I know you guys won't believe this being as most of this music came along before I did, but you guys are practically listing my collection! For no older than I am, I play a pretty mean game of name that tune...
I think what intrigues me most is how one artist or band ties into another and takes you somewhere else in the musical scheme of things...like Clapton...he did Cream, and then Blind Faith with Winwood, which takes you to Traffic or Winwood's solo stuff...then Derik & the Dominos he did with Duane Allman, which takes you somewhere else...then he was with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, in which John Mcvie played bass, and of course was in Fleetwood Mac...and he was in the Yardbirds with Beck and Page, who open up entire musical chapters of their own...and Clapton even did the solo on my favorite Beatles' tune "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", and those chaps knew their music...that's the kind of stuff I eat up. I mean, look at who/what all Clapton has influenced! Musical genius...