MY ROOTS
MUSIC
Nature sounds
Classical Music
Christmas Music
playing records at the wrong speed
top 40 one hit wonders, and lots of 'em
Chuck Berry, Everly Bros., Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins
THE BEATLES
Firesign Theater (comedy)
Cream/Hendrix/Doors/Janis Joplin
Pink Floyd
Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna/
Jefferson Starship
Fleetwood Mac
Traffic
Chicago
Steely Dan
Moody Blues
Bach/Mozart/Stravinski/Grieg/Debussy/Ravel
John Coltrane Quartet
Byrds
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
The Pretenders
Bruce Springsteen
CSN(Y)
Pete Seeger
Led Zeppelin
Joni Mitchell
New Riders Of The Purple Sage
Miles Davis
Duke Ellington
Blues, Soul, Motown, Funk
Bonnie Raitt
Stockhausen, Varese, Cage
King Crimson
Yes
Procol Harum
Jethro Tull
Talking Heads
B-52s
Santana
King Sunny Ade
Patti Smith Group
African music, DRUMS
Zappa
Dylan
The Band
Rolling Stones
The Tubes
Bob Marley and the Wailers
Allman Bros
Planet Drum
The Mickey Hart Band
Little Feat
Neville Bros.
Dr. John
Ray Charles
Traveling Wilburys
BASSISTS
Jack Casady
Paul McCartney
Phil Lesh
Jaco Pastorius
Jack Bruce
Chris Squire
Robbie Shakespeare
Kasim Sultan
John Entwistle
Ron Carter
James Jamerson
WRITERS
A. A. Milne
Carlos Castaneda
Hunter S. Thompson
e.e.cummings
Jack Kerouac
Allen Ginsberg
Rod Serling
Lewis Carroll
Ray Bradbury
Dr. Seuss
Timothy Leary
Hermann Hesse
Alan Watts
Ken Kesey
Bob Dylan
John Cage
Joseph Cambell
SONGWRITERS
Lennon/McCartney
Bob Dylan
Hunter/Garcia
Paul Kantner
Todd Rundgren
Adrian Belew
Joni Mitchell
Neil Young
Grace Slick
Jim Morrison
Jack Bruce
Pete Townsend
Jimmy Buffet
Ian Anderson
Patti Smith
Jagger/Richards
DRUMMERS
Ringo Starr
Mitch Mitchell
John Bonham
Bill Bruford
Mickey Hart/Bill Kruetzmann
Planet Drum
Levon Helm
Keith Moon
Louis Bellson
Joe Morello
Steve Gadd
Sly Dunbar
Carmine Appice
Clyde Stubblefield
Buddy Rich
Butch Trucks/JJ Johansan
Alla Rhaka
Baba Olatunji
Zakir Hussain
Hamza El Din
Hal Blaine
Max Roach
John Densmore
Elvin Jones
Art Blakey
Billy Cobham
Ginger Baker
Gene Krupa
Charlie Watts
Jim Keltner
Jon Fishman
Michael Shrieve
GUITARISTS
Todd Rundgren
Robby Kreiger
Roger McGuinn
John Lennon
Kieth Richards
Jerry Garcia
Jorma Koukonan
Leo Kotke
Eric Clapton
Jimmy Page
Christopher Parkening
Jimi Hendrix
Duane Allman
Bonnie Raitt
BB King
Trey Anastasio
Neil Young
Robert Fripp
Stephen Stills
Jeff Beck
Carlos Santana
VOCALISTS
Paul McCartney
John Lennon
Jim Morrison
Robert Plant
Mick Jagger
Billie Holiday
Frank Sinatra
Nat King Cole
Little Richard
Tony bennett
Norah Jones
Diana Krall
Johnny Hartmann
Paul Rogers
Bonnie Raitt
Chrissie Hynde
Levon Helm
Susan Tedeschi
Janis Joplin
Paul Kantner
Grace Slick
Ian Anderson
Jerry Garcia
Bob Weir
Joni Mitchell
Al Green
Aretha Franklin
Todd Rundgren
Anne Wilson
KEYBOARDISTS
Rick Wakeman
Page McConnell
McCoy Tyner
Michael Finnegan
Brent Midland
Keith Godchaux
Oscar Peterson
Patrick Moraz
Jimmy Smith
Count Basie
Duke Ellington
Chick Corea
Dr. John
Jelly Roll Morton