The Most Underrated Performers (Any Genre)

[sphinxsix]

I'll start with four.

 

Lightnin' Hopkins

 

Betty Davis

 

The Wolfgang Press (from the 80's not from their later 'dance' period)

 

Rachmaninoff (yes, I think he's an underrated pianist)

 

[sphinxsix]

16 hours ago, joelha said:

AC/DC

I never underrated AC/DC - me and my friends used to dance (!) to their music at parties in my high school days (some didn't even need booze or other consciousness altering substances) and in general I don't think they are particularly underrated band.

I started this thread hoping people will post information about less known performers who deserved much bigger popularity due to the quality of music created by them.

[sphinxsix]

Can be also most underrated albums..

Some that first came to mind:

 

Usually disliked by Metallica fans. IMO lots of really good (less orthodox metal than usual) stuff:

 

Bootleg SQ but the music is pure fire (Jack deJohnette plays like in a trance) and there was a reason for that :

Quote

"Miles Davis was shot and wounded in the hip by unknown assailants in the early morning of October 9 as he sat in a parked car with a friend in New Yorkís East Village. The injury was not serious, and Davis was treated at a hospital and released. The trumpeter, who was appearing at the Blue Coronet in Brooklyn, told police that he had been warned, four days prior to the assault, not to appear at the club, located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, unless he paid part of his salary to the unidentified man making the threats. Davis offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the identification and/or arrest of his assailants. He said he would never again play at the club." (Down Beat, November 13, 1969)

 

I'm not sure it's underrated but I think not that many know this fantastic album (afro-blues fusion) :

 

 

As for performers I will add Mari Boine IMO one of the most beautiful female voices on this planet.

[sphinxsix]

6 hours ago, lasker98 said:

"Most underrated performer" is a difficult topic imo.

I admit that coming up with the idea of this thread was easier than coming up with some names which are (subjectively) underrated. A challenge..

 

 

[sphinxsix]

1 hour ago, christopher3393 said:

Could Hurdy Gurdy be the most underrated instrument? Discuss.

 

 

 

 

Or maybe one of these :

 

 

I'll add 'discuss' cause I have an impression it's a very trendy word on CA now

 

 

 

[sphinxsix]

5 hours ago, lasker98 said:

I think Peter Doherty is a huge talent who unfortunately may have ended up more widely known for his drug and personal life troubles. 

 

Peter Doherty: "Grace/Wastelands" (full album)

 

 

Babyshambles: "Shotter's Nation" (full album)

 

 

Maybe Doherty's first band - The Libertines - is also worth mentioning here.

Whether they are underrated.. it's probably as usual quite subjective.

 

[sphinxsix]

19 hours ago, Elon said:

Pretty sure I first heard of her on this forum a few years back:

 

Never heard of her. She's really an interesting performer, thanks! (just ordered her 'That's My Desire' compilation)

[sphinxsix]

I'll add Shirley Horn.