Who was your favorite band during your coming of age

[Rule 303]

The Beach Boys, Chad and Jermey, the Beau Brummels....
Lots of them in the 60s.

Rule 303

 

[cmort666]

Jethro Tull "Aqua Lung"

When I was going to Catholic prep seminary in Chicago in the '70s, there was a bum who hung out on Western Ave. He looked just like the bum on the cover of "Aqua Lung". He'd go up to people and rasp, "Gimme a qwahtah!". The guys who had to wait at the bus stop where he loitered started calling him "Aqua Lung".

 

[Smith357]

Frank Zappa
Muddy Waters
Bach

 

[Rangerpat]

I grew up in New Jersey so I gotta say: Bruce Springsteen

 

[ditrina]

The Four Seasons.. no doubt..
wellll....l maybe Guy Lombardo, but just on New Years Eve...

 

[ladder13]

How bout the Young Rascals?

 

[ditrina]

How bout the Young Rascals?

Felix Cavelleri was awsome..in 19-ahem.... they played my High School Auditorium.. somewhere in New Joisey!!...but I was just a wee lad..
barely old enough to remember...

Actually saw him at preform at Disney a year or two ago.. still rocked the house.. ( Or chair as it were )

 

[DCWilson]

Dude!

That's gotta be Dick Dale and the Del-Tones!

Just maximum excellence!

And then the Brits came in and ruined everything, but the Stones, Who and Animals were OK in their more reserved way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UmmbF1Zyvk&feature=related (recent recording, which is if anything more extreme than what he was doing with it in his heyday.\)

 

[fanocool]

Hey make this thead more fun and add a youtube video

My parents insisted I "play" an instrument(trumpet) and if not for Herb Alpert, my arms and legs woulda fallen off.....Olay!
YouTube - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass The Lonely Bull Video 1962

 

[vytoland]

little richard..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxrMRNsxPQk&feature=PlayList&p=20ED77C796E7406E&index=9
crickets........... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svBdZPAKEF0&feature=PlayList&p=F442DB0DD20CAF0A&index=18
chuck berry....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_zYgJuky0Y&feature=PlayList&p=20ED77C796E7406E&index=17
midnighters.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpt78hBhDOI&feature=PlayList&p=20ED77C796E7406E&index=0
shirelles..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbxxkwBQk_o&feature=PlayList&p=43DB3E013D70D82D&index=12
carl perkins.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ohAlZhNTek&feature=PlayList&p=39214BD6D6AC4EB5&index=2
rochell and the candles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPto...8AB43AEF&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=52
jive five......... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glOMdK8gfbo&feature=PlayList&p=7D2BD557E96B62B4&index=7
the dubs.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffIs...8AB43AEF&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=21
harptones.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMcsGhd4EDo
dominoes... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcoX9hffWoA

 

[LTC]

Am I the only Peter, Paul & Mary fan here?

LTC

 

[2fingers]

Eric Clapton
Willie Nelson
Leon Russell
Brewer and Shiply
Poco Harem
All the other 60's and 70's bands Went to see Foghat and Brownsville Station in concert instead of Senior prom, I think it was a good choice?

 

[animalmother]

Kiss and AC/DC.

 

[Muley Gil]

Mine was Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountains Boys. Yes, I'm a redneck hillbilly and proud of it.

 

[Firehouse]

All of these good bands and bongs,No Doobies?

D.G.

I'm with you. The Doobie Brothers were good.

 

[GoHogs]

Paul Revere and the Raiders
The Young Rascals
The Rolling Stones
Ronnie and the Devilles

 

[John F.]

In addition to some of the ones already mentioned here:

Black Oak Arkansas
Eagles
Rolling Stones
K.C. And the Sunshine Band (hey, it was the 70's! )

 

[Jim Shugart]

Rolling Stones.

Yep.

80sVideos.tv - Totally Awesome Videos Rolling Stones - She's So Cold

 

[Gun-runner]

Am I the only Peter, Paul & Mary fan here?

LTC

Nope! Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane.....
Lol!
The funny thing is I've just turned 40 and I like all of the music everyone has mentioned. Even funnier there were times I didn't like it because it "wasn't cool".
I've learned that I like music no matter what type as long as it speaks to me. Someone telling a story of heartache, fun, partying or loss I find awesome. I love songs that tell a story or about life. This way I enjoy the music at whatever venue.
Even when out having fun "nonsense" songs are O.K and we've had these in every generation! LOL

 

[DeathGrip]

Toto,We're not in Kansas?

D.G.

 

[lever4ever]

My favorite band before, during and even after that coming of age period was the jazz/rock fusion group Weather Report.

Lever4Ever

 

[DeathGrip]

Pure Prarie League,The first time I ever heard Amy.

D.G.

 

[DeathGrip]

Anyone remember UFO? Force it was a great album.Micheal Schectner(sp?)was a great guitarist (very melodic style)in UFO,'70 rock and went on to his own group,kinda more fusion/jaz.The Micheal Schectner Group.

D.G.

 

[ratznfragn]

UFO! So I'm not the only person who remembers them.Yeah,Micheal Schenker is a pretty good guitarist.Of course,don't forget his brother,Rudolf,of The Scorpions.
But,in answer to the original question posted,Led Zeppelin.

 

[srgvaz]

It's not easy to pick one most bands had a few good songs...............

 

[bricker]

you got to be kidding!!!

Yeah, I am. But it's been such a long time since I even thought of such things. Brings back memories of Doobie Brothers!

 

[slowburninsteve]

The Doobie Brothers-China Grove
Grand Funk Railroad-Paranoid
Jethro Tull-Hunting Girl

Steve

 

[RonJ]

Am I the only Peter, Paul & Mary fan here?

LTC

PP&M in Concert is one of the really great albums of the era!

Anyone rememberThe Pozo Seco Singers?

 

[Thicker]

Has to be the Beatles......No other band even comes close...

 

[El Biblioitecario]

Horace Heidt and his Musical Knights