At Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 20:25:36 Stewart wrote:

>I think it's the "broken through the mainstream" part that's the problem,
>because there's a whole school of songwriters who I think were heavily
>influenced by Ray Davies' Veddy Veddy English period, circa '65-'71: Andy
>Partridge, Martin Newell (Cleaners From Venus), Daniel Treacy (Television
>Personalities), Paul Weller, David Gedge (Wedding Present), Alan Jenkins
>and Terry Burrows (Chrysanthemums), Stephen Duffy (Lilac Time era much more
>than Tin Tin), Damon Albarn (Blur), even what's his name from Belle and
>Sebastian.  The problem is that -- much like the Kinks, come to think of it
>-- all of these artists have had trouble gaining a foothold in North 
>America.

An interesting list...and, of course, I've learned something here. Thanks 
for the education.

Jaimie Vernon,
Bullseye

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