- Jordan/Wilson. Listen to their Flamin' Groovies Shake Some Action album for the best example. Produced by the great Dave Edmunds.
- Marshall Crenshaw. And not just because he played Lennon in the stage production of Beatlemania. A great, great songwriter, excellent musician, passable singer (contrary to Jagger's assertion, it's the song, not the singer ;-) .
- Dwight Twilley. He shoulda had Tom Petty's career. Better songwriter, better singer, had a better guitarist than Mike Campbell in Bill Pitcock IV, and a great drummer/harmony singer/partner in Phil Seymour. Bill and Phil are both dead, leaving Dwight alone in Tulsa, putting out the occasional album. It's a cryin' shame.
- All the guys in the "classic" NRBQ line-up (Terry Adams, Joey Spampinato, Al Anderson). Along with The Band, amongst the greatest self-contained ensembles (writing, singing, playing) in all of Rock 'n' Roll history. IMO, of course. Al left the band to concentrate on songwriting, and relocated to Nashville, home of great songwriting.
