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His thread about Warren Zevon made me think of other great singers/songwriters of the same era (mid 70s to 80s) and I wonder what everyone else thinks of the following artists even though most of them are not really considered new wave per se?

Alan Parsons (The Alan Parsons Project)
Ian Hunter
Donnie Iris
Dave Edmunds
Nick Lowe
Steve Forbert

Donnie Iris--another guy that should have been bigger than what he was. His Back On The Streets lp is a classic.
Ian Hunter--ditto--what a drag he wasnt more popular.[:D]
Alan Parsons--Never got into him as much as some of my friends did , but I did enj

Nice post.

Steve Forbert's 'Alive on Arrival' is one of my favorite non-new wave lps. I never get sick of hearing it.

I have just about everything solo that Lowe or Edmunds ever did. If I had to pick between the two, I'd probably go with Lowe, just

I posted this <a href="http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=908" target="blank">here</a> awhile back.

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