Here are my faves, by genre:
CLASSICAL (composers and performers): Segovia (MASTER OF THE GUITAR!), Shostakovich, J.S. Bach, Mozart, Purcell, Wagner (the music - NOT the man :( ), Lang Lang, Beethoven.
ROCK: Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, the Smashing Pumpkins, Powderfinger, AC/DC, Jet, Thirsty Merc (yeah, I'm Australian :o ), the Jimi Hendrix Experience, A Perfect Circle, Rage Against the Machine, ELP, Nickelback, Within Temptation, Green Day, Silverchair, Queen.
METAL: Iron Maiden, Queensryche, Megadeth, Nine Inch Nails, Metallica, Prong, Shadows Fall, In Flames, Mudvayne, System of a Down, Sonata Arctica, Hammerfall, Machine Head, A Perfect Murder.
POP: 3 Doors Down, Alicia Keys, Simon and Garfunkel, James Blunt, Franz Ferdinand, Paul Mac, Pete Murray.
BLUES: Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, the Yardbirds w/Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan.
JAZZ: Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Wes Montgomery, Groove Collective, James Morrison, Duke Ellington, Jamiroquai (yes, some of their earlier stuff is acid jazz).
Smatterings of other genres, including Folk, Reggae, Dance, Hip-hop and Flamenco.
"It's all folk music... I ain't never heard no horse sing!"
- Attributed variously to Leadbelly and Louis Armstrong
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- Attributed variously to Leadbelly and Louis Armstrong
If at first you don't succeed, you are obviously not Chuck Norris.
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