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    Honkin' On Bobo

    Of the many reasons why middle-class white boys such as Eric Clapton and Aerosmith flocked to the music of older, impoverished black men in the 1960s and early 1970s, here is one of the best: The great bluesmen were also great pop songwriters. Robert Johnson, Willie Dixon and Mississippi Fred McDowe...

    2004 RS: 4of 5 Stars

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Fronted by Mick Jagger look-alike Steven Tyler and known for their aggressive blues-based style, Aerosmith were the top American hard-rock band of the mid-Seventies, despite endless attacks from critics who considered them a poor man's Rolling Stones. But the members' growing drug problems and internal dissension contributed to a commercial decline that began with 1977's Draw the Line. Two crucial...

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