When in Rome do as the Romans do
Here is my list of favorites. I do this clearly realizing that later tonight I'll be paging through my CDs and say, "How could I forget this one!"
- Miles Davis (reinvented jazz 5 times, enough said)
- Sergei Rachmaninov (can listen to his music forever, great choral arrangements as well)
- Mark Eitzel (Greatest living songwriter, yes that includes Dylan)
- Morrissey (guy comes up with the craziest lyrics, i.e. what was he thinking of when he wrote 'Girlfriend in a Coma'?)
- Radiohead (even when I don't like their album, I give them credit for trying something new and not the same old)
- Verve / Richard Ashcroft (just got back together, could be interesting)
- Black Crowes (the ultimate anti-commercial band today)
- Social Distortion (I think I started listening to them 20 years ago, just saw them in concert recently, ears are still ringing)
- Judybats (Jeff Heiskell may be the 2nd best songwriter alive)
- The Cure (it was great in the 80s when they had no radio play, no videos, and yet could get 50,000 in a stadium)
There's ten for now, I'll post with the others I can't think of right now
Monomakh
Those are some classics ! 
