Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Rich Warren's take on the top 49

This is from Rich Warren back in July 2010 -- in alphabetical order, his 49 most significant singer-songwriters in the last 50 years:
   1. Ben Bedford (Lincoln’s Man)
   2. Eric Bogle (And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda)
   3. Gordon Bok (Turning Toward the Morning)
   4. Greg Brown (Rexroth’s Daughter / Ring Around the Moon)
   5. Jonathan Byrd (The Ballad of Larry)
   6. Dave Carter (Gentle Arms of Eden / When I Go)
   7. Harry Chapin (Mr. Tanner)
   8. Leonard Cohen (Suzanne)
   9. Judy Collins (Albatross)
  10. Iris DeMent (Our Town)
  11. Kitty Donohoe (There Are No Words)
  12. Bob Dylan (Blowin’ in the Wind)
  13. Bob Franke (Hard Love)
  14. Steve Goodman (City of New Orleans)
  15. John Gorka (Love Is Our Cross to Bear / Temporary Road)
  16. Diana Jones (Pony / Cracked and Broken)
  17. Connie Kaldor (Grandmother’s Song)
  18. James Keelaghan (Cold Missouri Waters)
  19. Gordon Lightfoot (Ballad of the Yarmouth Castle / Canadian Railroad Trilogy)
  20. Ewan MacColl (Joy of Living / First Time Ever I Saw Your Face)
  21. Don McLean (American Pie / Vincent)
  22. John McCutcheon (Christmas in the Trenches)
  23. Suzanne McDermott (The 3 Dreams of J. Robert Oppenheimer)
  24. David Mallett (The Garden Song)
  25. Anais Mitchell (Two Kids / Before the Eyes of Story Telling Girls)
  26. Joni Mitchell (Both Sides Now)
  27. Pete Morton (Another Train)
  28. Peter Mulvey (Rise)
  29. Carrie Newcomer (There Is a Tree)
  30. Phil Ochs (Crucifixion)
  31. Kristina Olsen (Yellow Piper / Dangerous)
  32. Tom Paxton (Ramblin’ Boy / Last Thing on My Mind)
  33. Utah Phillips (Goodnight Loving Trail / Touch Me)
  34. John Prine (Paradise / Hello in There)
  35. Rich Prezioso of Small Potatoes (1,000 Candles, 1,000 Cranes)
  36. Garnet Rogers (All That Is)
  37. Stan Rogers (Mary Ellen Carter /Northwest Passage / House of Orange /
      Barrett’s Privateers / Jeanie-C)
  38. Pete Seeger (Turn, Turn, Turn / Waist Deep in the Big Muddy)
  39. Danny Schmidt (Stained Glass)
  40. Richard Shindell (Are You Happy Now / Reunion Hill)
  41. Patrick Sky (Sometimes I Wonder)
  42. Michael Smith (The Dutchman)
  43. Ian Tyson (Ian & Sylvia) (Four Strong Winds)
  44. Townes Van Zandt (Pancho & Lefty)
  45. Jerry Jeff Walker (Mr. Bojangles)
  46. Susan Werner (Barbed Wire Boys / May I Suggest)
  47. Cheryl Wheeler (Arrow)
  48. Dar Williams (February)
  49. Robin & Linda Williams with Jerome Clark (Don’t Let Me Come Home a Stranger)

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