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When you write songs as well as Graham Parker, you can escape the bar scene.  Here we catch him and the Rumour just as they were making that transition. As…

Most bar bands never escape the bar circuit b/c they just don't have the 'it' factor.  I never understood how this band made their escape, but they did, and Thorogood…

Another great British pub-rock band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTbzyqr0TRo

Pretty sure that's Nick Lowe on bass guitar. And Dave Edmunds might be up there as well. Pub rockin' at its best:

Hey, no list of great bar bands would be complete w/o these cats from Asbury Park, NJ:

London pub-rockers Ducks Deluxe with a slab of pure adrenaline:

I just saw that Pittsburgh's most legendary bar band played a Free At Noon on 'XPN. Didn't hear it, but I betcha they played this one:

I know it's a predictable choice, but this remains my fave Kinks' song ever, and I know that many others agree.  What's yours?:

'Cause celluloid heroes never feel any pain, and celluloid heroes never really die':

If you haven't heard this one, I hope you find it as moving as I do:

'I've got a big fat mama tryin' to break me...':

My Holy Trinity:

Dave Davies wrote it and sang it.  Kinda wish he'd written more songs with the Kinks, based on this one, also from Something Else: