After multiple decades living in the US as a Canadian national, I become a US citizen in 2 weeks. It's made me a little retrospective. I found myself curious about the sound that "is" an American band. For me...I finally came up with X. John X Doe and eXene Cervenka singing about lost love, heartache, hope and triumph...they brought the perfect blend of well crafted turmoil into their music.
Anyway, just my take...Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen for their poetry.
While I'm reminding you to click on links for free music, don't forget that over at http://www.mixed-tape.com you can get the latest M-B Mixed Tape CD-length compilation (and have been able to for two weeks) - and tape 07 will be available around 17 May!...
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