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Marty Stuart on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers:

"I’ve never made any bones about it. I think Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers were the greatest Rock & Roll Band the United States Of America has ever produced."

Wow. Better than The Hawks/The Band (though composed of only one American and four Canadians, I consider the U.S.A. responsible for their formation)? Better than NRBQ, and The Byrds? And Los Lobos? As I consider Marty and his band The Fabulous Superlatives the current best band in the world, his opinions carry a lot of weight with me.

Okay, maybe I’ve been wrong about TP & TH. ;-)
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stuartk
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That's Brunswick, Maine... down the road from Freeport. 
rfnoise
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CCR. Van Morrison. Fleetwood Mac.
jafant
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stuartk

nice mention on "Will The Wolf Survive?"

Happy Listening!
wolf_garcia
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Brunswick is the only town I know of named after a bowling ball.

Petty wrote amazing simple songs that just worked and the Heartbreakers were great. But best band? As Zappa said (about guitar players, but still...), "It's not a pushup contest." I was and still am a The Band fan, and when they were past their prime I (and lots of fellow musicians I knew in the 70s) sort of transferred my "fave" label to Little Feat as a live act for sure, as Lowell George was astonishing as an all around singer-producer-guitar player...Steely Dan were amazing but they toured rarely back then, and sort of weren't a band per se after a few albums...Los Lobos kill me, and certainly deserve props as a great American band.
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marantz33
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Love and respect to nearly every band mentioned here but just one listen to waiting for Columbus should put this issue to bed.
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