ABB
Little Feat
dtb
Nickel Creek
David Lindley & El Rayo X
Talking Heads
Steely Dan
Beatles
Original Skynyryd
Traffic

ABB
Grateful Dead
Clapton (any & all)
The Band
Original Skynyrd
The Who
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
Springsteen
Traffic

ABB
DTB
Govt Mule
Santana (original)
Zac Brown band
John Coltrane
Dave Brubeck
Dave Mason
Neil Young
Stevie Ray Vaughan

Beatles
ABB
DTB
Mule
Motley Crue
Black Sabbath
Brubeck
Beach Boys
Grateful Dead
Springsteen

This is easy:

ABB – Warren and Derek
ABB – Derek and Jack
ABB – Warren and Jack
ABB – Warren and Jimmy
ABB - Derek and Jimmy
ABB – Derek and Dickey
ABB – Warren, Dickey, and Marc Q
ABB – Warren, Dickey, Johnny N
ABB – Dickey and Chuck
ABB – Duane and Dickey

In no particular order:

Allmans
The Band
Bob Dylan
Levon Helm Band
The Rolling Stones
EC(his bands,Cream,D&D)
Grateful Dead
Jerry Garcia Band
CSNY (individually and in various groupings)
DB & GS-inthe 70's-80's

Honorable mention:

Mule
Hendrix
The Who
CCR
Van Morrison

And I didn't include some of my overall favorites like Muddy,Howlin',Hooker,Momk,Coltrane,Miles)

mule
zeppelin
grateful dead
neil young
dylan
beatles
steely dan
bela fleck and the flecktones
zappa
hendrix

I'll do artists instead of bands.

Clapton (I think Derek and the Dominos might be the best album ever, and I would put that band #1 on any list by leaps and bounds. I just LOVE that Layla album.)

ABB

The Band

Those three are in an echelon well above everyone else listed below.

Patrick Sweany

Derek and all his projects

Otis Redding

2Pac

OutKast

Biggie

Jay-Z

[Edited on 1/22/2016 by cmgst34]

GD
Hendrix
Stones
Dylan
Beatles
Clapton
Band
Springsteen
Clash
Lou Reed/VU

Felt bad leaving Little Feat, Skynyrd, Floyd, Ramones, XTC, Who, Zappa, Talking Heads, Patti, NY, Warren Zevon, Frank Marino, and Elvis Costello off the list, but 10 it is.

In no order
ABB
TTB
Mule
Bowie
Be Bop Deluxe
Joni Mitchell
Laura Nyro
Beatles
Led Zep
Ian Hunter

Allman Brothers
Rolling Stones
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Eric Clapton
Doobie Brothers
Eagles
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Dave Matthews Band
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers

Top 3 will always be The Who (always No.1), ABB, Elvis Costello.

Next 7 vary in preference according to mood, at the moment it's

Gov't Mule, Gabriel-era Genesis, Graham Parker, The Band, Peter Gabriel, Mark Kozelek/Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon, Admiral Fallow.

Could be swapped at any moment for Jill Scott, Jason Isbell, Derek Trucks Band, Eels, Dwight Yoakam, Bruce Springsteen, Drive-by Truckers, Average White Band, Byrds, Temptations, Miles Davis, Man, Ben Harper.

Today the order is...

Allman Brothers Band
Grateful Dead
The Band
Deep Purple
Eric Clapton
Little Feat
Johnny Winter
Steely Dan
Black Sabbath w/Ozzy
Blue Oyster Cult

1. Led Zeppelin
2. The Rolling Stones
3. The Who
4. Cream and Rush
5. The Allman Brothers Band
6. Van Halen
7. Jimi Hendrix
8. Eric Clapton (everything after Cream)
9. Funkadelic
10. Neil Young

Honorable mention Muddy Waters, James Brown, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Chuck Berry, The Band, Dream Theater, John Coltrane and Miles Davis.

[Edited on 2/2/2016 by jimmyjam]

This is tough, but here's 10 great artists:

Led Zeppelin
Zac Brown Band
Rush
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Cream
The Faces
Black Sabbath
Santana
Matchbox 20
The Black Keys

1. The Allman Brothers Band
2. Rory Gallagher
3. The Black Crowes
4. Gov't Mule
5. Derek Trucks (DTB/TTB)

and more in a random order:

6. Neil Young
7. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
8. Iron Maiden
9. Gary Moore (especially < 1990)
10. Heart

Others:
Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton
Lynyrd Skynyrd (except everything post The Last Rebel)
Free
Social Distortion
Rainbow
Black Sabbath
Johnny Winter
Muddy Waters
Rush
The Drive-By Truckers
The Georgia Satellites

[Edited on 1/22/2016 by ABBDutchFan]

10 favorite bands? I've done this list 10 different ways. I'll get back to you.

