Top 15 favorite bands or artists of the 60s

[essguitarman]

What are yours?
Here are some of mine (to many others to name) in no particular order-
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin (started 1968)
Cream
The Byrds (Original Lineup)
Bob Dylan
The Lovin' Spoonful
The Rascals/ Young Rascals
The Who
Jimi Hendrix (Experience)
John Mayall & The Blues Breakers (The Beano Album and A Hard Road)
The Band
Vanilla Fudge
B.B. King
The Rolling Stones
CCR

 

[Butterfly]

The Doors
Grateful Dead
Santana
Big Brother and the Holding Company

 

[angus99]

I like all of those listed; others that got their start in the 60s:

Grand Funk
CTA
James Gang
Tull
Free

 

[essguitarman]

all of those are great as well!

 

[A-Bone]

Velvet Underground
The Stooges
MC5
Thirteenth Floor Elevators
Moby Grape
Pink Floyd
Love

 

[Powderfinger]

Not yet mentioned:

Kinks
James Brown
motown artists

 

[Shiny McShine]

Monkees
Beatles
Iron Butterfly
Mama's and the Papa's
Peter Paul and Mary
Kingston Trio
Allan Sherman (Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda)
Tijuana Brass
Mothers of Invention
The Singing Nun
CCR
Jimi
Steppenwolf
Blind Faith


boy that was a long time ago but it was fun then! You'd find some record and bring it home and play it on a cool turntable. No one knew anything except what you got from the liner notes. What innocent times.

 

[A-Bone]

All the Stax/Volt acts
Aretha Franklin
Dusty Springfield
The Monks

 

[JSeth]

Buffalo Springfield
Poco
Flying Burrito Brothers
Crosby, Stills and Nash
The Yardbirds
The Animals
Jefferson Airplane
Vanilla Fudge
The Chambers Brothers
Tim Buckley

 

[zombywoof]

The Blues Project
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
The Byrds
Fairport Convention
Bob Dylan
The Fugs
Tim Buckley
The Yardbirds
The Animals
Chocolate Watch Band
13th Floor Elevators
Pearls Before Swine
Joy of Cooking
The Beatles
The Stones

 

[Ding]

Can't forget BOB SEGER!!! Started out in Detroit in the 60's. I played at a couple concerts in Lansing MI and Detroit where he played as The Bob Seger System. Great times!! Now he's in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame and I'm-------well I'm havin' fun too.

 

[cheetah77]

The Sonics
The Seeds
The Animals
The Doors
France Gall
The Bob Seger System
The Monks
The Rolling Stones
The Pretty Things
The Ventures
The Beach Boys
Link Wray
Led Zeppelin
The Kinks
The Yardbirds