Most listened to artist

A lifetime includes, for me, a fair amount of ground

Early years: Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Trogs, The Animals.

60's-70's: All bands referred to as "classic rock" today (extensively listed above), including The Guess Who. Blue Oyster Cult.

80's: Clash, UB40, Pretenders, Prince, REM, Replacements, Talking Heads, Graham Parker, E. Costello, Michael Hedges, X, Los Lobos.

90's: U2, Beck, Radiohead, Blur.

2,000's on: Iron & Wine, Kurt Vile, PJ Harvey, 

From the 70's on (hats off to mahgister), Bach rules supreme.

If one were asked to name one musician who came closest to composing without human flaw, I suppose general consensus would choose Johann Sebastian Bach...

- Aaron Copland

Thanks a lot for this quote i did not knew...

From the 70's on (hats off to mahgister), Bach rules supreme.

If one were asked to name one musician who came closest to composing without human flaw, I suppose general consensus would choose Johann Sebastian Bach...

- Aaron Copland

Good thread! I can see using this as a reference for artists to take a closer listen to.

Grateful Dead

Mozart

Miles Davis (all but especially with Gil Evans)

Bob Dylan

John Coltrane

Joni Mitchell

Steely Dan

Fairport Convention

Duke Ellington

Charles Mingus

And so many more, of course.

How in the world did I leave Eno, Genesis/Gabriel and Talking Heads off my list.

And how about a slot for the prog-like bands: Yes, ELP, Gentle Giant, Caravan, Soft Machine, Robert Wyatt, Henry Cow, Happy the Man, Fred Frith, Pink Floyd, Art Bears, Crimson/Fripp/Belew, Jethro Tull, Art Zoyd, Present, Univers Zero, Mahavishnu Orchestra ..sorry, I got carried away. There's just so much music!

@ericvm DEVO. Good pick. 

Realized I left Chicago off my list, and in scanning down through the responses I was shocked to find I don’t think they were mentioned here once!?!  What up with that???