Dwight Yoakam logically follows Buck Owens, as Dwight has long claimed Buck to be his biggest influence. In addition, they worked together, Dwight recorded a Buck tribute album and Buck's cryogenically frozen body is stored at Dwight's mansion.

Claremont's '80s run on Uncanny will always be the height of superhero soap opera comics to me. I've been re-reading them lately and they hold up surprisingly well.

It's always tough to parody something that no one under 70 remembers.

Hall (& a little Oates) put out an album a few years back called "Our Kind of Soul" where they cover a bunch of the classics, including a great version of Gladys Knight's "neither one of us". It's a solid collection and Hall even manages to slip in a few decent originals. As a bonus, the album has one tune by Oates…