Anything and almost everything from the Allman Brothers Band to ZZ Top, bluegrass, classical and especially THE GRATEFUL DEAD.Check out the underappreciated band Lexington, a cross between Metallica, Rush and Black Sabbath.
My parents. They did everything for us and raised us right.As a boy, my hero was Willie Mays. He did it all on the baseball field.As an young adult, Jimmy Carter. Our last moral President.My musical hero is Jerry Garcia, a creative genius on guitar (and banjo and pedal steel).