My musical tastes vary so much I find it very difficult to point to any one genre. I suppose the biggest influence, from about the age of 10, would have been The Beatles. For people too young, or not even born in the sixties, it is very difficult to explain how much they and others changed the face of music. Having said that, the first group that was "mine" was The Moody Blues & I believe "In Search of the Lost Chord" was the first album I ever bought.