Wow! BobM you've brought up more old memories regarding music I might have liked way back when Anni was just a pup...... You know, way before he got really old!
All I can say for sure is that when in high school and before I went into the service, I was pretty much RnR and even a little bit of Folk/Folk Rock. Dylan, Joplin, CCR, Doors, some Beatles, a limited amount of Kingston Trio and some Association, etc. Never got into the heavy metal stuff at all. Then while in the service I began to mellow I guess and started converting to country/country rock.
By the time of my discharge I was pretty much a converted country fan all the way liking stuff like Jimmi Rogers, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Marty Robbins, et al. Then progressed to the Merle Haggards, the George Jones, and similar. Some/most of the newer comers calling themselves 'country' don't quite fit the bill as far as I'm concerned ..... Eric Church for example. OK, good but not country.
After I was married, it was all country all the time, and still much the same today. It is kind of an eye opener though to go back and remember some of the good stuff from way back when ..... regardless of genre. Thanks for the trip!