Interesting. Wish I had that kind of pedigree. I'd have to say Mary Jane influenced my music tastes more than anything.
My bakeout 60's uncle that lived with my grandmother for so many years had some input. Lazy dude mooching off his mom.
I'd poke thru his music stuff when he was out. After it was just me and my friends and my insatiable appetite for anything music. Then my uncle again a decade and a half later got me into acoustic stuff and would drag me into the city to see some shows.
If you saw my 1500 song I Pod you would see I really don't dislike much,with the exception of anything closely resembling Crap, sorry Rap. I'll sample anything.
I hope some day my daughter will thank me for being such a hard ass on her taking piano lessons. I wish someone had pushed me like that.