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NASHVILLE, TN – NOVEMBER 10: Zac Brown and Alan Jackson perform "As She's Walking Away" at the 44th Annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 10, 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images) -
John Cougar Mellencamp on Town Street (Photo by Bob Sacha/Corbis via Getty Images) “We Suck”: The Heartland Rock Icon Who Felt Overshadowed Recording Alongside Eagles
The Eagles were recording their magnum opus while John Mellencamp recorded his debut single in the studio next door.
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Alice Cooper, whose hit song was popular among teens in 1972
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American country and western singer and musician Johnny Cash (1932 – 2003) performs on stage at the Painters Mill Music Far in Owing Mills, Maryland, September 29, 1977. He is strumming a guitar and standing in front of a microphone. Bassist Marshall Grant (1928 – 2011) of Cashs backing band The Tennessee Three plays behind him on the right. (Photo by Leffler/Library of Congress/Interim Archives/Getty Images)
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Willie Nelson at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois, April 18, 1982. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) -
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Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees performs during Lollapalooza at Winnebago County Fairgrounds on June 30, 1996 in Rockford, Illinois. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) -
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – JULY 31: Luke Combs performs during Lollapalooza at Grant Park on July 31, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Josh Brasted/FilmMagic) -
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Sombr and Lindsey Buckingham at Variety Power of Young Hollywood 2026 Presented by Disney+ held at The Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles At Beverly Hills on August 05, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
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Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath joins Metallica during night four of the band's 30th Anniversary at The Fillmore on December 10, 2011 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) -
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MADRID, SPAIN – JULY 20: Elwood Francis and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top perform on stage during Noches del Botanico music festival at Real Jardin Botanico Alfonso XIII on July 20, 2026 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Mariano Regidor/Getty Images) -
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS – MAY 18: Travis Kelce interacts with the crowd during Kelce Jam 2024 at Azura Amphitheater on May 18, 2024 in Bonner Springs, Kansas. (Photo by Fernando Leon/Getty Images) -
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – JUNE 07: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Gary LeVox performs during CMA Fest 2025 at the main stage at Nissan Stadium on June 07, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic) -
WANTAGH, NEW YORK – JULY 31: Rod Stewart performs at Northwell at Jones Beach Theater on July 31, 2026 in Wantagh, New York. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – NOVEMBER 22: Michael Buble performs live at the 2009 Australian Idol Final at the Sydney Opera House on November 22, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage) -
NEW YORK, NY – CIRCA 1985: Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith of Tears For Fears circa 1985 in New York City. (Photo by Robin Platzer/IMAGES/Getty Images) -
Phil Collins (born in 1951), British actor and singer-songwriter, and Philip Bailey (born in 1951), American singer, musician and songwriter, during a concert at Bercy. Paris (12th arrondissement), March 6, 1985. (Photo by Christian Rose/Roger Viollet via Getty Images) -
American group Matchbox Twenty pose for photographs, New York, New York, circa 1997. (Photo by Larry Busacca/WireImage)
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The Beatles rehearse at the ABC Theatre, Blackpool for the group's bill-topping appearance on ABC TV's Blackpool Night Out, 1 August 1965. Left to right: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr. (Photo by Daily Mirror/Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images) -
Country Music On Broadway, lobbycard, George Jones, 1964. (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images)
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UNSPECIFIED – JANUARY 01: Photo of EAGLES; L-R: Glenn Frey, Bernie Leadon, Don Henley, Randy Meisner – posed, group shot – c. Early 1970s (Photo by Gems/Redferns) -
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English drummer Barry Jenkins of rock band the Nashville Teens, August 1964. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) -
(L-R) Andrew Woolfolk, Verdine White, Johnny Graham, Maurice White, Larry Dunn, Philip Bailey and Al McKay, of the American band Earth, Wind & Fire, perform on stage in Los Angeles, California, circa 1980. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images) -
HILVERSUM, NETHERLANDS: Terry Sylvester and Allan Clarke from the Hollies perform together in Hilversum, Holland in 1971 (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns) -
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Boston, MA – August 28: Billy Idol performs live in concert at the Paradise Theater in 1982. The venue is now known as the Paradise Rock Club. (Photo by Jim Wilson/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) -
Stevie Nicks, who wrote one of the biggest hit songs of 1977
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UNITED KINGDOM – AUGUST 29: ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL Photo of Joni MITCHELL (Photo by Tony Russell/Redferns) -
Tim McGraw on 11/18/94 in Chicago, Il. (Photo by Paul Natkin/WireImage) -
Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Brian Wilson and Mike Love of The Beach Boys, early 1990s (Photo by L. Cohen/WireImage)
