Early In The Morning

The Gap Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aobIboK_z34

Vanity Fair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hN9YRo7y1s

Peter, Paul & Mary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE8NSvD7LSE

Ginger Baker's Air Force
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U1GVmWwCfc

Baby Bash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyBiPCkq1oM

Kim Wilson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAZe1G5bdpE

Sonny Boy Williamson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5J4xQNgQO8

Jane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFf6z7a_RNA

Johnny Lee Moore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsQ9JPyvCSo

This is the first batch for this song title. I'll do the second batch this weekend. Winners of each will be pitted against each other for a final winner.

Vanity Fare
Sonny Boy Williamson
Peter Paul & Mary
Johnny Lee Moore
Kim Wilson
Jane
Ginger Bakers Airforce
Baby Bash
Gap Band

I'll substitute something in place of Robert Palmer then.

Added Johnny Lee Moore to replace Robert Palmer.

Kim Wilson - actually, heck with Kim Wilson, I could have just listened to his piano player.

Vanity Fair - Surprised I've never heard this. I rather like it. It kind of feels like British pop meets Kurt Weill.

Peter, Paul & Mary - I'm a sucker for the 60s folk scene.

Sonny Boy Williamson - Nice old school blues

Gap Band - Pleasantly funky, but not spectacular

Ginger Baker's Air Force - Whoa. Seriously psychedelic. Maybe just a little too psychedelic. Although the female singers were a vision.

Johnny Lee Moore - That was neat. Power of the human voice and all. I don't know that I'd listen to too much of it, but it was good to hear.

Baby Bash - I liked the groove, but the lyrics just kind of killed it.

Jane - I acknowledge the skill of the players, but couldn't get into it.

Holy Aiko Biaye, Batman. I thought I owned the only Ginger Baker's Air Force album in the world. I used to work in an Illinois Steel Mill in late 1972 (with "Working Class Hero" stenciled on my hard hat), and occasionally sang Aiko Biaye just to freak out the Steel Mill veterans a bit. There aren't many words, and they thought I was having a hippy, religious experiance. I guess anything CAN show up on the forums.

1. Jane
2. Baby Bash
3. The Gap Band
4. Ginger Baker's Air Force
5. Sonny Boy Williamson
6. Johnny Lee Moore
7. Kim Wilson
8. Vanity Fare
9. Peter, Paul and Mary

My ratings:

Jane - Wow, wasn't expecting this. They rocked their way to the top.

Baby Bash - Surprising fun and groovy song

Robert Palmer - A nice 80's groove.

Sunny Boy Williamson - nice harmonica going on there

The Gap Band - (Flaming Drum StickS!) I like them, but this song was just ok.

Ginger Baker's Air Force - the song was good, but too long, with meh flute/sax solos

Johnny Lee Moore - A nicer song that Wilson's

Kim Wilson - A nice song, but nothing too exciting

Peter, Paul, and Mary - Not bad for a folk song. I think this trio could go places.

Vanity Fair - Not very exciting.




My wife's ratings:

Jane

Baby Bash

Peter, Paul, and Mary

Sunny Boy Williamson

Kim Wilson

Ginger Baker's Air Force

The Gap Band

Johnny Lee Moore

Vanity Fair

Robert Palmer



crap. just saw that RP was replaced. I'll get back with you.

1) Ginger Baker's Air Force

2) Jane

3) Johnny Lee Moore

4) Sonny Boy Williamson

5) Peter, Paul and Mary

6) Baby Bash

7) The Gap Band

8) Kim Wilson

9)Vanity Fair

1- Jane - Who the heck is Jane? Now I really have to find out, because I really enjoyed this.
2- Ginger Baker's Air Force - I'm not sure if this is progressive Rock (never got the definition pinned down), but I do know there were several groups about this time that seemed to be trying to "Jazzify" psychedelic music. Not my most favorite musical direction, but I do enjoy groups of this sort for a change, including Atomic Rooster and, more distantly, Quicksilver. I think part of the fun was that these groups could occasionally break into something I DID love, listening for one of those moments, and occasionally finding it. Most of the time, while the music was creative, I didn't find that moment, but the fun was hoping you would.
3- Sonny Boy Williamson - Sometimes you have to listen to your roots, and this is part of the reason we have what we do today.
4- Kim Wilson - One of the more listenable songs in the group. Nothing we haven't heard before, but a solid performance.
5- Peter, Paul & Mary- Always good, often great. This is one of the "good" offerings.
6- The Gap Band - Nice enough offering
7- Baby Bash - I was torn on this one, but ended up enjoying it a little bit.
8- Vanity Fair - Nothing really stands out, sort of filler music.
9- Johnny Lee Moore - Not a song I enjoy.

I think the girl in white is from The Cake.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanette_Jacobs

Wow. I only opened this link because I was expecting Eddie Rabbit's tune to make the list. What I did not expect was a group called Jane! How have I never heard of these guys?!?!! I'm a lover of all things 70s. One song and now I'm busy scouring the intarwebs for more. Serious rock for 1974! Gawd that rocked!

Jane - Jane, Jane, Jane....where ya been all my life?!? Marry me, Jane!
Peter Paul and Mary (Three voices, two guitars, one bass - and still more talent than you'll find on most stages today. PPM are always best live...which is really saying something.)
Vanity Fair (I know this one from my "Have a Nice Day: Superhits of the 70s CDs. Such a fun song and a nostalgic look back at a time when such a simple, easy song could still be a big hit.)
Ginger Baker's Air Force (I wanted to rate this one higher, truly. Just couldn't.)
Gap Band (Oh hell yeah!)
Sonny Boy Williamson (Ooooh, I can get lost in the links surfing through music like this. I'll share this one with my dad. He'll appreciate it.)
Kim Wilson (That is one ugly chick, but the song was great fun.)
Johnny Lee Moore (Sorry...just not my cup of coffee.)
Baby Bash (No. Just...gawd, no!)