01. The Goddamn Flaming Lips
02. Son Volt
03. Uncle Tupelo
04. Dinosaur Jr
05. Replacements
06. Paul Westerberg
07. Pavement
08. Richmond Fontaine
09. Red House Painters
10. Wilco

It’s funny how this list dates me. I mean, this list shows just how “locked in the early ’90s” a guy can get. But, those were my formative years, and, these bands are attached to powerful, powerful things like “moving out on yer own” and “falling for a gal” and “getting run over the coals by that same dame” and “missing home” and “being in a northern state that’s a little too remote for my own good” and other heavy situations. You know how that goes. These guys won’t let you down, that’s for sure. Old standards.

Favorite Minneapolis Bands:
01. Replacements
02. Paul Westerberg
03. Hüsker Dü
04. Jayhawks
05. Cows
06. Lifter Puller
07. The Evening Rig
08. Hammerhead

Favorite Detroit Bands:
01. MC5
02. Mule
03. Dirtbombs

Favorite Portland Bands:
01. Richmond Fontaine
02. Poison Idea
03. Shins
04. Decemberists
05. Elliot Smith

Favorite Chicago bands:
01. Shellac
02. Wilco
03. Sea and Cake
04. Sam Prekop
05. Tortoise

The Outlaws:
01. Willie Nelson
02. Johnny Cash
03. Waylon Jennings
04. Kris Kristopherson
05. Merle Haggard
06. Johnny Paycheck
07. David Allan Coe
08. Charlie Pride
09.Townes Van Zandt.

01. Flaming Lips
02. Mercury Rev
03. My Bloody Valentine
04. Spiritualized
05. Swervedriver
06. Galaxie 500
07. Jesus & Mary Chain
08. Spacemen Three
09. Polyphonic Spree

Aerial M, Afghan Whigs, Al Green, Album Leaf, Alison Krauss, Amalgated Sons of Rest, Ana Caram, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead, Appendix Out, Archers of Loaf, Arcwelder, Ashtray Hearts, Autumn Defense, Avett Brothers, Azure Ray, Backsliders, Bad Brains, Band of Horses, Barry Black, Bash & Pop, Beatles (From England, y’know?), Belle & Sebastian, Bellwether, Bevis Frond, Black Keys, Big Boys, Bill Callahan, Bill Fox, Bill Frisell, Black Diamond Heavies, Black Eyed Snakes, Black Flag, Black Keys, Black Lips, Blonde Redhead, Blitzen Trapper, Blue Mountain, Bo Diddley, Bob Dylan, Bob Mould, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Blitzen Trapper, Boss Hog, Bottle Rockets, Bread, Breeders, Brian Eno, Broken Social Scene, Broken West, Bruce Springsteen, Buck Owens, Richard Buckner, Buffalo Killers, Buffalo Tom, Built To Spill, Butthole Surfers (pre-1995), Byrds, Calexico, Califone, Cardinal, Catfish Haven, Cat Power, Caustic Resin, Centro-Matic, Chavez, Cheap Trick, Chet Atkins, Chicago, Circle Jerks, Coachwhips, Cobra Verde, Cows, Crooked Fingers, Cro-Mags, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Cult, Dag Nasty, Damien Jurado, Danzig, Davide Bowie, David Vandervelde, Dead Moon, Dearhoof, Deerheart, Deerhunter, Decemberists, Descendents, Dianogah, Dinosaur Jr, Dirtbombs, Dirty Three, Drive-By Truckers, Dungen, Early Day Miners, Elf Power, Elliot Smith, Eric Bachman, Evan Dando, Evening Rig, Explosions in the Sky, Faces, Feelies, Feist, fIREHOSE, Fluid, Frank Black, Fridge, Friends of Dean Martinez, Fuck, Fucking Champs, Fugazi, Further, Galaxie 500, Gang of Four, Gary Louris, Gastr Del Sol, Giant Sand, Greenhornes, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Golden Smog, Gordon Lightfoot, Gossip, Grand Champeen, Grateful Dead’s first couple “folk” albums, Guided By Voices, Gutter Twins, Guy Clark, Handsome Family, Harvey Milk, Hazeldine, Heartless Bastards, High on Fire, Hold Steady, Hüsker Dü, Ida, Idaho, Jason Isbell, Jay Farrar, Jay Bennett, Jayhawks, Jesus Lizard, Jim O’Rourke, Johnny Cash, Josh Ritter, Josh Rouse, Junior Brown, Juno, Kathleen Edwards, Kid Dakota, Kings of Convenience, Kinks, Ladyhawk, Lambchop, Lanterna, Laughing Hyenas, Lifter Puller, Loose Fur, Low, Lucinda Williams, M. Ward, Magnolia Electric Company, Mark Kozelek, Mercury Rev, Mule, Metallica’s first four albums, Modest Mouse’s first couple records, My Morning Jacket, Minutemen, Misfits, Neko Case, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nick Drake, Owen, Oxes, Palace Brothers, Paw, Pernice Brothers, Poison Idea, Polyphonic Spree, Portals, Preston School of Industry, Archer Prewitt, Promise Ring, P.W. Long, Sam Prekop, R.E.M., R.L. Burnside, Red House Painters, Red Sovine, Richard Buckner, Rogue Wave, Scud Mountain Boys, Sea and Cake, Seam, Seawhores, Sebadoh, Seven Seconds, Shellac, Shins, Silver Jews, Smog, Smithereens, Spiritualized, Stephen Malkmus, Stereolab, Steve Earle, Stooges, Sufjan Stevens, Sun Kil Moon, Swervedriver, Swell, Texas Is The Reason, Thee Shams, Tood Rundgren, Tortoise, TV on the Radio, Twilight Singers, Unwound, Will Johnson, Will Oldham, Willie Nelson, X, U2 (1980-1984) and a little band from New Jersey called, Yo La Tengo.