Several of these bands belong on the "Rock" page, but it was already crowded, and that's why my graph is a circle instead of a rectangle -- some people straddle the lines. Each of these artists has an acoustic sensibility where their instruments talk instead of just rock. And each of them grounds their lyrics in real personal memories instead of spinning fantasy yarns about boy-meets-girl like Rock artists so often do. Those are the reasons why I put them on this side of the graph.

Once again here's a warning: Clicking one of the links below will take you to a page with one or more music clips on them. The file size of the music clip is about 500k (half a Megabyte). A telephone Internet connection might take 5 full minutes to load the 500k clip. Don't panic. But be ready to download some large files.

• Ben Harper: The best thing anyone could hope for in life is to be "Forgiven" the way Ben Harper describes it.

• The Fryday Band: So many of the world's best bands started out as "My Best Friends"

• Scott E. Moore: Wisdom begins when you know yourself for a fool. In that case Scott Moore and I are very wise... "Unforgettable Fool"

• Blues Traveller laments the feeling of powerlessness and homelessness amid the lights and bustle of the big city -- "100 Years"

Also worth a mention: See my page on Conor Oberst's song, "When the President Talks to God"

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• My last name is Wohlmut
• My middle name is Arthur

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