Monday, November 8, 2021

100 Greatest Race Car Drivers of All-Time - by Moses

The Greatest Race Car Drivers of All-Time (including Nascar, Indy 500, Cart, Formula One, World Rally Championship, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans) - by Moses

1.   Mario Andretti - Indy 500, Cart, and Formula One

2.   Michael Schumacher - Formula One

3.   Richard Petty - Nascar  

4.   A.J. Foyt - Indy 500, Cart, and Nascar

5.   Lewis Hamilton - Formula One

6.   Al Unser Sr. - Indy 500 and Cart

7.   Tom Kristensen - Formula One and 24 Hours of Le Mans

8.   Helio Castroneves - Indy 500 and Cart

9.   Dale Earnhardt Sr. - Nascar

10. Ayrton Senna - Formula One

11. Jimmy Johnson - Nascar 

12. Alain Prost - Formula One 

13. Nigel Mansell - Indy 500 and Formula One

14. Jacky Ickx - Formula One and 24 Hours of Le Mans

15. Jackie Stewart - Formula One and 24 Hours of Le Mans

16. Rick Mears - Indy 500 and Cart

17. Kyle Busch - Nascar

18. Emerson Fittipaldi – Indy 500, Cart, and Formula One  

19. Juan Manuel Fangio - Formula One 

20. Sebastian Vettel - Formula One

21. Johnny Rutherford - Indy 500 and Cart

22. Lee Petty - Nascar  

23. Jeff Gordon - Nascar

24. Dario Franchitti - Indy 500 and Cart

25. Derek Bell - 24 Hours of Le Mans

26. Louis Meyer - Indy 500 

27. Frank Biela - 24 Hours of Le Mans

28. Wilbur Shaw - Indy 500

29. Emanuele Pirro - 24 Hours of Le Mans

30. Hurley Haywood - 24 Hours of Le Mans

31. Nelson Piquet - Formula One 

32. Mika Hakkinen - Formula One 

33. Darrell Waltrip - Nascar

34. Alexander Wurz - 24 Hours of Le Mans

35. Bobby Allison - Nascar

36. Kevin Harvick - Nascar and Cart 

37. Alberto Ascari - Formula One

38. Bobby Unser - Indy 500 and Cart

39. Kimi Raikkonen - Formula One  

40. Cale Yarborough - Nascar  

41. Dale Jarrett - Nascar

42. Al Unser Jr. - Indy 500 and Cart

43. Mauri Rose - Indy 500

44. Fernando Alonso - Formula One

45. Takuma Sato - Indy 500 and Cart

46. Juan Pablo Montoya - Indy 500, Cart, and Formula One

47. Rodger Ward - Indy 500 

48. Niki Lauda - Formula One

49. Dan Wheldon - Indy 500 and Cart

50. Tom Sneva - Indy 500 and Cart 

51. Tony Stewart - Nascar

52. Arie Luyendyk - Indy 500 and Cart

53. Nico Rosberg - Formula One 

54. Bobby Rahal - Indy 500 and Cart

55. Graham Hill - Indy 500, Cart, Formula One, and 24 Hours of Le Mans 

56. Damon Hill - Formula One

57. David Pearson - Nascar

58. Jim Clark - Formula One

59. Gordon Johncock - Indy 500 and Cart

60. Jacques Villeneuve - Indy 500, Cart, and Formula One  

61. Tim Flock - Nascar

62. Scott Dixon - Indy 500 and Cart 

63. Greg Moore - Indy 500 and Cart 

64. Buck Baker - Nascar

65. Tony Wallace - Indy 500 and Cart

66. Ned Jarrett - Nascar

67. Bill Vukovich - Indy 500

68. Davey Allison - Nascar 

69. Sebastien Loeb - World Rally Championship 

70. Denny Hamlin - Nascar 

71. Michael Andretti - Indy 500 and Cart

72. Carl Edwards - Nascar

73. Kurt Busch - Nascar 

74. Will Power - Indy 500 and Cart 

75. Sebastien Bourdais - Indy 500 and Cart 

76. Rusty Wallace - Nascar 

77. Alan Kulwicki - Nascar

78. Keke Rosberg - Formula One

79. Bill Elliott - Nascar

80. Carlos Sainz - World Rally Championship

81. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - Nascar 

82. Alexander Rossi – Indy 500 and Formula One

83. Brad Keselowski - Nascar

84. Joey Logano - Nascar

85. Riccardo Patrese - Formula One

86. Jenson Button - Formula One 

87. Rubens Barricello - Formula One 

88. Danny Sullivan - Indy 500 and Cart

89. Bobby Isaac - Nascar

90. Felipe Massa - Formula One 

91. Ryan Newman - Nascar 

92. Tony Kanaan – Indy 500 and Cart

93. Bob Welborn – Nascar

94. Buddy Lazier – Indy 500 and Cart

95. Eddie Cheever – Indy 500 and Cart

96. Kenny Brack – Indy 500 and Cart

97. Ryan Blaney - Nascar

98. Erik Jones - Nascar

99. Gilles Villeneuve - Formula One

00. Paul Tracy – Indy 500 and Cart

Sunday, November 7, 2021

The 75 Greatest Drummers of All-Time - by Moses (a.k.a Stacey Marc Goldman)

