August 03rd, 2020

* This artist is a tall, glam, accomplished piano player, born in Texas and made a career in dance halls and roadhouses of the Gulf South.  She coined a phrase about her music that kind of eloquently sums her boogie-woogie, two-step music vibe...."If you can't make 'em dance...money will become a space problem!"  Name the artist...
 
*The two artists forming this duo recorded 7 albums together from 1972 to 1977.  One of them was born in the state of Washington, the other in California.  One was part of Buffalo Springfield, the other, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.  Name the artists...extra credit for which one was born in each state and which band they were in...
 
*This great rock band also came together after members enjoyed stints with other name bands.  A couple of members came from the band, Free.  Another came from King Crimson.  Another from Mott The Hoople. 
Name the band. and extra credit if you know the band members and their previous groups.
 
*This artist road-tested her songs in her father's taxi cab.  She wanted to recapture the atmosphere in which most people would listen to her music.  She would cut CD's and play it in the cab because she wanted to know how most people would hear her music, which would not always be through professional studio systems.
Name the artist...
 
 Battle Of The Bands!
Only The Lonely by Roy Orbison vs  The Song is Everybody’s Talkin’ by Harry Nilsson
 
Answers:
1.  Marcia Ball  2. Kenny Loggins born in Washington, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; Jim Messina born in California, Buffalo Springfield   3. Formed in 1973, the British hard rock outfit Bad Company was a supergroup comprising ex-King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell, former Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs, and singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke, both previous members of Free.                    4. Amy Winehouse

Listeners picked Roy Orbison with 51% of the votes