Below is a list of some of the artists/bands on my iTunes so that you can have an idea of what I like. As you can tell, my taste is very diverse. But please keep in mind when making suggestions that I have thousands upon thousands of CDs and albums and that these artists are just a few compared to the rest…thanks!
? And The Mysterians
10 CC
13th Floor Elevators
34 Satellite
38 Special
The 5th Dimension
Abigail Washburn
AC/DC
Aerosmith
Al Green
Al Kooper
Al Kooper with Mike Bloomfield and Steve Stills (the super sessions)
The Alan Parsons Project
Albert Hammond
Alice Cooper
Alice In Chains
The Allman Brothers Band
Amazing Rhythm Aces
The Amboy Dukes
America
Amon Düül II
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
The Animals
Apollo Sunshine
Apples In Stereo
April Wine
Arctic Monkeys
Aretha Franklin
Arlo Guthrie
Asia
The Association
Asylum Street Spankers
Atomic Rooster
Ayreon
B.J. Thomas
B.B. King
BTO
Bad Company
Badfinger
The Band
The Barbarians
Bauhaus
The Beach Boys
The Bears
The Beatles
The Bea Brummels
Beck
The Bee Gees
Beethoven
The Bellamy Brothers
Ben Harper
Beulah
Big Bill Broonzy
Big Head Todd and The Monsters
Big Joe Turner
Big Mama Thornton
Big Star
Bill Haley and His Comets
Bill Withers
Billie Holiday
Billy Idol
Billy Joel
The Black Angels
The Black Crowes
Black Flag
The Black Keys
Black Oak Arkansas
Black Sabbath
Blackfield
Blackfoot
Blackmore’s Night
Blind Faith
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Melon
Bloc Party
Blondie
Blood, Sweat and Tears
Blue Cheer
Blue Oyster Cult
Blue Rodeo
The Blue Van
Blues Image
Blues Magoos
The Blues Project
Blues Travelers
Bo Diddley
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Bog Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
Bob Welch
Bob Wills
Bobbie Gentry
Bobby Darin
Bon Jovi
Booker T. and the M.G.s
Boston
Bread
Brewer adn Shipley
Brian Eno
Brian Hyland
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Bright Eyes
Brothers Johnson
Bruce Springsteen
Bryan Adams
Bubble Puppy
Buckcherry
The Buckinghams
Buddy Guy
Buddy Holly
Budgie
Buena Vista Social Club
Buffalo Springfield
Built To Spill
Butthole Surfers
The Buzzcocks
The Byrds
Cake
Cal Smith
Calexico
Can
Canned Heat
Captain Beefheart
Carl Orff
Carl Perkins
Carlos Santana
Carlos Varela
Carly Simon
Carole King
The Carpenters
The Cars
The Castaways
Cat Stevens
Chad and Jeremy
The Chambers Brothers
The Charlatans
Charley Patton
The Charlie Daniels Band
Charlie Musselwhite
Chicago
Chopin
Chris Robinson
Chris Whitley
Chuck Berry
Cinderella
Clarence Carter
The Clash
Clint Black
Collective Soul
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
The Commodores
Comus
Confederate Railroad
Corrosion Of Conformity
Count Five
Country Joe and the Fish
The Cowsills
Crash Test Dummies
The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
Cream
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crispian St Peters
Crosby, Stills, Nash and (Young)
Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions
Damn Yankees
Danny O’Keefe
Danzig
David Allan Coe
David Bowie
David Gilmour
Davie Allan and The Arrows
Dax Riggs
Dead Boys
The Dead Milkmen
Deadboy and the Elephantmen
The Decemberists
Deep Purple
Def Leppard
The Del-Vetts
Delaney and Bonnie
Depeche Mode
Derek and the Dominos
The Desert Rose Band
Diana Ross and the Supremes
Diary Of Dreams
The Dictators
Dinosaur Jr.
