Who are some of your favorite all-time musicians?

@TheHorse (232929)

Walnut Creek, California

October 25, 2025 11:27am CST

I have to head to Guitar Center, so I'll be brief. At Guitar Center, several of the guitar instructors love Metallica. I am not a Metallica fan, but I can teach their riffs on guitar or bass. It's kind of fun being a "senior citizen" pretending to be an adolescent head banger. Here are some of my favorite musicians. Who are some of yours? Miles Davis/Bill Evans Tom Petty John Prine Jesse Winchester The Allman Brothers Band The Grateful Dead J.S. Bach Keith Jarrett Gordon Lightfoot Townes Van Zandt Richard Thompson Koko Taylor Dang! The list keeps growing!

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@DaddyEvil (163465)

• United States

25 Oct

I hope you enjoy your time at work today, pony.

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@DaddyEvil (163465)

• United States

25 Oct

@TheHorse That would make my day.

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Oct

@DaddyEvil Hope I can do so.

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Oct

I got a hug from a kid I had not seen in two months. I'll probably write about it.

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@celticeagle (183027)

• Boise, Idaho

25 Oct

I enjoy many you mentioned but also John Hiatt, Leonard Cohen, John Denver, Jim Croce, Janis Joplin, and there is another I really enjoy but can't recall his name. He had weird song titles and had a very distinctive voice.

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Oct

Hmm.

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Oct

@AliCanary Wish I'd met him.

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@AliCanary (3505)

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25 Oct

Jimmy Buffet? He had weird song titles. Some very, very funny songs!

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (67098)

• Centralia, Washington

25 Oct

John Denver, Enya, Vocies Eight, Pete Seegar, Emmy Lou Harris, Davey Splane (could be spelled wrong) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Roger Miller.

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@vandana7 (102536)

• India

25 Oct

Why nobody speaks of Christina Perri...blink. I like her Thousand years...

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (67098)

• Centralia, Washington

25 Oct

@TheHorse Roger Miller. Clannad

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Oct

I love Emmylou! Maybe I'll add her to my list after work. I like Enya too. Pete Seeger helped set the stage for folkies like John Prine and Jesse Winchester.

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@noni1959 (11493)

• United States

25 Oct

Steve Miller, CCR, Roger Miller, David Crowder, Brandon Lake, Tauren Wells, Judds, Loretta Lynn, Reba, Alman Bros, Tommy James, Chubby Checkers, Chuck Berry, The Who, Pink Floyd....so many.

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Oct

These people were the soundtrack to our childhoods.

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Oct

@noni1959 The '70s were kind of a "Golden Era" for rock 'n Roll music. Especially the early '70s for me.

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@noni1959 (11493)

• United States

25 Oct

@TheHorse Absolutely. They were the best.

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@LindaOHio (208116)

• United States

26 Oct

Totally different from yours: Elton John, the Bee Gees, Beatles, Seals and Croft, the Mamas and the Papas, the Carpenters...there are a lot more; but these are the ones that pop into my head. I also love The Four Seasons by Vivaldi.

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Oct

The Four Seasons was one of the first classical pieces I really like during my younger days. I like Seals and Crofts too.

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Oct

@LindaOHio Heh."She's just mad about me..."

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@LindaOHio (208116)

• United States

27 Oct

@TheHorse Oh, yeah and Donovan comes to mind. "I'm just wild about Saffron...."

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@Treborika (18135)

• Mombasa, Kenya

26 Oct

You have a long list my friend

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Oct

And it keeps getting longer.

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Oct

@Treborika Yep.I keep thinking of new names I could add.

@Treborika (18135)

• Mombasa, Kenya

26 Oct

@TheHorse the list can't be exhausted for sure

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@AmbiePam (107974)

• United States

30 Oct

I just don’t think I’m qualified enough to call someone great. My first thought was Tom Petty and Jimmy Page, but I feel my analysis would pretty much be inept.

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Oct

Opinions can't be right or wrong, can they? We enjoy who we enjoy.

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@LadyDuck (488774)

• Italy

26 Oct

I see you also mentioned a classical composer, so I would say that my favorite are: Frédéric Chopin W.A. Mozart The Rolling Stones Bob Dylan Johnny Cash

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@LadyDuck (488774)

• Italy

26 Oct

@TheHorse I like a lot Chopin.

@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Oct

I like Chopin was well.

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@Tampa_girl7 (53943)

• United States

25 Oct

I like some of your list.The Allman Brothers are one of my favorites for sure.

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Oct

Them boys could play the blues.

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@Tampa_girl7 (53943)

• United States

25 Oct

@TheHorse For sure

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Oct

@Tampa_girl7 I saw the Dicky Betts band on the East Coast during one of the Allman Brothers' break-ups. It was awesome.

@RasmaSandra (91711)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

25 Oct

I hope you enjoyed your day at the Guitar Center. I hav emany favorites in various genres of music like Bruce Springsteen and Johnny Cash and lots of others,

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Oct

I respect both of them (saw Springsteen live),but don't seek them out.

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@JudyEv (367107)

• Rockingham, Australia

26 Oct

What a question!! There are so many that I like. You have an eclectic mix here.

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Oct

No kidding. And it keeps growing.

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@Deepizzaguy (116573)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

30 Oct

My favorite artists include the late Jim Croce, the late B J Thomas, American Breed, Mike Curb Choir, Cher, Sheena Easton among others.

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Oct

I remember American Breed! I used to listen to them at Summer Camp on WLS radio out of Chicago.

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@Deepizzaguy (116573)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

31 Oct

@TheHorse I remember them for singing the theme song "The Brain": which came out in 1969 that starred the late British actor David Niven.

@AliCanary (3505)

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25 Oct

Kate Bush is my favorite solo artist. Others are Ozzy Osbourne, Prince, Madonna, Billy Joel, Eric Clapton, Chaka Khan, Fiona Apple, Billy Idol, Jeff Buckley, and Christina Aguilera. My favorite band is Keane - others are Pink Floyd, SOS Band, Duran Duran, Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, Twisted Sister, The Time, The Offspring, En Vogue, Depeche Mode, Audioslave, Muse, and just a whole bunch more, really. I adore music.

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Oct

I really like Cream. Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Jack Bruce.

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Nevena Zivkovic

@Nevena83 (66066)

• Serbia

25 Oct

I never liked that music. I mean, I couldn't understand what there was to like about it.

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Oct

Which music? John Prine?

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Nevena Zivkovic

@Nevena83 (66066)

• Serbia

25 Oct

@TheHorse I was thinking metallic.

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

26 Oct

@Nevena83 Oh. I was NOT a metal head either.

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@vandana7 (102536)

• India

25 Oct

I like this post. Tomorrow on wards I am going to listen to many whom I have never heard......

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Oct

Send me some more sacred Hindi music so I can pass the time while you are doing so.

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@wolfgirl569 (126318)

• Marion, Ohio

25 Oct

Hope you had a fun day

@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Oct

I felt tired, but the lessons went well.

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Damilola Obalade

@Dammy4life (205)

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25 Oct

I love Michael Jackson, Chris de burgh, Whitney Houston..the list goes on and on

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@TheHorse (232929)

• Walnut Creek, California

25 Oct

Michael Jackson was a good entertainer.