Monday, May 21, 2012

Who Are My Favorite Bands

Who are my favorite bands and can I prove it statistically?  Well, yes I can.  In Windows Media Player (I ain't an Apple clone) you can sort artist by total time and number of tracks.  This reveals the Top Ten (all time in hours and minutes):

1. Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band    439 tracks, 28:39 hours/minutes
2.  Jackson Browne                                            74 tracks, 5:28
3.  Gary P. Nunn                                                 89 tracks, 5:25
4.  AC/DC                                                          35 tracks, 2:12
5.  Chicago                                                         51 tracks, 2:11
6.  Brent Burns                                                   34 tracks, 1:50
7.  Band of Heathens                                          24 tracks, 1:45
8.  Jerry Jeff Walker                                           23 tracks, 1:30
9.  Lynyrd Skynrd                                               16 tracks, 1:24
10. Styx                                                               17 tracks, 1:21

Pretty accurate analysis (Top Five, exactly right).  If you add Tom Petty to Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers they would come in at number 7 with 30 tracks and 1:45 hours.  If you add Jamie Wilson, Kelley Mickwee, and The Trishas you would be at 20 tracks and 1:19 hours, good for number 12.  The new Trishas album will put them solidly in the Top Ten.