Usually my II is blasting mix tapes of obscure blues bands. I like traditional jump blues, early Motown, & some modern blues -- Keb Mo, Ry Cooder, Ronnie Earl, etc. -- with the emphasis on "some."
I play tenor sax in a jump blues band.
www.timcaseybluescats.com . I really love the late 40's - early 50's Jump Blues; when Swing got dirty, the big 30-piece orchestras were whittled down to 5-8 pieces, and a honkin', growlin', screamin', wailin' saxophone was the star of the show. Red Prysock, Louis Jordan, Bull Moose Jackson, Big Joe Turner. This, incidentally, chill'ens, is where Rock and Roll came from. (If you think that Elvis invented Rock and Roll, you don't know Diddley. Bo Diddley, that is.)
I played keyboards in an indie-rock (what's now called "Aggro") band for awhile, toured the college circuit, Europe, and had a moderate radio hit in Japan in '98 but never quite got famous. So I have an alternative station on my radio someplace, too.