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Originally Posted by AssBlaster
Phish knows about not only pop and fringe music, but they also know much about New and Old Music Theory, Traditional and Atonal Composition, American music history (outside of just pop music), American Jazz History, American Pop history, TV Theme Music, Barbershop quartet music, American Traditional Bluegrass, Klezmer music (Jewish folk music) among other types.
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I imagine that Sonic Youth know most of that stuff too. Have you seen Thurston and Kim's record collection? They have more than most record stores...
Based on their being able to instantaneously cover anything they're asked to cover I'd say that Yo La Tengo are probably contenders for the most knowledgeable crown, although, of course, they're not often asked to cover, say, the third song on that old phonograph recording made in some village in Tennessee in 1913.