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Favorite Bands

A work in progress, and, of course, this changes depending on the day, but my totally subjective favorite bands/musicians more-or-less in order:


Suzanne Vega

Nanci Griffith

Prince

Bob Dylan 

Emmylou Harris

Lucinda Williams

Billie Holiday

Cowboy Junkies

Kacey Musgraves

(Dixie) Chicks 

First Aid Kit

The Ramones

Wu Tang Clan

The Beatles 

Concrete Blonde 

Tift Merritt

B52s  

EPMD

Neil Young

Sade

Beastie Boys

Led Zeppelin 

Public Enemy

Pistol Annies/Miranda Lambert 

Iron Maiden

Velvet Underground

Pink 

Judas Priest

Dwight Yoakam 

Tribe Called Quest 

Ozzy/Black Sabbath

Loretta Lynn 

Run DMC  

Roxy Music

Indigo Girls

Depeche Mode

Bob Marley

Tom Waits 

Sonic Youth

Marvin Gaye

Talking Heads

Frank Zappa 

Grateful Dead 

The Cure

King Diamond 

Slayer

The Cars

The Roots

Kanye West 

Lily Allen 

Jason Isbell

Van Morrison

White Stripes 

Patti Griffin 

Iris Dement 

Black Star/Mos Def 

Pink Floyd

Rolling Stones 

The Smiths

Amanda Shires

The Who

REM

Dolly Parton

U2 


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