writing, playing piano & harmonica, photography, comedy, double chocolate cookies, hammond organ, mellotron, beat poetry, video games, psychology, Space...n stuff
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(bold = all-time favourite)
BLUES:
Charley Patton
Son House
Robert Johnson
Big Bill Broonzy
Mississippi John Hurt
Furry Lewis
Fred McDowell
Lightnin' Hopkins
Scrapper Blackwell & Leroy Carr
Bessie Smith
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Willie McTell
Skip James
Bukka White
Buddy Moss
Johnny Shines
Memphis Minnie
Big Joe Turner
Elmore James
Homesick James
T-Bone Walker
Howlin' Wolf
Muddy Waters
B.B. King
Lil' Son Jackson
Albert King
Otis Rush
J.B. Lenoir
Magic Sam
Taj Mahal
Otis Spann
Memphis Slim
Sunnyland Slim
Pinetop Perkins
Charles Brown
Amos Milburn
Champion Jack Dupree
Booker T. Laury
Eddie Boyd
Buddy Guy
Jimmy Reed
Willie Headen
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Lonnie Johnson
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Cephas & Wiggins
Jo Ann Kelly
Little Whitt & Big Bo
Little Walter
Sonny Boy Williamson II
Slim Harpo
Doctor Ross
Big Walter Horton
Snooky Pryor
Billy Boy Arnold
Lazy Lester
Charlie Musselwhite ('60s)
Carey Bell
Harmonica Shah
James Harman
Louisiana Red
John Mayall [& the Bluesbreakers]
Robert Pete Williams
Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson
Saffire
Bryan Lee
Fruteland Jackson
Guy Davis
John Hammond Jr.
Duster Bennett
Johnnie Bassett
Watermelon Slim [& the Workers]
Rod Piazza
Doug MacLeod
Chicago Red
Barry Big B Brenner
'50s, '60s & '70s Rock/Rock&Roll/Doo-Wop/Blues-Rock/R&B/Garage/Pop/Psy chedelia/Folk/Reggae
? & the Mysterians
AC/DC
Allman Brothers Band (apart from the over-indulgent rubbish)
The Animals ('63-'66)
The Artwoods
The Association
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Syd Barrett
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Bee Gees ('60s)
Chuck Berry
Blue Cheer ('69-'71)
Blues Magoos
The Blues Project
The Box Tops
Arthur Brown
Tim Buckley (apart from Starsailor - worst album I've ever heard)
Buffalo Springfield
Vashti Bunyan
The Byrds ('65-'68)
J.J. Cale
Canned Heat
Caravan
Johnny Cash
CCR
Chad & Jeremy
Eddie Cochran
Country Joe & the Fish
Cream
The Creation
Crosby, Stills, Nash [& Young]
Cyril Davies
Deep Purple
Desmond Dekker
Donovan
The Doors
Nick Drake
Bob Dylan
Elvis (Sun Records/'50s)
The Faces
Georgie Fame [& the Blue Flames]
Family
The Five Americans
Flamin' Groovies
Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green era)
Connie Francis
The Guess Who
Woody Guthrie
Buddy Holly
Humble Pie
Illusion
The Incredible String Band
Iron Butterfly
Jethro Tull
Jimi Hendrix [Experience]
Janis Joplin
Kaleidoscope (UK & US)
The Kinks
Alexis Korner
Love
The Lovin' Spoonful
Led Zeppelin
Brenda Lee
Jerry Lee Lewis (Sun Records)
Manfred Mann
Bob Marley [& the Wailers]
John Martyn
The Millennium
Moby Grape
The Monkees
The Moody Blues
Ricky Nelson
Randy Newman ('12 Songs' era)
Ohio Express
Roy Orbison
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Pearls Before Swine
Pink Floyd
The Pretty Things
Rainbow
The Rivieras
The Rolling Stones (mid-'60s)
Shadows of Knight
Del Shannon
Shocking Blue
Simon & Garfunkel
Sly & the Family Stone
The Small Faces (Immediate era especially)
Status Quo ('60s, preferably)
Spirit
The Standells
Steppenwolf
Steve Miller Band (first two LPs)
Cat Stevens
Strawberry Alarm Clock
SRC
Taste/Rory Gallagher
Them
Toots & the Maytals
Traffic
The Troggs
The Turtles
UFO
The Velvet Underground
Vanilla Fudge
Joe Walsh
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
The Who
Wishbone Ash
The Yardbirds
Yellow Balloon
The Zombies
Zoot Money's Big Roll Band
etc..
SOUL/RHYTHM & BLUES:
PP Arnold
James Booker
Booker T. & the MGs
James Brown
Solomon Burke
Ray Charles
The Coasters
Fats Domino
Lee Dorsey
The Drifters
Eddie Floyd
Aretha Franklin
Marvin Gaye
Billy Preston (Vee-Jay Records)
Professor Longhair
Otis Redding
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Diana Ross & the Supremes
Nina Simone
The Staple Singers
Howard Tate
Johnnie Taylor ('66-'68)
The Temptations
Irma Thomas
Allen Toussaint
Buddy Miles
Jackie Wilson
etc..
JAZZ:
Mose Allison
Herbie Hancock
Billie Holiday
Louis Jordan
Diana Krall
Julie London
Herbie Mann
Madeleine Peyroux
Jimmy Smith
Fats Waller
OTHER:
Air
Nic Armstrong
The Black Keys
The Divine Comedy
Holly Golightly
Jolie Holland
Jack o' Fire
Kings of Convenience
Lemon Jelly
The Lyres
Sam Roberts
Richard Hawley
Soledad Brothers
Steely Dan
The Strokes
Tenacious D
The White Stripes
Zero 7.
Honourable mention:
The Eagles, for producing
one of the greatest rock songs
of all time - 'Hotel California'.
anything by the Marx Brothers
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Aladdin (Disney)
Almost Famous
Anchorman
Annie Hall
Bedazzled (the original, with Peter Cook & Dudley Moore)
The Big Lebowski
The Blues Brothers
Donnie Darko
Forrest Gump
Gladiator
Groundhog Day
A Hard Day's Night
Help!
Hook
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Jailhouse Rock
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
The Lion King
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Mary Poppins
Monty Python's Life of Brian & Holy Grail
Mrs Doubtfire
Prisoner of Second Avenue
The Rutles
Some Like It Hot
This is Spinal Tap
The Three Musketeers (1975)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Withnail & I
The Simpsons
The Office
House
Futurama
Family Guy
Fawlty Towers
The Monkees
Two Ronnies
World Stands Up
Jongleurs Unleashed
Edinburgh & Beyond
the old stuff they play on ParamountComedy, e.g., 'Not the 9 o' Clock News' and 'A Bit of Fry & Laurie', etc
Currently reading:
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "Trilogy"
Jack Kerouac - On the Road
Bob Dylan's Chronicles
Danny Wallace - Yes Man