I’m sure this list could never end…but I’m just listing some of my favorite classic rock deep cuts. These are songs that got some airplay but weren’t the biggest hits by those artists. Do yourself a favor and type some of these songs into youtube and enjoy. What a lot of these songs have in common is that they are great jams but are not too fast and not too slow — Arc of a Diver, Since You’re Gone, Squonk, Any Major Dude…but no description can do them justice. With groups like Van Halen or the Police, I could have picked virtually any of their songs that weren’t big hits and they would still all be great.
- Steve Winwood – Arc of a Diver
- Cars – Since You’re Gone, Dangerous Type (tie)
- U2 – Red Hill Mining Town
- Cure – Charlotte Sometimes
- Genesis – Squonk
- Pink Floyd – Vera
- REM – Texarkana, Cuyahoga (tie)
- Steely Dan – Any Major Dude
- Kinks – Rock N Roll Fantasy
- Led Zeppelin – Rain Song
- Rolling Stones – Lady Jane
- Police – Next to You
- Rush – Trees
- Bruce Springsteen – No Surrender
- April Wine – I Like to Rock
- Grateful Dead – Franklin’s Tower
- Van Halen – Light up the sky
- Eagles – Sad Cafe
- Fleetwood Mac – Silver Springs
- Doors – Waiting for the Sun
Also, I’d have to say “April Wine” is the greatest name I’ve ever heard for a rock band.
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