Favorite genre....Blues. Favorite band ? Hard to say...seen Clapton (4 times- once on Muddy Waters last tour), Grateful Dead (WITH Jerry- 6 times), Allman Bros (3 times), all the 70's [Boston,Kiss,Kansas, J.Geils,Styx,Elton John, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Foghat (and their original roots-Savoy Brown), Eagles,CCR, Bad Co., Stevie Ray Vaughn (and his brother Jimmy with Fabulous Thunderbirds and on his own), both of the Winters (Edgar and Johnny too many times to count), etc, etc.. )....many Blues, as I go to a lot of Blues Festivals (saw Little Milton's last performance, Muddy Water's last performance), Susan Tedeschi ( and Tedeschi Trucks Band), John Lee Hooker, Alvin Lee, etc., etc., etc.)
But- really like almost anything except what is called Country (not like the old Country music), as it is ALL Auto-tuned, so nobody really sings at those .