[SamAdams76]

When I was in the military in the early 80s, you could tell pretty reliably what part of the country they were from by the music they played.

People from the Deep South played Lynyrd Skynyrd. West Coasters played Van Halen. Mid-Westerners played Journey. Folks from the Northeast played Springsteen and those from Texas played ZZ Top.

[Salamander]

My iPod playlists would drive you crazy, trying to pin me down.

;D

[Night Hides Not]

Pretty good distillation, Sam.

A friend from Kentucky turned me on to Southern Rock, I favored classic rock, while a friend in college turned me on to soul and R&B. He was on the basketball team, teammated nicknamed him "White Blood".

The two years I was at Spangdahlem AB, afternoons I listened to the British broadcast on Radio Luxembourg. Had a friend across the Mosel River who was in the Air Force, a pretty decent musician himself. The day after John Lennon was shot, I hung out at his apartment for several hours, mourning and reminiscing. His German wife didn't get it.

Attended two concerts in Frankfurt: Elton John and Billy Joel. BTW, I never played Van Halen. I was more into the Doobie Brothers and Robert Palmer.