Author: Bill Flanigin

Bill Flanigin is a freelance writer who enjoys classic rock and crappy beer. Once a middle school English teacher, he left the profession after reading one too many essays on family trips to Disney. His kids are grown so he's able to do lots of stuff now. Follow him on Twitter at @billyflan.

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Night Grooves: Top 10 Songs of Bob Seger

There are songs he wrote overnight and those that took a year to finish. Bob Seger is second only to Bruce Springsteen in chronicling American life …. and these 10 songs are a perfect catalog.

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On Every Street: The Top 10 Dire Straits Songs

From the MTV hit everyone knows, to the song used in the recent movie, “I, Tonya,” to the one we all play air-guitar to….these hits sum up the collective genius of Dire Straits.

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Hear Toto’s Drums Echoing Tonight

Toto has indeed made 40 trips around the sun, and the band is getting a kind of love that sometimes eluded it earlier in its career.

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A Flock of Seagulls Have Their Own Orchestral Maneuvers Now

The Beach Boys, Foreigner, the Indigo Girls – now 80s group A Flock of Seagulls give their hits a musical makeover with the help of a symphony orchestra.

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The Easiest Way to Define Classic Rock

Media Experts have used plenty of methods to nail down exactly “what” constitutes Classic Rock, including the years and the artists. But we’ve sussed it down to one simple component: The 8-Track Tape.