Dio
Dion and the Belmonts
Dire Straits
The Dixie Dregs
Dobie Grey
Dolly Parton
Don McLean
Donovan
The Doobie Brothers
The Doors
Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show
Dr. John
Dream Theater
Drive-By Truckers
Dwight Yoakam
The Eagles
The Easybeats
Eddie Cochran
Edgar Winter Group
Edison Lighthouse
Edvard Grieg
Electric Flag
Electric Hellfire Club
Electric Light Orechestra
The Electric Prunes
Elliott Smith
Elmore James
Elton John
Elvis Costello
Elvis Presley
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Eric Clapton
Eric JOhnson
Erin McKeown
Etta James
The Everly Brothers
Explosions in the Sky
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
The Faces
Fairport Convention
Faith No More
Fats Domino
Fear Factory
Firefall
Five Man Electrical Band
The Flaming Lips
The Flamingos
Fleetwood Mac
The Flying Burrito Brothers
Focus
Foghat
The Folk Implosion
Foreigner
Frank Sinatra
Frank Zappa
The Fratellis
Fred Astaire
Fred Neil
Free
Friends and Lovers
From First To Last
Fugazi
Funkadelic
Gallery
Garbage
Gary Hoey
Gary Moore
Gary Wright
Genesis
Gentle Giant
George Clinton
George Harrison
George Jones
George Thorgood
The Georgia Satellites
Gerry and the Pacemakers
Gil Scott-Heron
Gin Blossoms
Glen Campbell
Golden Earing
Goose Creek Symphony
Gordon Lightfoot
Gram Parsons
Grand Funk Railroad
The Grassroots
Grateful Dead
Gravy Train
The Greencards
The Gregg Allman Band
The Guess Who
Guided By Voices
Guillermo Portabales
Guns N’ Roses
H.P. Lovecraft
Half Man Half Biscuit
Hank Williams Sr.
Harper’s Bizarre
Harry Chapin
Harry Nilsson
Hawkwind
Head East
Heart
Henry Mancini
The Highwaymen
The Hollies
The Hombres
The Housemartins
Howlin’ Wolf
Humble Pie
Hüsker Dü
Ida Cox
The Ides Of March
Iggy Pop with and without the Stooges
Igor Stravinsky
Ike and Tina Turner
Incredible String Band
INXS
Iron and Wine
Iron Butterfly
Iron Maiden
It’s A Beautiful Day
J. Geils Band
J.J. Cale
Jackie DeShannon
Jackson Browne
Jackyl
James Brown
The James Gang
James Taylor
Jane’s Addiction
Janis Ian
Janis Joplin
Jeff Beck
Jeff Buckley
Jefferson Airplane
Jerry Garcia
Jerry Lee Lewis
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Jethro Tull
Jim Croce
Jimi Hendrix
Joan Baez
Joan Jett
Joanna Newsom
Joe Bonamassa
Joe Cocker
Joe Satriani
Joe Walsh
John Cale
John Mellencamp
John Denver
John Fogerty
John Lee Hooker
John Lennon
John Martyn
John Mayall
John Prine
John Williams
Johnny Cash
Johnny Mathis
Johnny Paycheck
Johnny Thunders
Johnny Winters
Jon Butcher Axis
Jonathon Edwards
Joni Mitchell
Journey
Joy Division
Judas Priest
Judy Collins
Kaiser Chiefs
Kanda Bongo Man
Kansas
Kate Bush
Kenny and the Kasuals
King Crimson
Kings Of Convenience
The Kingsmen
The Kinks
KISS
The Knickerbockers
Koko Taylor
Kris Kristofferson
Kyuss
Larry Graham
Laura Nyro
Lead Belly
The Leaves
Led Zeppelin
Lefty Frizzell
The Lemon Pipers
The Lemonheads
Leo Sayer
Leon Russell
Leonard Cohen
Little Barrie
Little Feat
Little River Band
Live
Lobo
Looking Glass
Los Trio Matamoros
Lou Reed
Love
Love and Rockets
The Lovin’ Spoonful
Lucinda Williams
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Maticians
The Mahavishnu Orchestra
The Mamas and the Papas
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
Maria McKee
Marianne Faithful
Marillion
Mark Knopfler
The Marshall Tucker Band
Marvin Gaye
Mason Williams
The Masters Apprentices
Matthews Southern Comfort
MC5
Meat Loaf
Medeski, Martin adn Wood
Megadeth
Melanie
The Melvins
Merle Haggard
Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts
Metallica
Mick Jagger
Mike + the Mechanics
Mike Oldfield
The Misfits
Mississippi John Hurt
Moby Grape
The Modern Lovers
Modest Mouse
Mogwai
The Mojo Men
Molly Hatchet
The Monkees
Montrose
The Moody Blues
Morrissey
Mother Love Bone
Motorhead
Mott The Hoople
Mouse and the Traps
The Move
