Who, if anyone, do you consider a legitimate musical genius in the last 50 years

Jeff Lynne and Johnny Marr come to mind for me.

Also Elvis Costello

Ennio Morricone

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Wille Nelson, and I think I'd put him up there

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Frank Zappa. Miles Davis. Stravinsky barely makes the cut, but most of his most acclaimed writing is much older than that, he may not really count. There are others I don't even know about, I'm sure. Sometimes I think Bela Fleck sort of belongs. I'm not sure though. I'll stick with Davis and Zappa as being two who I feel strongly about, although I have heard some say that Zappa borrows heavily from Varese and Stravinsky. But whatever. They didn't utilize music the same way as him.

While I'm thinking about that Varese falls into the same category as Stravinsky. I'll also throw John Cage out there. He certainly thought outside of the box.

Genius is a word that gets throw around too easily. There are lots of supremely talented people who shouldn't be considered geniuses. Kanye West is not a genius.

Micheal Jackson.....Journey. Skynyrd.

John Williams

Robert Smith - The Cure

Jerry Lee Lewis.

Listen to the hit version on "I Can Help" and what The Killer did to it.

Billy Swan Jerry Lee Lewis

Jimmy Page

Zappa
Leo Kottke
Leon Russell
Delbert
Hendrix
Lennon
McCartney
Loreena McKennitt
Leonard Cohen

Bob Dylan
Paul Simon
Leonard Cohen
Van Morrison
Allen Toussaint
Kanye West
Elton John
John Lennon
Paul McCartney