1.   Neil Peart - RUSH

2.   Buddy Rich 

3.   John Bonhom - Led Zeppelin 

4.   David Weckl 

5.   Keith Moon - The Who

6.   Mitch Mitchell - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

7.   Stewart Copeland - The Police

8.   Alex Van Halen - Van Halen

9.   Ginger Baker - Cream and Blind Faith

10. Tommy Lee - Motley Crue

11. Chad Smith - The Red Hot Chile Peppers

12. Charlie Watts - The Rolling Stones

13. Lars Ulrich - Metallica

14. Bev Bevan - E.L.O

15. Rick Allen - Def Leopard

16. Chester Thompson - Phil Collins 

17. Phil Collins - Genesis and the Phil Collins Band

18. Michael Shrieve - Santana

19. David Grohl - Nirvana and The Foo Fighters

20. Gil Moore - Triumph

21. Dave Lombardo - Slayer

22. Matt Cameron - Pearl Jam

23. Sunray Grennan - The Satellites

24. Ian Paice - Deep Purple

25. Benny Benjamin - Motown

26. Steven Adler - Guns and Roses

27. Don Henley - The Eagles and solo work

28. Raffa Dean - Big Sugar and The Resonators (now Dub Brethren)

29. Anton Fig - Joe Bonamassa

30. Frank Beard - ZZ Top

31. Jaime Oldaker - Eric Clapton, Bob Seger, and Peter Frampton among others

32. Terry Bozzio - Frank Zappa and 'The Mothers of Invention'

33. Tommy Aldridge - Black Oak Arkansas, Pat Travers Band, Ozzy Osbourne, Gary Moore, Whitesnake, Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy, Vinnie Moore and Yngwie Malmsteen

34. Mike Portnoy - Dream Theatre

35. Taylor Hawkins - The Foo Fighters

36. Bob Burns - Lynyrd Skynyrd 

37. Phil Rudd - AC/DC

38. Carter Beauford - The Dave Matthews Band

40. Roger Taylor - Queen

41. Lucas Fox - Motorhead 

42. David Lovering - The Pixies

43. Bill Ward - Black Sabbath

44. Scott Sundquist - Soundgarden

45. Mick Fleetwood - Fleetwood Mac 

46. Larry Mullen Jr. - U2

47. Collin Edwards - House of David Gang

48. Levon Helm - The Band

49. Louie Bellson - American Jazz

50. Danny Carey - Tool

51. Les Binks - Judas Priest

52. Elvin Jones - American Jazz

53. John Densmore - The Doors

54. Greg Errico - Sly and the Family Stone

55. Phil Trudell - Max Webster

56. D.J. Fontana - Elvis Presley

57. Earl Palmer - Played on thousands of recordings, including nearly all of Little Richard's hits, all of Fats Domino's hits, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by The Righteous Brothers.

