# Recommend me some music

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-music/373877>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 23, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-music/373877 "2006-09-23T20:25:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-music/373877/1 "2006-09-23T20:25:22Z")

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My brother gave me a $30 iTunes card for my birthday and I think I need to expand my musical horizons a little bit.

What I like:  
Choral music, particularly a capella and men’s chorus  
Interesting instrumental stuff  
The music of my misspent youth (I just turned 48), particularly the Eagles, CSNY, etc.  
Big band jazz and swing

What I don’t like:  
C&W – too twangy  
Zydeco – makes my head explode  
I’m kind of “meh” about Celtic music. Some of it’s OK.

A couple of my favorite albums/artists:  
Don Byron’s Bug Music  
Soundtrack from “O Brother Where Art Thou”  
Almost anything by Chanticleer

So turn me on to something new, Dopers! (Oops. I’m down to $29.01 to spend. I just HAD to buy the Spike Jones recording of “You Always Hurt the One You Love.”)

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**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-music/373877/2 "2006-09-23T20:50:01Z")

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Just wanted to point out that a friend of mine just joined Chanticleer. Glad to hear you’re a fan!

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**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-music/373877/3 "2006-09-23T21:07:22Z")

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[QUOTE=DooWahDiddy]  
Just wanted to point out that a friend of mine just joined Chanticleer. Glad to hear you’re a fan!  
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WHOA! How cool is that!!! I saw them in concert a couple of years ago, and they absolutely blew me away. Congrats to your friend. I bet that was a helluva audition process, and he must be a helluva musician.

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**Author:** ![cjdallmusic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cjdallmusic/32/20253_2.png) [@cjdallmusic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjdallmusic)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-music/373877/4 "2025-11-19T22:31:27Z")

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Rock & Roll——

Van Halen— ( Van Halen; 1978)

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Jazz——

Nat King Cole;

Orange Colored Sky

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Blues—-

Stevie Ray Vaughn;

COD and Letter to my Girlfriend——

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Blues, Continued…

Corey Stevens:

Headshrinker