Well folks the brackets are now set.
I was surprised by the lack of votes for quite a few bands. I knew not all of my favorites would make it the list of 16 but I did think some of them would get more support. About 90 Bands were mentioned as well about 60 solo acts among all the postings.
4 of the 16 in the solo category could have been in the Bands category but I followed the way the votes were
cast. Tom Petty for some reason received 90% of his votes as a solo act and Carlos Santana got 75% of his that way.
Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Springsteen had enough votes to make the brackets and be seeded in the top half of both categories. I used my editorial powers to decide to put them in the solo category only.
Here are the first round match ups for both categories. The seeds are in parenthesis. Please just list your choice in each of the match ups. The voting for the first round will close on Sunday at 11:00 pm est. I will be posting the next round as soon as I can afterwards.
Thanks to all of for your participation as well as your comments.
The Beatles (1) vs. The Doors (16)
The Rolling Stones (2) vs. The Grateful Dead (15)
The Who (3) vs. Lynyrd Skynyrd (14)
The Eagles (4) vs. Creedence Clearwater Revival (13)
Led Zeppilin (5) vs. Aerosmith (12)
Pink Floyd (6) vs. Rush (11)
AC/DC (7) vs. The Allman Brothers Band (10)
U 2 (8) vs. Cream (9)
Eric Clapton (1) vs. Ozzy Osbourne (16)
Bruce Springsteen (2) vs. Chuck Berry (15)
Jimi Hendrix (3) vs. John Lennon (14)
Elvis Presley (4) vs. Johnny Cash (13)
Bob Dylan (5) vs. Tom Petty (12)
Neil Young (6) vs. Roy Orbison (11)
Billy Joel (7) vs. Carlos Santana (10)
Elton John (8) vs. Stevie Ray Vaughn (9)
I can't wait to see the results.
Time To Vote For The Greatest Acts In Rock
Posted on: April 28, 2008 11:24 pm
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Posted on: April 28, 2008 11:38 pm
Time To Vote For The Greatest Acts In RockBeattles Rolling Stones Skynard Eagles Aerosmith Rush ACDC U2
Solo OZZY Springsteen Hendrix Elvis Dylan Young Joel Elton John |
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Posted on: April 28, 2008 11:51 pm
Time To Vote For The Greatest Acts In Rock-Great work, Yank, but of course we are all left with some pretty tough choices. I'm going with a "first guess, best guess" approach, I think.... Bands:
Solo:
-Thanks for your efforts, Yank! See ya around! |
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Posted on: April 28, 2008 11:55 pm
Time To Vote For The Greatest Acts In RockThe Beatles (1) vs. The Doors (16) Beatles |
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Posted on: April 28, 2008 11:59 pm
Time To Vote For The Greatest Acts In RockBands: Beatles Rolling Stones The Who CCR Led Zepplin Pink Floyd The Allman Brothers Cream Solo: Eric Clapton Bruce Springsteen Johnny Cash Bob Dylan Neil Young Carlos Santana Stevie Ray Vaughn John Lennon What? no Robert Plant - I'm sad!
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Posted on: April 29, 2008 12:28 am
Time To Vote For The Greatest Acts In RockBeatles Stones Skynyrd Creedence Aerosmith Pink Floyd Allman Brothers Cream Eric Clapton Bruce Springsteen John Lennon Elvis Presley Bob Dylan Roy Orbison Billy Joel Stevie Ray Vaughn |
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Posted on: April 29, 2008 12:50 am
Time To Vote For The Greatest Acts In RockThe Beatles Eric Clapton The Rolling Stones Bruce Springsteen Lynyrd Skynyrd John Lennon Eagles Elvis Presley Led Zeppelin Tom Petty Pink Floyd Neil Young AC/DC Billy Joel Cream Elton John |
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Posted on: April 29, 2008 1:18 am
Time To Vote For The Greatest Acts In RockThe Beatles (1) |
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Posted on: April 29, 2008 1:20 am
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