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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain

This song is John Fogerty's take on the imminent departure of his brother Tom from the band, and the overall tension in the group at a...

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Guns N' Roses covered this on their 1991 album, Use Your Illusion II. They played it in 1992 at a tribute concert for Freddie Mercury,...

Kansas - Dust in the Wind

Kansas guitarist Kerry Livgren wrote this after reading a book of Native American poetry. The line that caught his attention was, "For...

ZZ Top - Legs

ZZ Top's "Legs" is a song from their 1983 album Eliminator. The song was released as the album's fourth single in May 1984, more than a...

Rod Stewart - Maggie May

This was the first big hit of the rock era to feature a mandolin, which was mostly heard in folk music. Stewart first used the instrument...

Guns N' Roses - Patience

Following the manic aural onslaught of their debut album Appetite for Destruction, Guns N' Roses gave us "Patience," a tender song where...