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I usually listen to oldies (50's and 60's)
BLUEGRASS
Anything with a BANJO in it.


I'm a man of high standards.

Ron

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OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

Somewhere in the middle of Arkansas......

In my younger years I listened to all from:
The Doors
Dire Straits
Eric Clapton
Led Zeppelin
Eagles
Allman Brothers Band
GNR
Metallica
and others

But now I only listen to contemporary Christian Music
Chris Tomlin,
Third Day,
Jars of Clay
Cuttless
and many more

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Peter M.
Cornerstone Guitars
http://www.cornerstoneukes.com

Rush.

Other than that some of the new Chili peppers, and Celtic music. Sting and the Police as well. I can listen to almost anything except Rap.
Craig L.

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www.handcraftinlay.com

If it's done well, I like it. I've played rock, big band, blues, country, gospel, bluegrass, jazz, folk, polkas, and clasical. Haven't tried a rap group yet.
I enjoy Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, Alice in Chains, Clapton, Stevie Ray, BB King, Willie Nelson, Josh Turner, Kaki King, Gorillaz, Duke Ellington, George Clinton, Chili Peppers, Grand Funk, Janis, Jimmy, The Beatles, Lyle Lovitt, Greenday, Whitesnake, Blackfoot, The Dead, Tower of Power, Sly and the Family Stone, Pointer Sisters, Brooks and Dunn, Benny Goodman, Doc Watson, Hank, Waylon, George Jones, IVY, Nick Cave, OK Go, Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears, Alice Cooper, Al Cooper, Chet Atkins, Arlo Guthrie, John Prine, Dolly Partin, Weather Report, The Stones, Dr. John, Los Lonely Boys, Kenny Chesney, Aretha Franklin, David Allen Coe, James Brown, Otis Reading, Gretchin Wilson, Buck Owens, Deep Purple, Led Zepplin, and the list goes on and on and on and on.....................

AlA Peebels38854.5875

My wife likes the country stuff so I've gotten familiar with all those that Don mentioned and I feel the same about Shania as well. Try this guy, Paul Thorn for some very good Blue eyed southern soul, Oh and of course the Sub Dudes are right at the top of my current list of favs. Then last summer I was introduced to The Betweeners by our very own Matt Gage. All cool stuff for makin guitars.

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Tickle your guitar daily, and it'll tickle you back.

I'm pretty eclectic...

Right now I'm playing Tom Petty's greatest hits (iTunes is my friend)..

I run the gammit from Fingerstyle to Hair Metal

My Faves though are as follows:

- Rush
- Kansas
- Pink Floyd
- Nickel Creek
- Alison Krause
- Toad The Wet Sprocket
- Eric Johnson
- Brian Setzer
- Alice In Chains

But I listen to a really wide array of artists, so in one play list I go from 10CC, Gerry Rafferty (remember baker street) to Aerosmith and Linkin Park.

-Paul-

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-Paul-

Patriot Guitars

Rush

Limbaugh, not the band from Canada, although they are good. Ted Nugent is OK, too.

[QUOTE=Sprockett] I'm pretty eclectic...

Right now I'm playing Tom Petty's greatest hits (iTunes is my friend)..

I run the gammit from Fingerstyle to Hair Metal

My Faves though are as follows:

- Rush
- Kansas
- Pink Floyd
- Nickel Creek
- Alison Krause
- Toad The Wet Sprocket
- Eric Johnson
- Brian Setzer
- Alice In Chains

But I listen to a really wide array of artists, so in one play list I go from 10CC, Gerry Rafferty (remember baker street) to Aerosmith and Linkin Park.

-Paul-[/QUOTE] I forgot but I love Nickel Creek Allison Krause too

Dream Theater
Rush
Ella Fitzgerald
Dave Mathews
King's X
Linkin Park
Stevie Ray Vaughan
And... John Williams Star Wars soundtrack. My 7yr. old son and I have to play that while battling with our light sabers

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Paul Bordeaux
http://www.bordeauxinlay.com

[QUOTE=1bordeaux]
King's X
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I used to love King's X, though my tastes have veered from the hard rock and metal. Gretchen Goes To Nebraska is excellent, for me that's a "milestone" in my music history.

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Jonathan Kendall, Siloam Springs AR

well pretty mcuh anything, but lately :

Stephen Bennett - any thing on harp guitar is killer
Alex Degrassi
Don Ross
Bruce Cockburn
Steve Morse / Dixie Dregs
Old Yes, Genesis, Kansas - prog rock
Satriani
Kings X
John Mayer
ACDC, Nugent, old Aerosmith, Zep, Cream, classic rock stuff
newer rock - guitar heavy - Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Foo Fighters, etc ..

And my fave tune that wont leave the brain these days because its on the hard rock stn I listen to somedays in the shop at least 5 times a day, dont even remember the band, but the tune is Crazy Bi^ch !!! It rips.

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Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

Almost anything that considerable true musical thoughtfulness went into the score and lyrics

[QUOTE=TonyKarol]
And my fave tune that wont leave the brain these days because its on the hard rock stn I listen to somedays in the shop at least 5 times a day, dont even remember the band, but the tune is Crazy Bi^ch !!! It rips.[/QUOTE]

Tony,
It's Buckcherry, I think.

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Paul Bordeaux
http://www.bordeauxinlay.com

I like all kinds of music as long as there is guitar in it. Some of the bands i,m into are below.
Black Sabbath
Led zeppelin
leo kottke
Metallica
Zakk Wyde
AC/DC
Brad Paisley

At home, I am surrounded by cassettes from the 70's thru the 90's.

