
Whitesnake
Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Alan Jackson
Brooks & Dunn
Garth Brooks before he retired
ZZ Top
Rob Zombie
Metallica
Sinead O’Connor
John Williams, the conductor
Def Leppard
The Who
Fleetwood Mac
Imagine Dragons
Moby
John Barry, the conductor
James Horner, conductor
The Cult
Guns n Roses
White Lion
Alice In Chains
Stone Temple Pilots
Nirvana
Cornell – solo and bands
Red Hot Chili Peppers
All the Marleys, tho Ziggy is my least favorite
Martina McBride
Deanna Carter
Sara Evans
Mindy McCready
Blues Traveler
Matisyahu
Heather Nova
Mishka
Third Day
Lynyrd Skynyrd
CCR
Paul Simon & Garfunkel
Gary Allan
Tracy Lawrence
Joe Diffie
John Michael Montgomery
Mark Chestnut
Tyler Childers
The Eagles
Don Henley
Tommy James & the Shondells
Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons
Dean Martin
Diana Krall
Nora Jones
Billy Idol
Dua Lipa
Lady Gaga
Madonna
Beck
Tesla
Motley Crue
Ozzy
Big & Rich
Cher
Bang Tango
Beastie Boys
Eminem
50 Cent
Alison Krauss
The Tractors
Christina Aguilera
Taylor Swift
Rusted Root
Black Eyed Peas
Shakira
Rihanna
Eddie Vedder
Linkin Park
Toby Keith before he went Pro-American
Kenny Chesney before he morphed in Country Buffet
Nickelback
Selected Dylan, Pink Floyd, Pearl Jam
Very limited U2, ELO, and Macca
Gorky Park
Depeche Mode
Annie Lennox
Van Halen
The Bangles
Kix
Winger
Early Skid Row
Britny Fox
Halie Loren
LA Guns
Bulletboys
Bang Tango
Judas Priest
Spin Doctors
Selena Gomez
The Weeknd
Cyndi Lauper
No Doubt
Gracie Adams
Amy Winehouse
The Grass Roots
Michael Jackson
Against The Current
The Sex Pistols
Soul Circus Cowboys
Kevin Costner & Modern West
John Denver
Aaron Lewis
Sting
The Paper Kites
Hollow Coves
Morgan Wallen
Chris Stapleton
Joss Stone
21 Pilots
SOJA
Stick Figure
Chronixx
Beenie Man

…and tons more I’m not remembering at the moment. This just scratches the surface.

Should list The Beatles and Aerosmith, but I rarely spin the former and haven’t listened to the latter in at least a decade, and I used to love them.

If you mean picking a band to follow after the Stones are done, then that’s less easy. It would be more of a genre than a group, though I am a huge, HUGE fan of Whiskey Myers. But I have been listening to a lot of what I’d call Indie Country. I still would put the Red Clay Strays in there, though they’re on the verge of getting much bigger finally. Artists like Boubon Sons, Blue Water Highway, Winchester 49, War Hippies, Maggie Antone, Karley Scott Collins, Cody Jinks (though he’s far from new), Troy Ramsey.

I get ads pop on my FB page all the time for free cds from independent artists, and I always thought it’d be great to be someone who seeks out new artists, as I think I have a great ear for music. A lot of these FB acts are horrible, but I’ve really found some AMAZING independent artists as well and had actual conversations with some of them! It’s great!! It gives me hope that music – QUALITY – music will survive, but one will have to look harder for it.

2024 was a great year for new albums for me. Rock is far from dead. Here are a few artists who released fantastic albums in 2024 (in no particular order):
Redd Kross (maybe my favorite from this outstanding list)
Kim Deal
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Jack White
Amyl and The Sniffers
Black Crowes
Jerry Cantrell
David Gilmour
High on Fire
Pearl Jam
Melvins
Smashing Pumpkins (their best in 25 years)
The Cure



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