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Submitted by Tim McCarthy, Sep 30, 2007 20:52

So true that there are few exceptions to your thesis that songwriters who are singers are frequenly less-than great on one of the specialties. You cite Beatles and Dylan-I'd include Prine and Richard Thompson but few others. Great article. Cheers! Tim McCarthy

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