Here at work, I usually listen some combination of cds by these "classical music" artists:

   Pink Floyd
   Randy Newman
   Martha Masters
   Joan Armatrading
   Leo Kottke
   John Williams
   Supertramp
   Robert Cray
   Todd Rundgren
or Eric Clapton/Cream/Blind Faith..et al.   
   

No hair for my hair brush....No hair for my hair brush....
No hair for my hair brush....No hair for my hair brush....
Billy T38854.7672685185

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

Classical guitar
Lute music
classical music of any type
Lounge music, (Deano, Sinatra, etc.)
Ramones
Elvis Costello

Jeff

Another Grateful Dead plug. Good on ya, Mr Tripp! Many influences and a few discovered through The Dead: Bluegrass, Western (NOT Country & Western), Folk:
The Carter Family
Bob Dylan
Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers

I have a 30GB Ipod thats full. In the gym I've been listening to:
Blind Melon (MAN, that was some talent)
White Stripes (Fun, immediately likeable for a short stint)
Led Zepplin (my 4 year-old likes them)

Oh my, where to start?

Serious Deadhead here. I don't find that this extends to much of the rest of the jam band scene, though. Maybe Widespread Panic. Phish up to a certain point.

From my earliest formative years: Beatles, Stones. Beatles have been in heavy car CD rotation lately. Traffic (their second album is my all time favorite)

Almost anything Neal Young ever did. All of early Zappa.
Allman's. Little Feat.

Any jazz; favorites are Miles and Coltrane, and Monk's genious for the unplayed note. More modern - Dave Holland's Conference of the Birds probably one of my favorite albums of all time. Art Ensemble of Chicago. Sun Ra. More modern - Steve Coleman I really like. I dislike Wynton Marsalis on principal, due to his traditionalist stand and the influence that that has on access to performance space for more modernist musicians in NY. Too bad he's so good.

Favorite band of 80's: The Replacements
Favorite band of 90's: Uncle Tupelo -> Son Volt (I sidestepped Wilco somehow)
The present: Gillian Welch - who's voice just melts my soul.
From the 60's on: Richard Thompson - whose guitar playing (both electric and acoustic) could satisfy me in its completeness if I never heard another person. And I think he's one of the better singers around, too.

Medieval - Baroque - Classical (orchestral and small ensemble, particularly the string quartet) - skip Romantic, I don't get it. 20th Century, 12 tone, minimalist, bring it on. Faves: Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Bartok, Hindemith, Steve Reich, John Adams.

Guitar playin'? Fahey, but Renbourn too, and Bensusan
Lot's of people I like. Incredible String Band. Norman Blake in his showoff days. Gordon Bok was always a favorite - especially the story songs.

Africa - Mali, Madagascar
Mexico - really big Son Jarocho fan.
Asia - Indian classical. Ali Ahkbar Khan's sarod. Balinese gamelan. Tan Dun one of my favorite present-day orchestral composers.

and on and on. I always want to know what Jimi, Duane and Lowell George would be playing these days.

Clearly, this is too big a question!

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Jim Kirby
kirby@udel.edu

Alison Krauss, Nickel Creek are two that I like that others mention
When my son is in the car we are always listening to 50 Fun Songs for Kids,
like Farmer in the Dell, Old Mac, Bingo, etc.

I met Chris White from the Chris White Band last week and am enjoying his
CD. He plays a very nice BRW Taylor guitar.

Devendra Banhart has some funky worded songs that are kind of folksy.

Dave Beegle is probably my favorite and a young guy from Boulder, Trace
Bundy, seems to be following in his footsteps and forging his own path. I
don't know about Chris but the others are on iTunes.
-Shawn M in Colorado

[QUOTE=Hesh1956] You know John Mayes does a Rap song on his new
DVD Advanced Voicing. I have not found it yet but I'm told it's here.....[/
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Muwahahhaha...It's a tricky little bugger to find....

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John Mayes
http://www.mayesluthier.com

Blues and more blues-Chicago style,Delta and in between. Have everything EC has done from Mayall to today.Listen to Clapton on Tribute to SRV-"Ain't gon give up on Love"-might be the finest electric blues cut ever done by anyone. OK, I'm a worshipper. If not blues, then "The Band" is my other addiction. CSN-&Y,Neil Young & Crazy Horse,Grateful Dead,Allmans. I listen to modern country while in my car or truck-or Skaggs,Kraus, Chapin-Carpenter, Marty Stuart,Vince Gill et al. Oh, and the white guys that got me hooked on blues too, Dave "Snaker Ray, John Koerner, Tony Glover.Neck must be red-no classical,jazz or other stuff with high culture class. MT

Well the CD in my car is now Manuel Barreco (Mozart & Sor), but the one I pulled out to put that one in was Black Label Society...

Anybody else out there love Leon Redbone?

Also didn't mention I'm a diehard CCR (with Fogerty) fan.


Ron

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OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

Somewhere in the middle of Arkansas......

[QUOTE=Miketobey] "The Band" is my other addiction. CSN-&Y,Neil Young & Crazy Horse,Grateful Dead,Allmans. I listen to modern country while in my car or truck-or Skaggs,Kraus, Chapin-Carpenter, Marty Stuart,Vince Gill et al. [/QUOTE]

Mike, one of my uncles used to be a stage manager for The Band, his name is Bill Avis and he lives in Peterborough Ontario! He told me great stuff about being on the road with those guys!