A musician whose body of work you love
 

One musician, not a band.
Ed Kuepper:
- Guitarist for The Saints in the 70's
- Guitarist and vocalist for the Laughing Clowns in the 80's
- Guitarist and vocalist for The Aints in the 90's
- As well as a solo career from 1985 onwards

Ed's great.

Nick Cave.
Bob Dylan.
Tom Waits.

tara jane o'neil

rodan
retsin
sonora pine
solo

Luke Sutherland:
long fin killie
bows
music a.m.

Don Fleming (Velvet Monkeys, Half Japanese, Gumball and many guest appearances)

Mary Timony (Autoclave, Helium, The Spells, solo, etc)

Christina Billotte (Autoclave, Slant 6, Quix*o*tic, Casual Dots)

john coltrane
tom waits
jim o'rourke
me

Heh, Don Van Vliet? That probably doesn't count, so: Mukai Shutoku. Seiichi Yamamoto. Rick Bishop. Jim O'Rourke. Yoshimi P-We. David Grubbs. eYe. Tatsuya Yoshida. Trey Spruance. Fred Frith. Hisako Tabuchi. Too many to even mention, really.

ian williams
thurston moore
thomas mery
kieran hebden
steve albini
jim o'rourke

A random one would be Merzbow because his body of work does need more and more global recognition. They should teach his music in schools and deservedly so.

why didn't you go and see him the other day?

If I pick just one I'd have to say Fred Frith. In terms of musical output the guy is a monster. In addition to countless solo albums he has collaborated with too many musicians to count and been a vital member of numerous groups such as Naked City, Henry Cow, the Art Bears, Massacre and Skeleton Crew. He excels at both composition and improvisation and is a virtuoso on guitar as well as accomplished performer of various instruments. Genius.

Derek Bailey, Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, Masami Akita, Mark E. Smith, Keigi Haino, Fred Frith, John Fahey, Sonny Sharrock, Nick Cave, Iannis Xenakis, Ennio Morricone, John Zorn, Thurston Moore, Oren Ambarchi, eYe, Masonna, Glenn Branca, Ian Mackaye, Rhys Chatham, O'Rourke, Sir Richard Bishop, Jimi Hendrix, Daniel Menche, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, C.C.C.C..

Good question. I was meeting a friend who would rather die than seeing someone like Merzbow live. I have decided to make it a point of going to many more gigs this year 'cause I feel like I've been slacking for the past 2 quite a bit. I'm trying to make it more of a point to my friends that after work they will have to go through sonic torture in order to feel honoured of my presence.

i should throw in richard d james for good measure as well.

Ian Mackaye
Micheal Gira

Nick Drake
Tim Buckley
Scott Walker
Neil Young
Serge Gainsbourg
Jeff Buckley

i think naming solo artists/jazz band leaders is cheating

I love almost everything these musicians have ever done/been involved with (music wise (he he he)).


Joni Mitchell
Todd Rundgren
Elliott Smith
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Wayne Coyne
Evan Dando
Chan Marshall

the list goes on.........................................

why?

i was gonna name some, but i think ya'll already named everything i was gonna. :(
oh wait, damien jurado, no body said him.