My musical knowledge is oddly patchy that way. Growing up, my mom exclusively listened to Willy Nelson, and my dad to the Beach Boys (only the early surfer rock stuff). So I grew up with the 80s music that was surrounding us and I branched out backwards from there as I explored. But without any kind of guide, my exploration isn't logical or smooth. The good point to this way is that I'm always discovering great new stuff that I somehow have overlooked until now.