Original Lynyrd Skynyrd
AAB
Grand Funk
Pink Floyd / David Gilmoure
The Eagles
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Santana
CCR
Joe Bonamassa
Little Feat
Kansas

Monkees
Osmonds
Brittany Spears
Nickelback
Miley Cyrus
Backstreet Boys
Tiny Tim
Spice Girls
Yoko Ono

...just kidding
thats tough,but maybe these,in no order;

Pink Floyd (totally groundbreaking)
Allman Brothers (luv all line-ups,'except Duane's the best #1)
Zeppelin (Groundbreaking 4 sur)
Dead (no other)
Coltrane (alone..w/Miles)
Korn (or maybe Godsmack equally)
Genisis (original)
Tull(original & the next 'Thick' lineup)
Sabbath (only the one original Lineup)
Derek Trucks (DTB,TTB)
...there r so many other 'originals'....

then there's the 'lessor knowns' I luv ;

Rusted Root
Galactic
Wood Bros
Miles Davis (Iconic)
Otis Redding (again)
Robert Johnson (1 of a kind Original)

Any & all of "Duane Allmans" work; ABB,Session-work,Early Allman Joys... (Duane deserves a special mention,there really was No other)

[Edited on 1/23/2016 by bettyhynes]

allman bros
richard thompson
zappa
grateful dead
grand funk
beatles
fairport convention
coltrane
neil young
van morrison

Tough question as it often changes...

In no particular order..

ABB
Claption (in various incarnations)
Hendrix
Muddy Waters
Led Zeppelin
Dylan
Springsteen
Rolling Stones
Van Halen
Tom Petty

It was difficult leaving off the original Santana, Howlin Wolf, The Beatles, The Black Crowes, Pink Floyd Albert King, The Dead, SRV, BB King Buddy Guy, Gov't Mule, any of Derek's bands & Neil Young

Answering the question of favourite bands literally, in alphabetical order:

ABB (original)
Beatles
Byrds
Coltrane/ Tyner/ Jones etc
Fairport Convention (w/ Sandy Denny)
Emmylou Harris & Spyboy
Van Morrison & Caledonia Soul Orchestra
Santana (original)
Who
Neil Young & Crazy Horse

[Edited on 1/23/2016 by Shavian]

10 favorite bands? I've done this list 10 different ways. I'll get back to you.

Can't you just stick to the brief?

No particular order:

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Allman Bros (to save slots i'll include TTB/Mule/GA in the ABB umbrella)
Foo Fighters
Rolling Stones
Howlin Wolf
Metallica
Bob Dylan
Beatles
Pearl Jam
Eric Clapton (all his bands combined)

With Tool and Bruce Springsteen right behind (that was way too hard this early)

ABB
Beatles
GD
Little Feat
Phish
Derek (DTB, TTB)
Miles, especially the quintets with Trane and the next one with Herbie, Tony Williams, etc
Charlie Parker
John Coltrane
Monk

H/M
Clapton, Stones, Who, Hendrix, Warren (Mule, WHB), Bruce and others

[Edited on 1/23/2016 by stormyrider]

[Edited on 1/23/2016 by stormyrider]

ABB
Grateful Dead
Marshall Tucker
TTB AND DTB
The Band
Eric Wood & His Band from Woodstock, NY.
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Muddy Waters Blues Band
Eric Clapton in Cream, Blind Faith and D&D
Canned Heat w/ Blind Owl on that effin harp
extra my friend, Jason Ricci and Bad Blood

Cheaper by the dozen - Johnny Winter also an even 13 w/ Jimi HendriX

[Edited on 1/23/2016 by Toemoss]

abb
waylon Jennings
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superatives
ZZ Top
Marshall Tucker Band
Johnny Winter
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Leon Russell
Black Crowes

I like the comment "bubblegum Mule"

By the why, ALL the old dead blues cats, H. Wolf, Muddy, J.L. Hooker, Jimmy Reed, Sonny Boy, Big & Little Walter, ARE ALL on a throne of they own, for like Muddy put it, The Blues Had a Baby and They names it Rock n Roll!

ABB
Cream
Derek and The Dominoes
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
The Who
Led Zeppelin
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Deep Purple
Faces

[Edited on 1/23/2016 by robslob]