Name a few albums which helped determine your musical tastes

Beatles, Beatles, Beatles, DC5, Stones and the British Invasion later Cream and Hendrix, Pink Floyd and the Allman Brothers.

@mapman 
+1 on "Machine Head," I wore mine out. My garage band played Smoke on the Water. So did every other band.

@trentmemphis 

Thanks for your note - yes, it’s not something you recover from, but something you survive.  

Re Bonnie Raitt, yeah, she first hit my radar with “Give it up”, in 1972; my sister had it, and I would “borrow” it from time to time.  

Re Lyle Lovett, have remained a huge fan - my wife and I try to see him every year at Wolf Trap (great outdoor venue near DC).  This year we also had tix to Lovett with John Hiatt at the Strathmore before Covid put the kebosh on it.  What a bummer. If you’ve never seen him live, you should do it.  Great band - he often would have both Leland Sklar and Russ Kunkel playing with his large band; great musicianship.

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Nightingales And Bombers 
Gregg Allman - Laid Back
The Replacements - All Shook Down 
Bread - The Best Of Bread
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Carole King - Tapestry 
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet
Steely Dan - Aja
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
Radiohead - OK Computer 
Dave Brubeck - Time Out
UFO - No Heavy Petting 
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak