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Literate
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Literate Song Highlights
Hickory Wind
Bob Buchanan
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Gram Parsons
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Old Marcus Garvey
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Burning Spear
Wonderful Remark
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David Bowie
Enjoy the Silence
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Love Reign O'Er Me
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The Who
Maiden Voyage
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Memphis, Tennessee
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
Jesse James
Woody Guthrie
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Huddie Ledbetter
Woody Guthrie
Everything in Its Right Place
Radiohead
Radiohead
Don't Do Me Like That
Tom Petty
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Don't Stop
Christine McVie
Fleetwood Mac
Sampa
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
Ohio
Neil Young
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
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Neil Young
Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
The Bottle Let Me Down
Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard
The Streets of Baltimore
Tompall Glaser
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Harlan Howard
Bobby Bare
Keep on Pushing
Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions
Black Hole Sun
Chris Cornell
Soundgarden
Four on Six
Wes Montgomery
Wes Montgomery
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
St. Thomas
Sonny Rollins
Tommy Flanagan
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Max Roach
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Sonny Rollins
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Doug Watkins
Dancing with the Moonlit Knight
Tony Banks
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Phil Collins
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Peter Gabriel
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Steve Hackett
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Mike Rutherford
Genesis
Tubular Bells, Pt. 1
Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield
Time
David Gilmour
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Nick Mason
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Roger Waters
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Richard Wright
Pink Floyd
El Gaucho
Wayne Shorter
Wayne Shorter
Silvio
Bob Dylan
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Robert Hunter
Bob Dylan
I Could Fall in Love
Keith Thomas
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Keith Thomas
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Keith Thomas
Selena
Boo Ann's Grand
Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw
Rebel Without a Pause
Carlton Ridenhour
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Norman Rogers
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Eric "Vietnam" Sadler
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Hank Shocklee
Public Enemy
All Africa
Oscar Brown, Jr.
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Max Roach
Max Roach
Sheila Take a Bow
The Smiths
Do You Remember the First Time?
Nick Banks
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Jarvis Cocker
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Candida Doyle
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Steve Mackey
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Russell Senior
Pulp
Life Begins at the Hop
Colin Moulding
XTC
Old Five and Dimers Like Me
Billy Joe Shaver
Billy Joe Shaver
Unit Structure/As of a Now/Section
Cecil Taylor
Cecil Taylor
I Love
Tom T. Hall
Tom T. Hall
Banned in D.C.
Earl Hudson
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Paul Hudson
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Darryl Jenifer
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Gary Miller
Bad Brains
Codine
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Chelsea Hotel No. 2
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
Nick Drake
Another Nail in My Heart
Chris Difford
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Glenn Tilbrook
Squeeze
Hang Down Your Head
Kathleen Brennan
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Tom Waits
Tom Waits
Sunday Morning Comin' Down
Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson
Sweet Little Sixteen
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
Keep Ya Head Up
2Pac
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D. Anderson
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Roger
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Stan Vincent
2Pac
Straight Life
Freddie Hubbard
Freddie Hubbard
Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
Duke Ellington
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Lee Gaines
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Billy Strayhorn
Duke Ellington
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