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I agree. There's a lot of good music out there, just that the major labels aren't signing any of them. They're focus-grouping everything and hoping for MTV hype.

I like Smash Mouth a lot, but that's probably the only group that's come out in the last 15 years that I listen to.

Elvis, Linda Ronstadt, Jerry Jeff, Jackson Browne, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Emmy Lou Harris, the Pointer Sisters, the Dirt Band, CCR, Jerry Lee Lewis, Al Hirt, Chuck Berry and (only when Don Rich was doing the fiddle and guitar) Buck Owens.

My all time favorite songs, Hot Rod Lincoln, Emmy Lou Harris version of Pancho and Lefty, LA Freeway (Jerry Jeff), Fairy Tale (Pointer Sisters), Panama Red, Take it Easy, Chantilly Lace, Lookin Out My Back Door, Jailhouse Rock, and (doggone it, alzheimer's moment) what's the song Tommy Lee Jones puts on the 8-track when they're driving upside down in MIB?

All time worst song ever recorded, "It's a Sunshine Day" by the Brady Bunch, possibly tied with Sugar, Sugar and anything by Tony Orlando and Dawn.

and (doggone it, alzheimer's moment) what's the song Tommy Lee Jones puts on the 8-track when they're driving upside down in MIB?

Wouldn't that be the Chuck Berry great,"Promised Land",that goes "Hello operator,give me Norfolk,Virginian,Tidewater xx09. Tell the folks back home it's the promised land a-calling,and the poor boy's on the line."? One of THE greatest songs in rock and roll history! Forget all that Little Richard "I invented R&R" and Elvis,"the King of R&R" crap. The REAL inventors and kings of rock and roll were Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly.

Believe it or not,but I saw the Eagles in Norfolk,Va in the early 70's,and when they came back on stage to do their encore,they opened with "Promised Land". The place exploded! Man,they went back to the roots,and rocked the place out for the next hour! It was the first reserved seat concert I ever went to,and people were ripping the seats up to throw them against the wall to make room to dance.

Oh yeah,the Eagles opening act that night was Linda Rhondstat,and she closed out her encore with "Desperado". To this day I still haven't made up my mind who does it better,her or the Eagles.