i could never understand the appeal of the shadows, certaiinly not cliff richard, bill haley or the joe brown types and crooners of the times. that's fine though - they were just a wee bit before my time. my own first enthusiasms were in the '70s = the who, ISB, then john martyn, sandy denny (and shaw!) and the west coast superstars of neil young, joni, leonard and van. this took me through to the damned, clash, specials and elvis etc etc....anyway the 70s stuff is what i listen to most these days - in strange and boring times it's good to have neil and joni rounf doe an evening. you'll always love the music that first affected you eh? we may be missing friends and family but mostly we just miss our youth