[Geewiz]

1. Beatles
2. Radiohead
3. Brian Wilson (in any shape or form...especially, with Carl and the other brothers)
4. Joy Division
5. Smiths

Singer-Songwriters

1. Joni Mitchell
2. Micheal Peter Smith (from Chicago by way of NJ and Detroit)
3. Jimmy Webb
4. Carol King
5. Richard Fameree (my former band-mate and compadre)

Jazz:

1. Miles (the grail)
2. Trane
3. Anita O'Day
4. Billy Holliday
5. Louie (cause he invented it)

Classical:

1. Stravinsky
2. Debussey
3. Ravel
4. the b's
5. Messian