I'm a huge Stones/Zep/Who/Hendrix fan and all, but...
Los Lobos... just another band from east L.A. if you saw them at the Granada a few weeks ago you know what i mean. simply the best band of any, and multiple, genres to ever grace a stage in the US. and i even saw them in Berlin Germany back in 99.
and if you have not seen it... check out the documentary
LEMMY about the infamous Lemmy Kilmeister... of Motorhead fame:
http://www.lemmymovie.com/
without Motorhead...there would be no Metallica. fucking great film!
and of course.. some friends of ours, and yours... the
Grateful Dead (to quote the late great Bill Graham) i listen mostly to jazz, reggae, african and brazilian music these days, but i have to hear some DEAD almost every day.
and don't forget the 2 best bands in the dallas area:
Slobberbone and
Eleven Hundred Springs. support your local bands!
JPdM