MUSIC TO LIVE BY

THE BEST ROCK-FOLK GROUPS TO HAVE EVER INHABITED THIS GOOD EARTH:
1. THE BEATLES. THE BEST, MOST INNOVATIVE THERE EVER WAS. TWO OF THE BEST WRITERS IN MCCARTHY AND LENNON. UNSURPASSED. MY FAVORITE SONG: A DAY IN  THE LIFE."
2. THE EAGLES. A TALENTED GROUP. FREY, HENLEY, WALSH, FELDER, SCHMIT,  LEADON, MEISNER. SOME OF THE GREATEST SONGS EVER. "DESPERADO" AND "HOTEL CALIFORNIA," TWO OF THE BEST YOU'LL FIND ANYWHERE.
3. CROSBY, STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG. BETTER HARMONY THAN A BARBERSHOP QUARTET. ONE OF MY VERY FAVORITE SONGS: "MY LADY OF THE ISLAND."
4. SANTANA. HAS TEAMED UP WITH A LOT OF SINGERS AND OTHER MUSICIANS. A BRILLIANT CAREER, STARTED PRETTY MUCH AT WOODSTOCK. I PROBABLY HAVE A LIST OF 30 SANTANA SONGS ON MY I-POD. MAYBE MORE.
5. BOB DYLAN. HAPPY 75TH. WHAT A WRITER. A LITTLE SHAKY AS A SINGER, BUT STILL. I CANNOT THINK OF A BETTER WRITER WHO HAS LIVED DURING MY TIME. HE LIVES ON A DIFFERENT PLANE. IN A DIFFERENT REALITY.
6. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND. I DIDN'T LIKE SPRINGSTEEN AT FIRST, BUT I GREW INTO HIM. THE BAND IS VERY VERSATILE. THE SAX PLAYER, CLARENCE CLEMONS, WAS ONE OF THE BEST. AFTER HIS DEATH, JAKE CLEMONS REPLACED HIS UNCLE. SPRINGSTEEN ALWAYS GIVES HIS ALL. A SUPERB GROUP. THE SONG: "IF I SHOULD FALL BEHIND," ONE OF THE BEST.
7.  THE DAVE MATTHEWS BAND. A GREAT STORYTELLER. I HAVE ABOUT 30 SONGS ON MY I-POD. MY FAVORITE: "GRAVE DIGGER." 
8. MUMFORD AND SONS. A NEWER GROUP. SLID ONTO MY LIST WITH SOME EXCELLENT SONGS.
9. LED ZEPPELIN. I'M A ROBERT PLANT FAN. I REALLY LIKE HIM WITH ALISON KRAUSS. THEY SING, "BLACK DOG." SERIOUSLY GOOD.
10. THE ROLLING STONES. COULDN'T PASS UP THOSE LIPS. THEY ARE STILL AT IT, WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE. WHAT A STRING OF HITS. "SATISFACTION." "HONKY TONK WOMEN." PAINT IT BLACK." NEED I SAY MORE.