Mr. Bungle
Muddy Waters
Mungo Jerry
Muse
The Music Explosion
My Morning Jacket
Nancy Sinatra
Nancy Wilson
Nazareth
The Nazz
Neil Diamond
Neil Finn
Neil Young
Neutral Milk Hotel
New Riders of the Purple Sage
The New Seekers
New York Dolls
The NIce
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Nick Drake
Nickel Creek
The Nightcrawlers
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Norman Greenbaum
Old Crow Medicine Show
Oliver
Opeth
Otis Redding
Otis Williams and the Charms
Over The Rhine
Ozzy Osbourne
Pantera
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Paul McCartney
Paul Simon
Pavement
Pearl Jam
The Penguins
Percy Sledge
Pere Ubu
Peter and Gordon
Peter Frampton
Peter, Paul and Mary
Phil Ochs
Phish
Pilot
Pink Floyd
The Pixies
PJ Harvey
The Platters
The Pogues
Poison
The Police
Porcupine Tree
The Pretenders
The Pretty THings
Procol Harum
Psychedelic Furs
Pure Prairie League
Queen
Quicksilver Messenger Service
REM
Racer X
Radiohead
Rainbow
Ram Jam
The Ramones
The Rascals
The Raspberries
Ravi Shankar
Ray Charles
Red Rider
The Remains
REO Speedwagon
The Replacements
Revoltion Cocks
The Rezillos
Richard and Linda Thompson
Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Richie Havens
Rick Derringer
Rickie Lee Jones
The Righteous Brothers
Ringo Starr
Robert JOhnson
Robert Palmer
Robert Plant
Rocket From The Crypt
Rod Stewart
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Roger Daltry
Roger Waters
Roky Erickson
The Rolling Stones
The Ronettes
Rory Gallagher
Rose Hill Drive
Roxy Music
Roy Harper
Roy Orbison
Rufus Wainwright
The Runaways
Rush
Russell Morris
Ry Cooder
Sagittarius
Sam Cooke
Sammy Hagar
Sammy Johns
Sanford Townsend Band
Scorpions
Scott McKenzie
Screaming Trees
Seals and Crofts
The Seeds
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Sex Pistols
THe Shadows of Knight
The SHins
Sigur Ros
The Silos
Silver APples
Simon and Garfunkel
Sir Douglas Quintet
Six:A.M.
Skid Row
Skip James
Skip Spence
Sly and the Family Stone
The Small Faces
The Smashing Pumpkints
Smith
The Smiths
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Snake River Conspiracy
The Soft Machine
Sonata Artica
The Sonics
Sonny Boy Williamson
Sopwith Camel
Soul Asylum
Soul Survivors
Sound Team
Spacemen 3
Spencer Davis Group
Spin Doctors
Spirit
Spiritualized
Squeeze
Squirrel Nut Zippers
SRC
The Standells
The Staples Singers
Status Quo
Stealers Wheel
Steely Dan
Steppenwolf
Stereolab
Steve Earle
Steve Miller Band
Steve Morrse Band
Steve Vai
Steve Wariner
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stevie Wonder
Stone Poneys
The Stone Roses
Stone Temple Pilots
The Strangeloves
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Styx
Supergrass
Supertramp
Sweet
Syd Barrett
T-Bone Walker
T. Rex
Tangerine Dream
Tavares
Tchaikovsky
The Teardrop Explodes
Ted Nugent
Television
The Temptations
Ten Years After
Terry Jacks
Tesla
Them
Thin Lizzy
Three Dog NIght
Thunderclap Newman
Tim Buckley
Tim Hardin
Todd Rundgren
Tom Cochrane
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Waits
Tommy James and the Shondells
Tomorrow
Toni Fisher
Tony Bennett
Tool
Tori Amos
Traffic
The Tragically Hip
Traveling Wilburys
The Tremeloes
The Troggs
The Turtles
The Twilights
Type O Negative
Uncle Tupelo
Urge Overkill
Uriah Heep
Ursa Major
The Vagrants
Van Der Graaf Generator
Van Halen
Van Morrison
Vanilla Fudge
The Vaselines
Velevet Revolver
The Velvet Underground
The Verve
Voxtrot
The Wallflowers
Walter Rossi
War
Warren Zevon
The Waterboys
Waylon Jennings
The Who
Widespread Panic
Wilco
The Wildhearts
William Elliott Whitmore
Willie Nelson
Wilson Pickett
Wings
Wire
Wishbone Ash
Woddy Guthrie
The Yardbirds
Yes
Yngwie Malmsteen
Yo La Tengo
The Young Rascals
The Youngbloods
Zager and Evans
The Zombies
ZZ Top
Any Obscure Music Recommendations?
