Phase One: Mark & Tony met at Abe's cottage and hammered in Phase One of the Star Wars Tournament 2012.
For the first time ever, there was not a single instance where both Coaches chose the same team. So no teams were locked-in.
Mark used his one toss-out group on Nora Jones to Tony's chagrin. She was replaced by Wilco. Tony forgot to use his one throw-out. He argued that he would still be able to throw a group out( Devo ), but it was not allowed.
So here is the round by round selections:
Tony A Group
01-Metallica
02-Jesse Colter
03- Waylon Jennings
04- Peter Wolf
05- George Jones
06- Steve Earle
07- Wilco (replaced Nora Jones-thrown out)
08- Emmy Lou Harris
09- Tom Petty
10- Civil Wars
11- Bruce Springsteen
12- Peter Frampton
13- Boston
14- Eric Clapton
15- The Black Crowes
16- Blind Boys of Alabama
17- Wayne Hancock
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Mark -Battle of Stalingrad
01- Graham Parker
02- Elvis Costello
03- Nada Surf
04- Jenny Lewis
05- Raveonettes
06- Keith Urban (Sandy)
07- UFO
08- The Eels
09- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
10- The Ramones
11- Jackson Browne
12- Lana Del Ray
13- Ween
14- The Beatles
15- Warren Zevon
16- Blind Kenny Wayne Shepherd
17- Rockpile
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Tony B Group
01- Mott the Hoople
02- Kings of Leon
03- Green Day
04- Shelby Lewis
05- Mumford & Sons
06- Whitney Houston(Diane)
07- Nora Jones' group(The Little Willies?)
08- AC/DC
09- Paul McCartney
10- Radiohead (2011 Champ)
11- Sarah Jarosz
12- REO Speedwagon
13- Raul Melo
14- Justin Townes Earle
15- George Harrison
16- Guy Clark
17- The Jam
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Mark -The Battle of Guadalcanal
01- The Rolling Stones
02- Pink Floyd
03- The Pretenders
04- Patti Smith
05- Steely Dan
06- Frank Zappa (FrankL)
07- David Gilmour
08- The Shins
09- Avett Bros.
10- Feist
11- The Led Zeppelin
12- Devo
13- John Hiatt
14- Flaming Lips
15- Bob Dylan
16- Nick Lowe
17- The Cars
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