Best female rocker now or ever

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Well I saw Sheryl Crow in concert the other night and to me shes the best female rocker around today. She has a great band. She plays bass abd guitar and writes most of her own songs. Shes got a long list of great songs and she certainly seems like a real party girl. If shes good enough for Clapton shes fine with me. She ended the concert with Rock and Roll by Zeplin and I must say I was impressed by both her and the band.

Now as for the greatest of all time thats a hard one. Im stuck between Pat Benatar, Nancy Wilson and heart or Stevie Nix adn Fleetwood Mac with Joan Jett getting honorable mention. Ten of course theres Patti Smith and Pattie Smythe.

[Steppe Merc]

Janis Joplin, no question.

[doc_bean]

Janis Joplin for best of all time, PJ Harvey for best recent, imho

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Joplin is great but I consider her more of a blues singer than a rocker.

[Hurin_Rules]

I'm not sure if she's the best, but to me, the coolest is and always will be Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth.

[Steppe Merc]

Joplin is great but I consider her more of a blues singer than a rocker.

Well to me their isn't much of a line between blues and rock, but I can see your point.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Stevie Nix most likely.

[doc_bean]

The Stones considered themselves blues musicians back in the day, like Steppe said: there's a fine line between blues and rock.

[Orda Khan]

Please guys, it's Stevie NICKS not Nix

For her performance of 'Rhiannon' that I saw, she would get my vote, so much energy!!!

Janis Joplin....No I would definitely not call that 'the Blues', more Rock 'n' Roll than Blues and Steppe Merc, there is a great difference between Blues and Rock.

Gawain, do you mean Nancy Wilson? Surely you mean Anne? She was the real force, as opposed to Nancy who was basically a guitarist.

........Orda

[Beirut]

Janis Joplin

Tina Turner

Grace Slick

[Gawain of Orkeny]

The Stones considered themselves blues musicians back in the day, like Steppe said: there's a fine line between blues and rock.

No they were an R &B group not a blues group. Now Cream there was a blues group or better yet John Mayall or the original Fleetwood Mac. THe stones were more like Chuck Berry and Little Richard than BB King.

Gawain, do you mean Nancy Wilson? Surely you mean Anne? She was the real force, as opposed to Nancy who was basically a guitarist

Yes sorry I was always staring at Nancy

Janis Joplin....No I would definitely not call that 'the Blues', more Rock 'n' Roll than Blues

I beg to differ . She is considered one of the greatest blues singers ever

1. Bessie Smith
2. Etta James
3. Muddy Waters
4. Howlin' Wolf
5. Billie Holiday
6. B.B. King
7. Jimmy Rushing
8. Ma Rainey
9. Bobby "Blue" Bland
10. Big Mama Thornton
11. Robert Johnson
12. Elmore James
13. Ray Charles
14. Louis Jordan
15. Big Bill Broonzy
16. Sippie Wallace
17. Ruth Brown
18. Junior Wells
19. Charles Brown
20. KoKo Taylor
21. Memphis Minnie
22. Ida Cox
23. Big Joe Turner
24. Big Maybelle
25. Shemekia Copeland
26. Magic Sam
27. Otis Rush
28. Victoria Spivey
29. Skip James
30. Bonnie Raitt
31. Leadbelly
32. Wynonie Harris
33. Dinah Washington
34. Son House
35. Susan Tedeschi
36. Z.Z. Hill
37. Keb' Mo'
38. John Lee Hooker
39. Julia Lee
40. Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
41. Roy Brown
42. Jimmy Reed
43. Jimmy Witherspoon
44. Big Joe Williams
45. T-Bone Walker
46. Walter "Furry" Lewis
47. Johnny Adams
48. Roy Milton
49. Angela Strehli
50. Helen Humes
51. Nappy Brown
52. Alberta Hunter
53. Cecil Gant
54. Valerie Wellington
55. J B Lenoir
56. Nina Simone
57. Katie Webster
58. Johnny Shines
59. Junior Parker
60. Sara Martin
61. Robert Cray
62. Lester "Big Daddy" Kinsey
63. Joe Willams
64. Trixie Smith
65. Mamie Smith
66. Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
67. Lil Green
68. Marva Wright
69. Ethel Waters
70. Ella Johnson
71. Josh White
72. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
73. Esther Phillips
74. Lou Ann Barton
75. Sue Foley
76. Janis Joplin
77. Mississippi John Hurt
78. Irma Thomas
79. Rory Block
80. Ann Rabson (Saffire)
81. Marcia Ball
82. Georgia White
83. Eva Taylor
84. Buddy Guy
85. Stevie Ray Vaughan
86. Cassandra Wilson
87. Lucille Bogan
88. Sophie Tucker
89. Bessie Tucker
90. Doctor Clayton
91. Little Milton
92. "Stick" McGee
93. Lil' Johnson
94. Peetie Wheatstraw
95. Tracy Nelson
96. Joe Liggins
97. Leroy Carr
98. Lizzie Miles
99. Birtha "Chippie" Hill
100. Keith Relf (Yardbirds)

Check out number 76. There is a thing called crossover but all of her songs were blues classics.

[doc_bean]

No they were an R &B group not a blues group. Now Cream there was a blues group or better yet John Mayall or the original Fleetwood Mac. THe stones were more like Chuck Berry and Little Richard than BB King.

I don't disagree with you, but they thought they were blues musicians at the time.

[Togakure]

Date number 47. Man, she ROCKED.

Seriously, I think Janis was one-of-a-kind and a pillar in the modern music hall of fame. Personally I'm partial to the Wilson sisters, a.k.a. Heart. Always loved those gals.

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

I'll go for Janis or Grace Slick.