Hmm, how deep should one go? Many on my list have been included in those of others, one reason I continue to read the Audiogon Forum.
When it’s time for Classical, I usually reach for something from the Baroque era. J.S. Bach of course, but others as well.
For songs it’s the music made by:
- AC/DC
- The Band
- The Beach Boys
- The Beatles (Rubber Soul especially)
- Chuck Berry
- Jackson Browne
- The (Johnny Burnette) Rock ’n’ Roll Trio
- The Byrds
- Carlene Carter
- Johnny Cash
- Guy Clark
- Ry Cooder
- Rodney Crowell
- Iris DeMent
- The Dillards
- Jerry Douglas
- Bob Dylan
- Steve Earle
- Dave Edmunds
- The Everly Brothers
- The Fabulous Thunderbirds
- The Flamin’ Groovies
- Fleetwood Mac (up to and including their Kiln House album)
- Mary Gauthier
- Merle Haggard
- Emmylou Harris
- John Hiatt
- Jellyfish
- George Jones
- Albert King (my favorite King)
- The Kinks
- Alison Krauss
- Jim Lauderdale
- Albert Lee
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Gordon Lightfoot
- Little Richard
- Little Walter
- Patty Loveless
- Nick Lowe
- The Lyres
- The Del McCoury Band
- Moby Grape
- Van Morrison
- Randy Newman
- NRBQ
- Roy Orbison
- Van Dyke Parks
- Carl Perkins
- Elvis Presley
- Procol Harum
- The Ramones
- Paul Revere & The Raiders
- Tony Rice
- Rockpile
- Ricky Skaggs
- Squeeze
- Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
- The Swampers (the Muscle Shoals studio band)
- Richard Thompson
- Big Joe Turner
- The Dwight Twilley Band (and Dwight solo)
- Townes Van Zandt
- The Ventures
- Hank Williams
- Lucinda Williams
- Tammy Wynette