58. Bill Bruford - Yes 

59. Steve Ferrone - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Eric Clapton

60. John Moore - The Jesus and Mary Chain

61. Jeff Porcaro - Toto

62. Joey Kramer - Aerosmith

63. Max Roach - American Jazz

64. Steve Gadd - Studio Drummer

65. Alan White - Yes

66. Topper Headon - The Clash

67. Eric Carr - KISS

68. Carl Palmer - E.L.O and Asia 

69. Sheila E. - Prince

70. Kenny Aronoff - John Cougar Mellancamp

71. Moe Tucker - The Velvet Underground

72. Max Weinberg - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

73. Ringo Starr - The Beatles

74. Chris Steffler - Platinum Blonde

75. Sean Kinney - Alice in Chains

75. Tony Robollo - Bedoin Soundclash

75. Paul DeLong - Kim Mitchell 

75. Steve Smith - Journey

The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All-Time - by Moses

1.    Jimi Hendrix - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

2.    Eddie Van Halen - Van Halen

3.    Steve Vai - Frank Zappa and 'The Mothers of Invention', and extensive solo material

4.    Joe Satriani 

5.    David Gilmour - Pink Floyd

6.    Eric Clapton - The Yardbirds, Cream, Derek and the Dominos, Blind Faith, and solo work 

7.    Geddy Lee - RUSH

8.    Yngwie Malmsteen 

9.    Joe Bonamassa

10.  John Lee Hooker 

11.  B.B. King

12.  Stevie Ray Vaughan - Double Trouble

13.  John Petrucci

14.  Jimmy Page - The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin

15.  Angus Young - AC/DC

16.  Alex Lifeson - RUSH

17.  Santana

18.  Billy Gibbons - ZZ Top

19.  Frank Zappa - Frank Zappa and 'The Mothers of Invention'

20.  Jeff Beck - The Yardbirds and extensive solo work

21.  Prince

22.  Randy Rhoads - Ozzy Osbourne

23.  Robert Johnson 

24.  Muddy Waters

25.  Chuck Berry

26.  Richie Sambora - Bon Jovi and extensive solo material w/ Orianthi

27.  Orianthi - Michael Jackson and extensive solo material w/ Richie Sambora

28.  Les Paul

29.  Rik Emmett - Triumph and solo work

30.  Thor ('The Iceman') - Tonar

31.  Eric Johnson

32.  Joe Perry - Aerosmith

33.  Tony Iommi - Black Sabbath

34.  Kirk Hammett - Metallica

35.  Johnny Winter

36.  Slash - Guns and Roses

37.  James Hetfield - Metallica

38.  Pete Townshend - The Who

39.  John McLaughlin 

40.  Robert Cray

41.  Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits

42.  Brian May - Queen

43.  Ritchie Blackmore - Deep Purple

44.  Buddy Guy 

45.  Jimmie Vaughan - Double Trouble and The Fabulous Thunderbirds

46.  Lighnin' Hopkins

47.  Keith Richards - The Rolling Stones

48.  John Lennon - The Beatles

49.  Robbie Robertson - The Band and extensive solo material

50.  Duane Allman - The Allman Brothers

51.  Joe Walsh - The Eagles

52.  Jeff Healey - The Jeff Healey Band

53.  George Harrison - The Beatles

54.  Billy Sheehan - Mr. Big and extensive solo work

55.  Kim Mitchell - Max Webster and Kim Mitchell 

56.  Gary Moore

57.  Paris Romani

58.  Jack Thammarat

59.  Adrian Smith - Iron Maiden

60.  Brian Robertson - Motorhead and Thin Lizzy

61.  Cesar Rosas - Los Lobos

62.  Ron Wood - The Rolling Stones

63.  John Mayer

64.  Stefan Lessard - The Dave Matthews Band

65.  David Wilcox

66.  Vernon Reid - Living Color

67.  Kim Thayil - Soundgarden

68.  Mike Campbell - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

69.  John Paul Jones - Led Zeppelin

70.  Andy Curran - Coney Hatch and solo work

71.  Vic Johnson - The Circle

72.  Matthias Jabs - Scorpions

73.  Neil Young - Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young and extensive solo material

74.  Mike Machado

75.  Danny Kaminsky

76.  Jay Jacobs

77.  Dave Dunlop - Rik Emmitt 

78.  Tom Morello - Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave

79.  Malcolm Young - AC/DC

80.  Elvis Costello - Elvis Costello and the Attractions

81.  Albert Collins

82.  Gerry Finn (Dwarf) - The Killer Dwarfs

83.  Isaac

84.  Andy Summers - The Police

85.  Edge - U2  

86.  Ace Frehley - KISS

87.  David Grohl - The Foo Fighters

88.  Lorne Gula  

89.  Deo Da Sousa

90.  Leadbelly

91.  Roosevelt Sykes

92.  'Mississippi' John Hurt

93.  Carl Martin

94.  J.J Sudds

95.  Graham - Dub Brethren (formerly The Resonators) 

96.  Mick Mars - Motley Crue

97.  Myles Goodwyn - April Wine 

98.  Paul McCartney - The Beatles

99.  Billy Bragg 

100.Jerry Cantrell - Alice in Chains

101.John Entwistle - The Who

102.Stuart Hamm - Joe Satriani and John Petrucci

103.Phil X - Triumph

104.Rick Nielson - Cheap Trick

105.Nash the Slash - FM

106.Sting - The Police and extensive solo work

107.Mike Johnson

108.Tom Petty - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

109.Steve Miller - The Steve Miller Band

110.John Fogerty - Credence Clearwater Revival and solo works

111.John Mayer

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

The Reality of 2021 and the breakdown of the Toronto Maple Leafs - by Moses

       The reality is that we're in the year 2021 and yet currently we see one African-American Ownership Position in Professional sports - Michael Jordan.  The social disturbance, the actual audacity of calling on the Affirmative Action to take place is what is killing our continent today.  Knowing without a shadow of a doubt that it should be in place yet isn't, kills the imagination of people of color and anyone with a sense of what is right including dignity and integrity.  This issue really does need to be addressed in the reparations of African-Americans and people of color to get the sense they're being compensated for the hatred of their people.  Hatred, plain and simple hatred and don't get me wrong it does exist and is constantly being perpetuated.

  We like to preach equality within sport yet Hockey comes into question when speaking for Canadian values.  When someone in the Muslim or Sikh community try out for the Hockey Team they are cut, even though they are probably the best on the team.  All because their Dad wears a head-dress.  This is a systematic practice within Toronto, and there have been lawsuits as a result of some racist coaching practices as a result.  Then, when our kids are trying to score goals for their mighty Maple Leafs, people are so blinded by hatred that they automatically deny the kid the enjoyment of their procreation of goals and good things like that and daggers get thrown in their faces all because they are 'Black', 'Muslim' or 'Sikh', or 'Jewish', or 'Portuguese'.  Where does it end?