For the first time ever, I've made a complete list of my CD's. It's too difficult to decide what to grab when I'm just looking at shelf after shelf of 1/4" spines and 3 point text.

For the past 3 weeks, I've been having all day single artist festivals while at work. It's easier than picking out a dozen separate things to listen to.

So, here, for all to pith, is my current musical DNA by artist only. Had I not abandoned my vinyl in Cochise County in 1993, the list would include at least 100 more artists and another 900 titles. No Traffic, Blue Cheer; MC5; Talking Heads; Dave Mason, Stones, Spooky Tooth, Bloodwyn Pig; The Fabulous Poodles, Sparks, Ultimate Spinach (WTF?) and a host of others I guess I never missed enough to replace on CD.

If I own(ed) the complete artist's catalog, it is noted by an asterisk.

Abba, AC/DC (*Bon Scott only); Bryan Adams; Alice in Chains*; Animal Collective; Arcade Fire; B-52's; Badfinger; Beach Boys; Beatles*; Walter Becker; Jeff Beck; Bee Gees, Cptn. Beefheart; Big Brother; Bjork; Boston*; Boyz II Men; Buffalo Springfield*; The Byrds; The Cars; Cheap Trick*; Chicken Foot; Collective Soul*; Phil Collins; Elvis Costello (about 14); Crash Test Dummies*; Cream*; Creedence; CSN (&Y)*; Crowded House*: Dashboard Confessional*; Deep Purple: Derek & the Dominos; Devo; Dredg; Eagles*; Dave Edmunds; ELO; Eurythmics; Extreme*; Faith No More; Fleet Foxes; Fleetwood Mac*; Foreigner; Frampton; Peter Gabriel; Garbage*; Genesis*; Grassroots; GreenDay; Guess Who; Guster*; Hendrix; Iron & Wine; Janet; Michael; Tommy James; Jet; Jethro Tull*; Billy Joel; Elton John; Howard Jones; Kansas; Keane*; Kings of Leon; King's X*: Wayne Kramer; LCD Soundsystem; Lady Gaga; kd Lang; Led Zeppelin*; Annie Lenox; Lovin' Spoonful; Nick Lowe; Mamas & Papas*; Maps & Atlases; Maroon 5*; Brian May: George Michael; Middle Brother; Steve Miller; Joni Baloney; Moby Grape; Muse*; My Chemical Romance*; Nazz*; Nilsson; NIN; OKGo*; Oasis; Ozzy; Robert Palmer; Michael Penn*; Tom Petty; Phoenix; Pink Floyd*; Pointer Sisters; Poco*; Procupine Tree*; Posies*; Prince; Procol Harum; Queen*; Radiohead*; Bonnie Raitt; Rascals; Raspberries; REM; Rembrandts*; Paul Revere; Rhinobucket; Rockpile; Linda Ronstadt; Roxy Music; Todd Rundgren; Shins; Paul Simon (Garfunkel, too); Steely Dan*; Sweet; Matthew Sweet*; Styx; Sufjan Stevens; Stone Temple Pilots*; Super 8; T-Rex; James Taylor; Teenage Fanclub; 10cc*; Them Crooked Vultures; Tinariwen; Pete Townsend; Toy Matinee; Traveling Wilburys*; Truth & Salvage: The Tubes*; The Turtles; Urge Overkill; Van Halen; Velvet Revolver; The Who*; Widespread Panic*; Wilco; Brian Wilson; Amy Winehouse; Wings; Steve Winwood; Stevie Wonder; XTC*; Yes*; Robin Zander.

Anyone else care to share their "potrait?"


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