FReeper Canteen ~ Tell Us A Band or Musician Who Is "Underrated" ~ 08 October 2021

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[Kathy in Alaska]

The FReeper Canteen Presents...

Tell Us A Band or Musician Who Is Underrated

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Howard Fishman – Good Times

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Amy Hānaialiʻi Gilliom - Wahikuli


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and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

[Fiji Hill]

Great underrated tunes from the sixties that should have been hits and belong on the Oldies playlists

• In the Snow--Vera Lynn (1967)

• Leave Me Alone--Baby Washington (1963)

• Love's Gone Bad--Chris Clark (1966)

• Pull the Covers Right Up--The Tran Sisters (1963)

• Walk Softly Away--The Starglows (1963)

• You Had Time--The Heartbreakers (aka the Ronettes) (1963)

• I Want to Be Your Lover--Diane Emond (1963)

• Every Time I See the Sun Go Down--Melvin Endsley (1961)

• Never Ending--Roger Douglass (1962)

• Abergavenny--Shannon (1969)

[Fiji Hill]

Buffalo Springfield...the Yardbirds...

Nowadays, Clancy Can't Even Sing--The Buffalo Springfield (1966)

Heart Full of Soul--The Yardbirds (1965)

[Michael.SF.]

Good call!

[grey_whiskers]

Glenn Campbell one of the greatest guitarists of all time.

Throw in Roy Clark and Jerry Reed.

Phil Keaggy.

[Fiji Hill]

Pictures of Matchstick Men--The Status Quo (1968)

[Michael.SF.]

One of the things I love about these threads is that so many Freeper's can come up with info like that. I never knew that about NKC.

My intro to him was as a 12 year old kid at the movies: Cat Ballou.

I still love that movie and the song!!

[grey_whiskers]

Iona -- Celtic prog fusion.

Neal Morse. From Spock's Beard, became a Christian, went solo.

[Fiji Hill]

This scored big in the UK and made the playlist of Radio Luxembourg, Western Europe's Top 40 blaster, but went nowhere in the US.

Don't Let Him Touch You--The Angelettes (1972)

[aspasia]

Mark 0'Connor played with them. Here he is with Tony Rice, top-rated bluegrass picker--at least in this number: Freeborn Man

[luvie]

Jeff Russell [aka Texas Songwriter]~Sweet Bluebonnet Day
David Nevue~The Gift
Delta Rae~A Long And Happy Life
Kenny Pore~The Road Chosen
Doug Smith~West Texas

[aspasia]

Keaggy live

[Fiji Hill]

This was a huge hit in Europe at the start of 1972, but even though it's about an American city, it went nowhere in the US.

Amarillo--Tony Christie

[Fiji Hill]

Another blockbuster hit in Continental Europe and the UK that failed to chart in the US.

Il Silenzio--Nini Rosso (1965)

[TChad]

It is appalling that Eva Cassidy's principal occupation was not "professional singer," but "plant propagator in a nursery."

Sting loved her "Fields of Gold":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa0iPBf1JRo

Then there's her astonishing version of "Over the Rainbow":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_eu5Jt0DYc

Just how good do you have to be to make it big in the music business?

[CommerceComet]

I always thought that Joe South was very underrated, probably because he wasn't quite pop music and wasn't quite country music:

Don't It Make You Want To Go Home

I don't think people today appreciate The Dave Clark Five as much as they should. A very versatile, prolific, talented band but at their best in high-energy pieces.

Bits and Pieces

Glad All Over

Mike Smith, the main vocalist, is one of the most under-appreciated vocalists in the pop era. Guy had some serious pipes.

[luvie]

She was a treasure that died way too soon. I love her voice.

[aomagrat]

J.J. Cale

He wrote:
“Call Me the Breeze” covered by Lynyrd Skynyrd
“After Midnight” covered by Eric Clapton
“Bring it back” covered by Kansas
“Cocaine” covered by Eric Clapton
“I Got the Same Old Blues” covered by Captain Beefheart, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eric Clapton and others
Just to name a few.

https://youtu.be/YC77rRCgOns

[Disambiguator]

He played on that album I linked a song from.

[aspasia]

Not making it to the US: Oesch's die Dritten

[mylife]

Delbert was huge in Houston