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3 Heartland Rock Musicians Who Don’t Go by the Name Springsteen, Seger, or Mellencamp

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3 Songs From 1979 That Shaped Heartland Rock

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3 Songs From 1976 That Shaped Heartland Rock

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American musician and bassist, Marshall Grant smiling while recording songs for Johnny Cash's The Last Gunfighter Ballad album at Sound Spectrum Recording, Inc., also known as the House of Cash Studios in Nashville, Tennessee 1976. Photo is part of the Nashville Music Collection. (Photo by Al Clayton/Getty Images).

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