Robert Cray, Bonnie Raitt, Jimmie Vaughan, CSNY, Buffalo Springfield, Pink Floyd, The Talking Heads, David Byrne, Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon, Michael Hedges, Martin Sexton, Jaco Pastorius, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Charlie Christian, John Haitt, Sonny Landreth, Lyle Lovett, Griffin House, Stephen Bennett, Laurance Gowan, Arlo & Woody Guthrie, Tom Paxton, Merle Travis, Mississippi John Hurt, Tom Young, Tampa Red, Chet Atkins, Everly Brothers, Kingston Trio, Ravi Shankar, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Joan Baez, Carly Simon, James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Mark Knopfler, ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mars Volta, Rusted Root, Steve Kimock Band, Molly Hatchet, G Love & Special Sauce, Hank Williams I/III, Jeff Pevar, Rolling Stones, James Raymond, Sam Bush Band, Leftover Salmon, Hot Buttered Rum String Band, Warren Haynes, Tony Capri, Cream, Eric Clapton, The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, Mac McAnally, The Doors, Jimmy Reed, Jerry Reed, Rev. Gary Davis, Robert Johnson, Leroy Carle, Ellis Marcalis, Miles Davis, Leadbelly, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Irving Birlin, Scott Joplin, Zakk Wylde, Mahavishnu Orchestra, John McLaughlin, Larry Carlton, The Beatles, Dick Dale, 13th Floor Elevators, The Kinks, David Loggins, Tim Reynolds, Odetta, Medeski Martin & Wood, Ray LaMontagne, Iron & Wine, REO Speedwagon, John Denver, Vince Gill, Doyle Dykes, Gypsy Kings, Fred Eaglesmith, David Grisman, Ryan Adams, Ben Harper, Wilco, Clem Snide, Eels, Gram Parsons, Tommy Emmanuel, Uncle Shaker Band, Oysterhead, Muddy Waters, Pete Seegar, Gillian Welch, David Rawlins, Jim Mayer, John Mayall, Willie Nelson, The Grass Roots, Howling Wolf, Nickelcreek, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Jerry Douglas, Buddy Holly, New Monsoon, Anoushka Shankar, Ziggy Marley, Umphrey's McGee, Doug Jones Sr., Michael Franti & Spearhead, DJ Williams Projekt, Cowboy Mouth, Black Crowes, Little Feat, Clifton Chenier, Jeff Beck, Joe Walsh, The Eagles, Genesis, Bill Monroe and his bluegrass boys, Johnny Cash, Carter Family, Earl Scruggs, Merle Haggard, Canned Heat, Doc Watson, George Clinton, Yes, Buckwheat Zydeco, The Rebirth Brass Band, The Band, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, John Mayer, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Steve Howe, Scott Henderson, Erin Smith Band, Billy Price Band, Hot Tuna, Frankie Lee Sims, Guns N Roses, Blind Melon, Aerosmith, Jerry Garcia Band, Ratdog, The Dead, The Funk Brothers, Jefferson Airplane, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Santana, America, Creedance Clearwater Revival/Revisited, John Anderson, John Fogerty, The James Gang, Jackopierce, Koko Taylor, Blackfoot, Devandra Barnhardt, Amos Lee, Mason Jennings, Modest Moust, Coldplay, Hubert Sumlin, Styx, Shemekia Copeland, Billy Idol, Michael Jackson, James Cotton, John Popper Project/Blues Traveler, Guitar Slim, Steve Cropper, Booker T and the MGs, Joe Pass, REM, Radiohead, Snoop Doog, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Bruce Springsteen, Lawrence Gowan, Steve Miller Band, The Kinks, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Robert Lockwood Jr., David Bowie, Billy Preston, Jackson 5, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Alvin Lee, John Cale, Honeyboy Edwards, Prince, Bjork, John Mellancamp, J.J. Cale, Blind Boys of Alabama, moe., Doyle Bramhall I/II, Frank Zappa, Jonny Lang, Los Lobos, Duane Allman, Charlie Hunter, The Who, Sly and the Family Stone, Mark Hanson, Wes Montgomery, Percy Sledge, Ten Years After, Chuck Berry, Primus, Rush, The Guess Who, Galactic, Barenaked Ladies, Divid Hidalgo, Widespread Panic, Joni Mitchell, Queen, Albert King, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Jaimoe, Ginger Baker, Django Reinhardt, Double Trouble, Richie Havens, Railroad Earth, Justin King, Black Rose Blues Band, Moby, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Jewel Kilcher, Simon and Garfunkel, Bobby McFerrin, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Dub Is A Weapon, The Kind, Gordon Lightfoot, Marc Ellis, Brian Eno, Old Crow Medicine Show, Robert Hunter, Victor Wooten, Indigo Girls, Susan Tedeschi, Oteil and the Peacemakers, Del McCoury Band, Father Son, & Friends, Old and In The Way, Changing Tymes, Taj Mahal, Dark Star Orchestra, Beck, Oasis, Collective Soul, John Prine, Sublime, Ekoostik Hookah, Ani DiFranco...
Tom Petty's my all time favorite, but my life is music so i'm a dead head, Zepplein, floid, doors,queen,bob dylan,don't forget lynyrd skynyrd. I have more but i'm not going to list them all like some people.