Best Living Songwriters?
I was just reading through No Depresssion, one the best online magazines (formerly in print) focused on americana music, and found their list of Five Best Living Songwriters to be an interesting read. It was also interesting to see that Bob Dylan made the number one spot, same as he did on our similar list of The 100 Greatest Singer-Songwriter Albums of All Time. It looks like all 5 of their artist picks made it somewhere onto our list as well.
I would love to know more about the author's apparently strong aversion to Nick Drake. It's also suspect to see the inclusion of Patty Griffin and Billy Joel (the guy wrote Uptown Girl after all) at the number 4 and 5 spots, which would not be my choice, but everyone's taste is their own. That's what's great about music.
Thanks, No Depression, for your best list. Any of you Chordstrike readers care to chime in with more of your passionate opinions and picks of the best songwriters out there? I'd especially love to hear about any under-the-radar artists that aren't the ubiquitous picks we normally see.
--Lucas Hilbert
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I'm going with...
1. Bruce Springsteen
2. Bob Dylan
3. Paul McCartney
4. Paul Simon
5. Tom Waits
Cookie the Dog's Owner on August 08, 2009 at 04:20 PM
Vienna Teng
Steve Curtis and Dan Messe of Hem
Al Stewart
Linford Detwiler and Karin Bergquist of Over The Rhine
Brian Gibbon
Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, and Todd Harrell of 3 Doors Down
Beth Orton
Tom Petty
Bruce Springsteen
Ben Lukoff on August 07, 2009 at 02:45 PM
Andy Partridge
Ray Davies
Brian Wilson
Paul McCartney
Pete Townshend
Elvis Costello
Nick Lowe
Robyn Hitchcock
Lucas Hilbert on August 07, 2009 at 10:30 AM
True, good point, Ally. But from the tone of her comment on Mr. Drake, I have a feeling it's more of a distaste for Nick than anything else. Could be wrong.
Ally on August 07, 2009 at 10:16 AM
I would think they left off Nick Drake because he doesn't qualify under the "Living" criteria, not because he doesn't qualify under the "Best" criteria!