These aren't all solo acts but they're all great songwriters, great performers and underappreciated, which is certainly a theme here.
John Wesley Harding
Thoughtful, sarcastic writing, great rock music. His latest album is a tribute to one of his influences and doesn�t have any of his own songs so you need to find some of his older albums in a used record shop to hear some of those. I like �Why We Fight� and �The Name Above the Title� the best but all his stuff is well worth a listen.
dB�s
A great defunct band. Terrific songs, mostly classed as power pop. Anybody who likes REM at all should love these guys but they�re only available as used records. �Like This� and �The Sound of Music� are probably the two best, although Chris Stamey isn�t on either of them. The two leaders and writers (Stamey and Peter Holsapple) did one album together after the dB�s broke up, �Mavericks�, which also has outstanding songs.
Billy Bragg and Wilco
�Mermaid Avenue�
Never-performed Woody Guthrie lyrics set to Wilco/Bragg music. Unique record. Very, very good.
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These aren't all solo acts but they're all great songwriters, great performers and underappreciated, which is certainly a theme here.
John Wesley Harding
Thoughtful, sarcastic writing, great rock music. His latest album is a tribute to one of his influences and doesn�t have any of his own songs so you need to find some of his older albums in a used record shop to hear some of those. I like �Why We Fight� and �The Name Above the Title� the best but all his stuff is well worth a listen.
dB�s
A great defunct band. Terrific songs, mostly classed as power pop. Anybody who likes REM at all should love these guys but they�re only available as used records. �Like This� and �The Sound of Music� are probably the two best, although Chris Stamey isn�t on either of them. The two leaders and writers (Stamey and Peter Holsapple) did one album together after the dB�s broke up, �Mavericks�, which also has outstanding songs.
Billy Bragg and Wilco
�Mermaid Avenue�
Never-performed Woody Guthrie lyrics set to Wilco/Bragg music. Unique record. Very, very good.
John Wesley Harding
Thoughtful, sarcastic writing, great rock music. His latest album is a tribute to one of his influences and doesn�t have any of his own songs so you need to find some of his older albums in a used record shop to hear some of those. I like �Why We Fight� and �The Name Above the Title� the best but all his stuff is well worth a listen.
dB�s
A great defunct band. Terrific songs, mostly classed as power pop. Anybody who likes REM at all should love these guys but they�re only available as used records. �Like This� and �The Sound of Music� are probably the two best, although Chris Stamey isn�t on either of them. The two leaders and writers (Stamey and Peter Holsapple) did one album together after the dB�s broke up, �Mavericks�, which also has outstanding songs.
Billy Bragg and Wilco
�Mermaid Avenue�
Never-performed Woody Guthrie lyrics set to Wilco/Bragg music. Unique record. Very, very good.
