All freakin kinds...WEEN, Steve Kimock, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt, Bill Monroe, Frank "the fuckin man" Zappa, the Roots, Radiohead, the Flaming Lips, Beck, Rodney Holmes, Karl Denson and all of the Tiny Universe, Jack Johnson, Larry Keel, Tony Rice, the Grateful Dead, Phish, the Talking Heads, Charlie Hunter, Stevie Wonder, They Might Be Giants, Charlie Parker, Dead Kennedys, Iggy Pop, the Ramones, Pat Metheney, Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin, Trey Anastasio (even though he's turning into a slow pop middle aged man, where's the funk trey?), Sly and the Family Stone, the Meters, Willie Nelson, Johny Cash, Brad Paisley, Allison Krauss and Union Station, Jerry Douglas, David Byrne, i'd say Bruce Hornsby but I only like him with Steve Kimock and the same goes for the remaining members of the Grateful Dead (Steve makes everything better haha), the Police, Oysterhead, Primus, Flying Frog Brigade, JGB, Garcia &; Grisman, David Grisman Quintet, Old and in the Way, Shady Hollow Hog Stompers, Chris Thile, Vassar Clemmens (RIP my friend), Johnny Hyland, Junior Brown, Brian Setzer, Neil Diamond, The Band, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Smokey and the Miracles, OTIS REDDING, Sam Cooke, Robert Johnson, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Rait, T-Bone Walker, BB King, Freddie King, Albert King, Vince Gill, Ricky Scaggs, Hank Williams, ELVIS (one of the only karaoke people I will sing), Traffic, Mark Knopfler, Dire Straights, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Skynard, and there's always more i'm just tired of typing right now.