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Good lawd, that’s a lot of bands…….
Zen Guerilla kind of takes a page from the MC5 book, playing some raw gritty blues-influenced rock ‘n’ roll.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvwwBr2xm…
The ***** – Old school punk from Austin. Mudhoney covered this one.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpLlKlNwR…
Mono – Post-rock from Japan. I saw them live a little more than a month ago and the sounds they created were mind-boggling.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUf0nZ9Ik…
John Fahey. This guy was amazing with the guitar.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYDrkG2EG…
Monorchid – Actually I just found this one looking for Circus Lupus but it seems pretty sweet.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5jHlQ04h…
Wow, Asylum Street Spankers. I went to school with Guy Forsythe’s brother. I didn’t think anyone knew them.
Great call on The Jayhawks Darth.
Atreyu
Rob Zombie
White Zombie
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Three Doors Down
Just to name a few good ones…
you need…NEED to listen to Bessie Smith…”empty bed blues” try to find the album “Emperess of the Blues” freakin’ awsome!
I’d be willing to bet you have the Nuggets compilation, at least the original. And if you don’t I’d recomend it, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, the four disc Rhino update is great.
The Undertones are a good punky poppy band.
Teenage Head are a really good Canadian punk band, agan with plenty of pop.
I don’t see Slade up there, but they’re probably one of the bands you just left out if you have Sweet and T.Rex.
The Hollywood Brats are a great early 70′s glam/punk band in the vein of the New York Dolls.
The Boys are a great poppy punk band.
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros were a good band.
The Jam are a great mod revival/punk band.
The Violent Femmes are cool, I’m sure you’ve heard “Blister In The Sun” if you don’t have anything by them, so I they don’t really need a description.
The Ugly Ducklings (if you can find them) were a Canadian garage rock band from the 60′s, and they really were one of THE definitive bands. They rocked harder than any of their peers, maybe even the Sonics, and there’s an obvious link from them to punk.
Suicide were a neat electronic/punk band from the first wave of New York Bands and you need to hear them at least once before you die, even if you don’t like them. I don’t even care for them much and I’m saying it.
The Vibrators, Weirdos, Stiff Little Fingers, Stranglers, Talking Heads, X, X-Ray Spex, 999, the Zeros are all good punk bands that I didn’t see on your list. But almost everything I have that isn’t punk is in that list, but if you ever get in a punky mood visit http://www.punk77.co.uk and browse through his list of pre ’80 bands, it’s very extensive.
Hope I helped!
Death From Above 1979
TV On The Radio
Black Lips
Tegan And sara
Steve Stevens-Flamenco-A-Go-Go
Bozzio,Levin,Stevens-Situation Dangerous
Dick Dale-anything
Link Wray-anything
Vanessa Mae-anything
Nightwish-Once,Century Child
Leaves Eyes-Lovelorn,Vinland Saga
Theatre of Tragedy-anything
Iced Earth-Burnt Offerings,Something Wicked This Way Comes,Horror Show,The Glorious Burden,Framing Armageddon-(Something Wicked pt.1)
HammerFall-anything
If you like Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst used to be in a band called Park Ave, so try them. Two of the girls who used to be in Park Ave are now in Tilly And The Wall. I love Tilly And The Wall, it’s really cool because they use tap-dancing as percussion instead of drums. =]
Also, try The Like, Blonde Redhead, Dear And The Headlights, Meg & Dia, Rilo Kiley, Wolf Parade, Minus The Bear, and Deerhoof.
