[grooveless touque]

The Hip (and Gord solo should really be my #2) obviously, and then:

1) Bob Dylan
2) The Allman Brothers Band
3) R.E.M.
4) Kate Fenner
5) Mark Knopfler
6) Roy Orbison
7) The Grateful Dead
8) Neil Young
9) Lightnin' Hopkins
10) Blue Rodeo