I loved many bands and different styles back then, so it's impossible for me to pick just one (I have over 1,000 LPs from that era), but Pink Floyd was always near the top (especially when getting stoned, which was pretty much how I went through "High" School)...
Dead: Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison (The Doors), Janis Joplin
Alive: Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Who, Aerosmith, Montrose
Folky: Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Eagles
Artsy: Genesis (Peter Gabriel era), also King Crimson, ELP, Yes
Showy: David Bowie, Alice Cooper
Jazzy: Miles Davis, John Coltrane
I remember I played Santana and War records a lot too when cruising...
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