America - Here & Now

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Even during its '70s heyday, soft rock never gained much respect, & of those soft rockers, perhaps no other act received as much disdain as America, a group inspired equally by the folk-rock of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young & the pop of the Beatles. Aside from epitomizing the qualities that made soft rock anathema for hipsters & rock critics -- America, like the style itself, was too smooth, melodic, & square to be considered cool -- it's quite likely that the band received the brunt of t