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150: Bobby Short
As Wikipedia notes, Bobby Short (1924 – 2005) was an American cabaret singer and pianist, who interpreted songs by popular composers from...
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147: Whipping Post
As Wikipedia notes, The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman...
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146: It's Too Late to Stop Now
As Wikipedia notes, It's Too Late to Stop Now is a 1974 live double album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It features...
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145: Lake Street Dive - "Rich Girl"
Lake Street Dive is one of my favorite bands. Formed in 2004 at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, the band's founding...
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142: Tennessee Whiskey
I came upon this video on Youtube featuring Nashville singer Kayla Kroh and I cannot stop watching and listening to it: Kayla Kroh is...
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140: Guitar master Naudo
Naudo Rodriguez is a self-taught master of the guitar. The music flows through Naudo.
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137: Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
As Wikipedia notes, "Folsom Prison Blues" is a song by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. Written in 1953, it is one of Cash's...
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135: Peter, Paul and Mary
As Wikipedia notes, Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961, during the American folk music...
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134: What a Wonderful World
As Wikipedia notes, Louis Armstrong (1901 – 1971) – nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops" – was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He...
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131: From the Beginning
Emerson, Lake and Palmer's "From the Beginning" (1972) is a perfect song. Magical. Listen: "From the Beginning" There might have been...
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115: Bobby Dylan
While reading a biography of Bob Dylan, I was stopped in my tracks by this quote below about him. A college student at the University of...
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114: Lake Street Dive - "I Want You Back"
Lake Street Dive - "I Want You Back"
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110: Rick Lee and the Muscle Shoals Sound
Today I stumbled upon Muscle Shoals (2013), an amazing documentary about Rick Lee and the music in the 1960s and 70s that came out of...
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107: Darlin' Commit Me - Steve Earle
I came upon this video not too long ago of Steve Earle singing his own song "Darlin' Commit Me" and I cannot stop watching it. I am...
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89: "Old Man" - Neil Young
I just came upon this classic live version of Neil Young singing "Old Man." It was recorded on February, 23 1971. BBC Television Theatre,...
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87: Hotel California - Acoustic
Love this acoustic guitar rendition of the Eagles' classic "Hotel California": This video has been viewed many times. And for good...
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78: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
I have always loved Bob Dylan's song "Knockin' on Heaven's Door." The song was written for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett...
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72: Ben Watt - "These Days"
My favorite band is Everything But the Girl. They are made up of the English husband-wife duo of Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn. I love Ben...
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53: Everything But The Girl
My favorite band has always been Everything But The Girl (EBTG). This English husband-wife duo - Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt - formed in...
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41: Humble Beginnings - Tom Scholz
I happened to be watching Chronicle one night when this wonderful segment aired about Tom Scholz of the rock band Boston. The classic...
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