You’ve got it pretty well covered with that great list. You could try some music some internet stations call Americana. A lot of it is sort of alt country from some of the great artists of Texas, like Nanci Griffith, Dale Watson, Jerry Jeff Walker, and others.
Yeah, since Woddy Guthrie and I are much the same
(Woddy used to always say “It’s all about the lyrics”) then you’d, no doubt, like moi’s iconoclastic feces.
Stay on groovin’ safari,
Tor
Jack Off Jill
Marilyn Manson
Combichrist(more Industrial)
Insane Clown Posse has a song called “Lets go all the way” that is classified as rock because the razorblade twins can play the guitar really ****** good
Magic Mixture (had one album in 1968)
Jimmy Eat Worldhttp://www.music-nerds.com/album.php?id=…
Acid Mothers Temple (very very psychedelic)http://www.music-nerds.com/browse.php?by…
Rage Against the Machine (not obscure, but not on your list)
I saw Bright Eyes.
If you like them, you have to listen to Rilo Kiley and Desaparecidos.
WOW! I’m not sure how long that list was, but I have *only* 187 of those artists in my collection.
I don’t know how many of these would class as obscure, but a lot of them are not ‘everyday’ type bands.
I’m going to give you a song with each artist here
Silence ~ Delerium {feat. Sarah McLachlan}
It’s All Coming Back To Me Now ~ Pandora’s Box
Venice in Peril ~ Rondo Veneziano
High In the Sky ~ Amen Corner
Sunny ~ Billy Preston
Getaway ~ Georgie Fame
Deeper and Deeper ~ The Fixx
Sorcerer ~ Marilyn Martin
Hold Back Tomorrow ~ Lisa Lougheed
Nowhere Fast ~ Fire Inc.
Wade in the Water ~ Ramsey Lewis
Games People Play ~ Joe South
Maniac ~ Michael Sembello
The Queen of Argyll ~ Silly Wizard
Heart and Soul ~ Wolfstone
The Gathering Storms ~ Ross Kennedy & Archie McAllister
Listen Up ~ Gossip
Kites ~ Simon Dupree & The Big Sound
Sahara ~ Camel
We Are Not Alone ~ Karla DeVito
Handbags and Gladrags ~ Chris Farlowe
House of the Rising Sun ~ Frijid Pink
In A Broken Dream ~ Python Lee Jackson
Edit :~
I missed two!
Vinegar Joe
Stone the Crows
Stars are an amazing indie pop band that everyone should check out – their songs sound so upbeat, but their lyrics are deep and well-written and they’re not your typical band. If you only want to check out one of the bands I list, it has to be Stars. Klaxons are also a good band, and they definitely fall under the “obscure” category. You’ll either love them or you’ll hate them. They classify themselves as New Rave, and they’re really original compared to the popular music of today. There’s also Silversun Pickups, an alternative rock band that has been compared to The Smashing Pumpkins (the lead singer of Silversun Pickups also sounds a lot like Billy Corgan) and Metric, an indie rock group with songs so catchy it’s insane. Those are some of my favourite bands right now, so hopefully you’ll like at least one of them (I was going to recommend Bright Eyes, but I see that you’re already a fan).
You may not be able to find this – but Jim Kweskin & his Jug Band – song is called Ukelele Ladyhttp://www.wirz.de/music/kweskfrm.htm
http://www.rhapsody.com/jimkweskinthejugband
Try some Dream Syndicate…maybe Cat Power, Hole, Pylon, The Feelies…Animal Collective, Young Marble Giants, Beat Happening
wow that’s a lot of music!
