The Greatest Opening Guitar Riffs Ever
What's the greatest opening guitar riff? SMGM documents the 10 best of all time. But first, what makes it an opening riff?... Read More
Bruce Springsteen “Mary’s Place”
Whether Mary's dress waves or sways to open Thunder Road, a character named Mary recurs with peculiar frequency in Bruce Springsteen's songs... Read More
The Top 10 Best American Bands
To celebrate Independence Day, So Much Great Music went through the painstaking process of choosing the Top 10 Best American Bands... Read More
Top 5 Movie Songs by Fictional Bands
Real movies, fake bands: the So Much Great Music countdown of the best 5 songs ever.... Read More
Steely Dan “Bodhisattva”
It’s doubtful you would ever think of Steely Dan as a “guitar solo” band, and that’s true in part because their jazz/R&B/rock amalgam never made them a typical rock and roll group, but also due to the fact that their ostensible main guitarist, co-founder, Walter Becker, played only a fraction of them... Read More
The 10 Most Perfect Albums
In search of perfection: So Much Great Music makes the case for the 10 most perfect albums ever. Not simply the best, but...perfect.... Read More
The 10 Best Rock Frontmen
Who's at the front of all rock frontmen: So Much Great Music makes the case for the 10 best ever. But first, what makes a great frontman great?... Read More
Bob Dylan “My Back Pages”
The single greatest collection of superstar artists ever gathered together on one stage to perform one song: My Back Pages @ MSG by a murderers row of McGuinn, Petty, Young, Clapton, Dylan, and Harrison.... Read More
The Top 10 Greatest New Orleans Music Artists
When the Saints go marching in, who would you like to be in that number?... Read More
Dennis Wilson: The One True Beach Boy
From California surfin' to Charles Manson, Dennis Wilson's life was one of edgy contradictions. What he was, though, was the one true Beach Boy.... Read More