Favorite 60's rock band....

[danasgoodstuff]

Brandon & BFrank:

Thanx muchly for the secounds re the MGs. I think, ironically enuff, that one of the things that made their excellence as a backing band really stand out was the lack of quality songwriting at Stax, esp'ly early one. That and the naively straightforward production meant that the groove had to carry the records. But unlike James Brown post-Brand New Bag, they were still doing songs, naratives with melodies however simple they might be. That and they were willing to try anything, cover tunes, odd ideas for originals, weird production touches, etc. It may seem condescending to prefer R&B or R 'n R in their 'naive' stages, but I suppose that's just frustration with their never being able to get past their sophmoric phases to really live up to their promise/pretense, IMHO. (So no, unlike many here, I'm not much of a prog fan.) I even have decidedly mixed feelings re later Stax, although I'm happy to grant the excellence of the Bar Kays mk.II and other 'finger snap era' session players. Maybe we should have a seperate poll for best session/studio band?

[AfricaBrass]

I can't believe I missed this thread.

You guys have good taste!

For me, its Beatles (1), Byrds (2), then I'd move into the San Francisco bands like: Quicksilver Messenger Service, the Grateful Dead, Moby Grape, Jefferson Airplane, but I can't forget Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd....

I could go on for days...

This is my favorite musical era for rock.

:rsmile:

[danasgoodstuff]

Sorry Byrds fans but I have a point of order: weren't they really 2 or 3 (or more) rather different bands? Basically, before, during and after Gram Parsons. All v. good/interesting bands, but not at all really the same animal...What say you?