Name a few albums which helped determine your musical tastes

@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

Oh yeah... and of course,
John Hiatt - Bring The Family 

in Grade school - I had a brother 4 years older
The Beatles (aka white album)
Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation (Lather :) )
Mothers of Invention (Anyway the Wind Blows)

in JR High - Frank Zappa

in High School (very high)
Roxy Music
David Bowie
Pink Floyd
Fog Hat
Alice Cooper

in U S Army
Pink Floyd
Kraftwerk
Boston
Queen
Bowie

then suddenly BAM right at the end of my service!
DEVO
Talking Heads
Elvis Costello
Police
Sex Pistols

now Returned to America
all of the above plus
Joy Division
Throbbing Gristle
Caberet Voltaire

Current new bands
Kaelan Mikla
I Ya Toyah
Actors