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The 10 Best Rock Frontmen

Who's at the front of all rock frontmen: So Much Great Music makes the case...
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Bob Dylan “My Back Pages”

The single greatest collection of superstar artists ever gathered together on one stage to perform...
April 15, 2020
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The 10 Most Perfect Albums

In search of perfection: So Much Great Music makes the case for the 10 most...
October 22, 2021
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Dennis Wilson “River Song”

From California surfin' to Charles Manson, Dennis Wilson's life was one of edgy contradictions. What...
June 26, 2021
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Classic Rock, Featured, Holidays, Top 10 List

The Top 10 Best American Bands

To celebrate Independence Day, So Much Great Music went through the painstaking process of choosing...
July 2, 2021
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Classic Rock, Featured, Weird Counts

Steely Dan “Bodhisattva”

It’s doubtful you would ever think of Steely Dan as a “guitar solo” band, and...
November 29, 2019

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Booker T. & The M.G.’s “Time Is Tight”

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King Harvest “Dancing in the Moonlight”

The super catchy one-hit wonder that everybody loves, and the word repeated so many times in it that everybody should notice....

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Believe it or not, Chicago was actually once a great band. Just not on this song (or wait, maybe so?)...

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I've never been to Arkansas, but listening to Chris Stapleton's song, "Arkansas" has me wanting to go. Just not for its Governor....

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