Big surprise....I'll nominate Tommy Dunbar for that list.

Marty

James Lowe wrote:

>I would add Andy Partridge (XTC) and Ray Davies certainly ranks highly too.
>
>SOTT lives!
> 
>Jamie Lowe
>http://xtcstickers.jamielowe.net/<http://xtcstickers.jamielowe.net/>
> 
>"It is impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning." - Agnes Repplier (1858-1950) American Author, Social Critic
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Sam Smith<mailto:sam@lullabypit.com> 
>  To: Audities<mailto:audities@smoe.org> 
>  Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 7:06 PM
>  Subject: Re: world party
>
>
>  It's great to hear this. There's a very narrow list of artists who 
>  simply seem incapable of bad work. Even the stuff that's off by their 
>  standards is better than most everybody else's best work. There's a 
>  richness and insight to Karl's music that's incredibly rare - he's like 
>  an athlete in the zone, except he's /always/ in the zone.
>
>  I'm sure everybody here has their own list of people who fit that mold. 
>  For me, it's
>
>      * World Party
>      * eels
>      * Peter Gabriel
>      * Don Dixon
>      * Van Morrison (has an off-day occasionally, but not many folks have
>        been as good as long)
>      * Graham Parker (ditto)
>  
>