Some artists to check out, for those looking to broaden their music experience. I'm just going to briefly discuss or give a song of their that I like.
Beer Bottle Junkies, ok, they are friends of mine, but they are pretty good, just search for them on myspace.
Robert Earl Keen. If you don't know who he is, you've still probably heard some of his stuff. I don't know how I managed it, but I missed both
Alice's Restaurant wiki, by Arlo Guthrie and
Merry Christmas from the Family link in 2008. I played
Merry Christmas from the Family in January for Tinkerbell. Check out
The Road Goes on Forever here.
Joe Ely. He has covered a lot of Robert Earl Keen's stuff and performed a lot of them with REK. He has a similar sound.
Johnny Horton.
Sink the Bismarck link is one of my favorites, but I like almost everything he did.
Joe Walsh.
Life's Been Good link. Anything Joe Walsh did rawks. He was in Drew Carey's band.
Violent Femmes. While
Blister in the Sun link is probably their most famous song, give
Kiss Off link a listen and for something creepy check out
Country Death Song link.
Collective Soul.
Disciplined Breakdown wiki his my favorite album of all time, listen to the whole thing. It is my zone out album and the album I listen to when sorting out my emotions.
The World I Know here is a great song, too.
Queen. You can't go wrong with Queen. My favorite?
Bicycle Race here.
Peter, Paul and Mary. Go give
Puff, the Magic Dragon here another listen. It is one of the saddest songs ever.
It is NOT about marijuana.
John Conlee. I love his style. It's probably too country for most, but
I Don't Remember Loving You here is a really good song that should be heard at least once.
I'm going to come back to this post and add links later.
::edit:: Added links, didn't verify a lot of them, so if they're crappy, let me know and I'll pt a better one in.