Umm I can only think of a few obscure bands I know
Random Damage
The Shizit
Finntroll
Abney Park
ShadowPlay
Imperia
Wrythend
EDIT:
Also Melt Banana
Nine Black Alps
The Mars Volta
Sjael (really good!!)
i didn’t read them all…..
but i want to reinforce what some people said…
-the arcade fire and sufjan stevens are AWESOME bets.
also check out danielson…if you like sufjan.
try (sorry if its already been listed or said in an answer):
-ambulance ltd.
-athlete
-interpol (A MUST)
-junior senior
-kenna
-klaxons (A MUST)
-the libertines
-OK Go (another must)
-tegan and sara
theres SOO many more…but those are a few..
happy listening
walter trout, src, blue mountain eagle, southside johnny and the asbury jukes, leon redbone, crabby appleton
Every band I love that’s not already on Your list
(Cause 90% of them are)
Zebra
An absolutely unique sounding quasi metal early 80′s band
Their singer/guitarist Randy Jackson has a gorgeous voice and is a shredding guitar player, they are also one of the few bands with a full choir sound to most of their songs.
They are very melodic yet heavy.
They are on YouTube and Limewire
Just look up the songs
“Who’s Behind The Door” and “Bears”
The Jayhawks
In my opinion, the very best of the 90′s alt-country bands
Their alnum “Hollywood Town Hall”
Is one of the very best albums of the 90′s I would heartily recommend the entire album to You.
Praying Mantis
The best band (Besides Maiden or Priest) to come out of the NWOBHM, and horribly overlooked.
Their guitarist is one of the best at delivering an avalance of melodic notes I have ever heard. their singer is top notch.
And they write excellent songs
I recommend their album
“Time Tells No Lies”
The Four Horsemen
Their 1990 album “Nobody Said It Was Easy” is one of THE BEST hard rock albums I have ever heard.
But they totally slipped through the cracks because Rick Rubin wasn’t interested in developing them
Their song (last track on the album)
“I Need A Thrill/Something Good”
Is absolutely one of the best hard rock guitar anthems ever recorded, I would stack it right up against Freebird of The Song Remains The Same…It’s THAT good
I would recommend all these bands for You to check out
The first band I’d have to recommend who aren’t on your list is Arcade Fire. I’m sure you’ve heard of them, and you may already listen to them, but if not, you should definitely check out their two albums, “Funeral” and “Neon Bible”. Here are some of the highlights;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyp34v6Lm…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEKC5pyOK…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJDsm1Y4k…
Then there’s;
The Animal Collectivehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6KPDWNAP…
Josh Ritterhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqLssKusG…
Clap Your Hands Say Yeahhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvw2cf0DJ…
The Immediatehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlcM-a1_n…
The Polyphonic Spreehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATtRe8q4t…
Final Fantasyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pQl7kye_…
Edit:
I just realised, Of Montreal isn’t on your list. If you don’t already know them, the album they released this year, “Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer” is a good starting point.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-T-5LJ9K…
check out dresden dolls.
if you only listen to one band that is recommended, make it that one.
my favorite songs are girl anachronism, missed me, half jack, coin-operated boy, backstabber, sex changes, god i love them all!!
Finger eleven – paralyzer!!!!!
Midnight Oil, Huskerdu, Echo and the Bunny men, The ButtholeSurfers, Guadal Canal Diary, Emogene Heap, Rush, Nantucket, Angel, and ZZ Hill.
your taste is perfect.
The Plasmatics
Lol, that is alot!
Only thing I listen to that isn’t up there and I can remember at the moment is The Stills (indie), No Man (Steven Wilson art rock), Ani DiFranco (indie), Eloy (prog) and Philip Glass (a composer)
jazzy:
Nina Simone
Madeleine Peyroux
fiddys:
The Chiffons
Chubby Checker
60s/70s rockin’:
The Small Faces
The Sonics
Electric Six
The Shocking Blue
other:
Townes Van Zandt
Memphis Minnie
Buck Owens
Ma Rainey
Memphis Slim
Son House
Rev Gary Davis
Sister Wynona Carr
my personal favourite:
Sufjan Stevens
I probably listed stuff you already have, haha. that list is huge!