Name a great older (before 1990?) musical group you recommend. Thanks.

Motown (i.e. Detroit area sound)
Diana Ross & The Supremes
Martha & The Vandellas
Gladys Knight & The Pips
The Temptations
The Righteous Brothers

British Invasion
The Dave Clark Five
The Zombies
The Kinks
The Yardbirds
Cream
Pink Floyd
The Who

San Francisco Sound
Jefferson Airplane
The Grateful Dead
Big Brother and the Holding Company
The Doors
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Sly & the Family Stone

Folk Rock
Buffalo Springfield
The Byrds
Simon & Garfunkel
Bob Dylan & The Band
Creedence Clearwater Revival


Hard to Classify
Tommy James & the Shondells
Velvet Underground
Dire Straits
The Pretenders

. . . and there are many many more!!!

Here's what I listen to the most:

The Grateful Dead
Bob Dylan (with or without the band)
Dire Straits