Singers/musicians who are underrated or overlooked due to their genre of music?

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  1. Mr C

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    There definitely would never have been an Oasis, without the Quo.. :)
     
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    Just like today's BFC side, it seems to me to be a question of consistency.

    If (for example) you write/record 50 songs, then if 3 or 4 are memorable then you aren't doing badly, but are you underrated or overlooked by virtue of what you've recorded?

    My personal favourite (ignoring the ones that everyone knows, but the principle applies to them too) is Jason Molina, but he's recorded a pile of crap too.

    I think he's underrated/overlooked (although Rate Your music has one of his as the best Americana album) but there's a lot to wade through to get to pure class.
     
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    Yeah, you'll find that I made the Oasis thread yesterday, now I'm championing Parfitt. Ah well.

    Big Fat Mama was a banger.
     
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    Robert Fripp? Wonderful guitar player and writer of some astounding music and still active after over 50 years. Never much mentioned in lists of great guitarists or composers.
     
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    He's got a nice Trout Mask Replica though.
     
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    Paul Caton.
     
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    You mean the Beatles right.
     
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    Bill Nelson. Relatively well known for his Be Bop Deluxe years, but much less so for his subsequent solo career which includes literally dozens of albums. "After The Satellite Sings" is a particular favourite of mine.
     
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    I saw Be Bop at The Dearne Hotel, Bolton on Dearne on a Wednesday night in (I think) 1975 and it cost 10p to get in, normally it was 5p so we stood outside counting our pennies to see if we'd got enough for a pint....
     
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    Happy days... :)
     
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    Rick Astley, people think of him as a jokey 80s popstar. He's actually got a great voice.

     
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    This time of year I look to hunker down with Tom Waits, not least Bone Machine and Black Rider. Epic stuff. Murder Ballads Nick Cave equally awesome stuff.
     
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    Spare a thought for me, I've never understood the appeal of the Beatles...
     
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    Don't think he's either underrated or overlooked, but Blondie drummer Clem Burke.
     
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    Saw them with Arabian Ian a few years ago in Dundee...they were excellent
     
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    I think many people in the mainstream still don’t appreciate the utter brilliance of the pre-Sid Sex Pistols. Suggesting they couldn’t play is just laughable..:)
     
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    All 4 members of Tool
    Steve Rothery and Steve Hogarth of Marillion
     
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    Agree, especially about Steve Rothery, his solo album The Ghosts of Pripyat is excellent.
     
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    You cannot help but watch him, he's mesmorising, takes something to stop me drooling at Debbie
     
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    I think that Carter USM were often not given the musical respect they deserved, due to just being two blokes with a drum machine and a sampler, rather than a "proper" band. However, both their songwriting and lyrics were absolutely top drawer.
     
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