For those of us over 60..

I have to say The Mothers of Invention, and secondly Jefferson Airplane, especially their Baxter's LP.

Okay, I am over 60.  A band which sums up my listening pleasure would be the 1980's band The Alan Parsons Project.  Alan wrote some complicated music, very progressive and out of the mainstream of the common bands which often blended into other bands, not necessarily unique.  I am definitely not a hard rock person and prefer well written instrumentals and lyrics.

So much of todays rock is noise and too synthetic.  Listen to Willie Nelson's acoustic guitar on the Super Audio CD "Stardust".  Also Mark Knopler's remastered super audio "Brothers in Arms."  No room for any flubs on these albums.

Love Rod Stewart's classic standards songs.  Isn't the reference to all modern music Frank Sinatra.  Hard for any thoughtful singer to get through an interview without a word or two about "Ole Blue Eyes."

The Jefferson Airplane, Little Feat, R.E.M.

Joe Walsh, solo.
2nd choice.... Traffic.

55 next week,, gotta go with The Stones, capped at Some Girls.  Lucky enough to see them once. Tie for 2nd with The Grateful Dead (100+) and The Clash (1).  Wait, 3 way tie, Bob Marley & the Wailers (0), that way I get Peter Tosh (1) to boot..  I know the question was for one, but I'm just a punk kid of 55, I can bend the rules............(I just got home from The Jesus Lizard's possibly last show ever and they gave a class for the kids today on how to do it, whatta great time.)