All blues all the time! I don't compete but at home when I smoke I play various blues artists, SRV, Joe Bonamassa, Susan Tedeschi, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, BB King, Mississippi John Hurt, Sister Rosetta Tharp, the list could go on for a long time but I think you get the idea. All Blues all the time.
It's an eclectic mix - everything from the Rev. Horton Heat, Bruce Springsteen, and some Tom Jones - to Lady Gaga and Katy Perry. My iPod has multiple personalities. Thank gawd they all like BBQ.
Unlike my ghetto IPC brothers Whiskey Bent, I turn up some Primus, Molly Hatchet, Cracker, Soundgarden, Blackfoot, Outlaws, Sublime, Godsmack, Kid Rock, GnR, Skynrd, etc. Keeping it real.
My collection of pre and post WWII era country blues, Twang, Honky and Tonk, Countrypolitan, Sun Records Rockabilly, R&B, Soul, Funk, Blues, for prep, and on Sunday I sometimes throw in some Gospel and Sacred Steel tunes to piss off the hungovers!
Wow... That list would be unbelievably long. I'm coming up on 4000 songs in my ipod and the artists range from Mozart to Pat Matheny to Stone Temple Pilots. I'm proud to say that there isn't a single rap song anywhere in there. For comps I just put in the ole ear buds and hit shuffle.
We sort of have a tradition to play The Lumberjack song by Jackyl at 11:30am Saturday morning (really loud) but other than that we usually play a mix of blues, hard rock, classic rock and country...