I have been a rock and roll fan since I was a little tyke. But.....we had stacks of
78 RPM records down in the basement and my brother and I played all those puppies all thru the late 1950's. Gershwin, Sinatra, Harmonicats, etc.
The early 1960's brought The Beatles (and others) into my life and in the later part of that decade I was exploring physcodelic (sic?....oh, clube members..) and hard-hard rock. In fact, driving home tonight I crossed the snow's-all-gone NW Ohio farmland countryside blasting my MC5 album....."Kick Out The Jams, Mother...".
But......during my Senior year in High School (1965/1966) a teacher assigned us to watch "...this new young singer on TV and give a report." That singer was
Barbra Streisand and I loved her stuff. (Still love the 1960's stuff but I don't care much for her later music.)
I have a super classical collection, a wonderful Southern Rock & Roll collection, great albums by everybody from Frank Zappa, Wilco, Talking Heads, to Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Radiohead, Broadway musicals, etc.
Mainstream country is about the only genre I don't have much of.....alt.country is so much better.
I love music.
Bear