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Pete Townshend
Bob Dylan
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No Buddy Holly?
 

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Dylan
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Kev Russell/Jimmy Smith
Lennon/McCartney
Townes Van Zandt
Jagger/Richards
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right said fred
 

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+ all those Lieber/Stoller, Rogers/Hart, Irving Berlin-type guys. Then the whole Brill Bldg. Crew, Burt Bachrach, etc.
 

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Originally Posted by romafan
+ all those Lieber/Stoller, Rogers/Hart, Irving Berlin-type guys. Then the whole Brill Bldg. Crew, Burt Bachrach, etc.
Sondheim and Styne too
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Originally Posted by DeCaloFashion1
how about Lennon/McCartney? +1 on Simon and Garfunkel. There is a poetry to their songs that really doesn't exist in popular music anymore.
+1 I love the beauty, simplicity, and wordplay of older generations of music. I really miss that.
Originally Posted by Connemara
Robbie Robertson never gets enough love.
+1 I'm sure I'm going to get **** for this one but: U2 / Bono Ok, the rest... Roger Waters, David Gilmour Paul Westerberg Lloyd Cole Neil Peart / Rush Bernie Taupin Dion Martin Gore Simon and Garfunkel Too many others to mention... Honorable mention: Billy Joel (older stuff) What about women? Poe Tori Amos? Jewel? PJ Harvey Ani DiFranco (despite the fact that I can't listen to her music)
 

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