since I am stuck in bed - best American Bands... (no songwriters or frontmen w/ backing bands allowed, all principal members are from the U.S., embody “band” aesthetic)

it’s harder than you think, to me only correct answers are Parliament-Funkadelic & Steely Dan

while I’m not an expert/megafan I assume the Dead fall into this category as well

& yes i am aware the Dan is mostly rotating performers but it’s minimum 2 guys so i think that counts

despite their absolute might even p-funk’s entry is shaky at best bc arguably Clinton is the single bandleader, this is a really hard question