Biography:

Josh Joplin Group was an American Georgia-based pop music band led by singer-songwriter Josh Joplin. Joplin, a self-proclaimed "dork" who nonetheless dropped out of school in tenth grade to become a folk singer like his hero Phil Ochs, brought the group its trademark combination of introspective lyrics, folk-rock melodies, and lead vocals that, to many, sound identical to those of R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe (to the point that one Joplin song, "Happy at Last," begins, "I sound like Michael Stipe and I dream like Carl Jung").

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Other songs:

• A Hard Year
• Arms To Hold Me
• Best Intention Yet
• Blue Skies Again
• Earth And Other Things
• Empire State
• Jaywalker
• Jaywalkers Of The World
• Mortimers Ghost
• Mr New Years Day
• My Luck
• One Becomes Two
• Pilgrims Progress
• Skylines In Winter
• Stay
• The Growing Up Boy
• The World On A Shoestring
• To All My Friends

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