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10. Franz Liszt

Tue Oct 9, 2012, 12:13 AM

Oct 2012

He's probably in the middle of the pack as far as my favorite composers go, but he was by all accounts a spellbinding performer, and maintained a rockstar lifestyle in the early 19th century.

Zappa - I love a lot of his live performance albums, and I'm sure his shows would be quite memorable.

maybe Townes Van Zandt for the last. He's more a songwriter than performer, but I really love his performances on the "Live from the Old Quarter" album, and his knack for alternating real tearjerkers of songs with the corniest (but hilarious) deadpan jokes.

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