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    1. Michael Cohen‏ @speechboy71 12 May 2020

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      The other interesting question is why are British bands so much better than American bands - Beatles, Stones, Who, Zeppelin, U2, Kinks, Cream, etc And why does America turn out such better singer-songwriters? Anyone have a theory on this?https://twitter.com/speechboy71/status/1260393106177957891 …

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      Interesting thing with this question is how few really good American bands there are. The greatest is obviously the Dead. It’s not up for debate. But some of the crap bands suggested dilute the honor. Aerosmith, the Eagles, the Doors. Ugh. https://twitter.com/HankAzaria/status/1260190209985167360 …
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    3. Michael Cohen‏ @speechboy71 12 May 2020
      Replying to @helaineolen

      If Nick Drake and Amy Winehouse are the best British singer-songwriters you can come up with ... I rest my case that this is a category dominated by Americans!

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    5. Michael Cohen‏ @speechboy71 12 May 2020
      Replying to @helaineolen

      It's true there are lots of really good Canadian singer/songwriters and fewer bands. I assume that's a US influence but I really have no idea.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 12 May 2020
      Replying to @speechboy71 @helaineolen

      I suspect the singer/songwriter stuff comes out of the specific folk music scene which flourished in 1950s/1960s in NYC, Chicago, S.F. (and in Canada in Winnipeg & Montreal). Don't think there was a counterpart to that in England, at least not on that scale.

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        1. Acting Secretary of Michigan Winning the Big Ten‏ @dvanhowe 12 May 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @speechboy71 @helaineolen

          And the gospel preacher tradition that informed r & b music presaged frontmen performers

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        1. Christopher Albi‏ @CPAlbi 12 May 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @speechboy71 @helaineolen

          Winnipeg was a rock 'n' roll town in the 1960s. One of the first places in North America to embrace the Beatles. Neil Young, remember, was a rocker before (and after) he was a folkie.

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        2. Michael Cohen‏ @speechboy71 12 May 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @helaineolen

          Yeah it's funny but that was my initial though actually. But then pretty much my default position is that "somehow Bob Dylan is responsible"

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 12 May 2020
          Replying to @speechboy71 @helaineolen

          Well, Dylan was the genius who emerged from the scene, but the scene itself was important. Lots of gifted but less spectacular talents were able to make a living in basket houses in those years.

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