was instrumental in ushering in a new appreciation for contemporary Blues. SRV had had a pretty good career as a sideman up to that point in a few different genres, but Texas Flood was his first solo effort, and established him as a Blues titan.

Can only dream of what he would have continued to put out if he had not been taken so early. RIP Stevie.

He was a champion of traditionalist blues at a time when it was pretty uncool to most people, and when a lot of the 60s-70s bands that cut their teeth on the blues were desperately trying to reinvent themselves away from that sound. And was so incredibly talented that he made the blues cool again.

Been a fan of hers for a long time.

That Latin brass band sounded pretty great too. I hadn't heard of them before, so thanks!

not that I knew at the time - I was an MTV kid in the mid 80s, and then by the late 80s, I mostly stopped listening to new stuff and was really into classic rock and classical music. But I caught up on a lot of that stuff a couple years later.

My brother, who wasn't even born until 1980, loves Husker Du.

Specifically, KPFT-Pacifica, and KTRU (Rice University.) I never would have been exposed to even a tenth of the genres of music I listen to now. Although soma fm does come close to filling my needs in music listening pleasure

"I might like you better if we slept together, I might like you better if we slept together..."

Now that's gonna be stuck in my head the rest of the day. Thanks a lot!

The Hooters "Satellite", a great send up of televangelism in the 80's

but yeah...bring back the 80s!