Would appreciate stars to my Dylan effortpost.
Singer song writers
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We're conveniently leaving out a genre despite the brilliant lyrics of the following:
Stan
Lose Yourself
The Way I Am
Drug Ballad
Sing for the moment
The Real Slim Sbady
Stan
Lose Yourself
The Way I Am
Drug Ballad
Sing for the moment
The Real Slim Sbady
This song is Exhibit A in support of my original nomination of Gord in this post. Just frickin' beautiful and poetic.ApachePilot said:
This song was in my head all day long. Thanks to those that reminded me about this man's music.
I called my Mom today and told her I remembered every Sunday after church we would clean the house, A family tradition, and she would put on these records and we would sing along with the greatest artist. I read her the names listed and we both laughed because she still has all the records.
It's a great one and he has a few for sure. Just not sure he had the depth or longevity to be an all-time great.
Another Canadian btw. Quite a few on these lists:
Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen
and not sure if these have been mentioned but other canadians - kd lang, alanis morissette, sarah mclachlan, robbie robertson (more known for The Band perhaps but he did a lot of solo too)
Another Canadian btw. Quite a few on these lists:
Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen
and not sure if these have been mentioned but other canadians - kd lang, alanis morissette, sarah mclachlan, robbie robertson (more known for The Band perhaps but he did a lot of solo too)
Dont forget Gordon Lightfoot.
Great list. I'd add:
Buddy Holly
Chris Isaak
Buddy Holly
Chris Isaak
dcAg said:
Dont forget Gordon Lightfoot.
The guy mentioned In the two posts right before yours?
HtownAg92 said:This song is Exhibit A in support of my original nomination of Gord in this post. Just frickin' beautiful and poetic.ApachePilot said:
This song was in my head all day long. Thanks to those that reminded me about this man's music.
I called my Mom today and told her I remembered every Sunday after church we would clean the house, A family tradition, and she would put on these records and we would sing along with the greatest artist. I read her the names listed and we both laughed because she still has all the records.
This song gives me chills. Poetry
I know he has been mentioned but Willie Nelson. He changed country music. Not the greatest voice, but iconic. And some truly great songs.
Angle Flying Too Close to the Ground is my personal favorite of his.
Angle Flying Too Close to the Ground is my personal favorite of his.
Haven't read the entire thread but if you don't consider Sting....
Since we are including bad singers, Kris Kristofferson has to make the list
traveler1 said:
Since we are including bad singers, Kris Kristofferson has to make the list
One of my best friends in the world is Fred Foster. He owned Monument Records and was the guy who signed Kris as an artist, and produced all of his records.traveler1 said:
Since we are including bad singers, Kris Kristofferson has to make the list
Kristofferson never intended to be a singer. He had approached Fred hoping to get signed as a songwriter to Monument's publishing company, Combine Music. He was asking for more money that writers typically got, so Fred asked him to play a few songs -he played 4 - I don't recall all of them, but I know "To Beat The Devil" and "Jody And The Kid" were two of them. Fred said "I'll give you a publishing deal on one condition....I want to sign you to Monument as an artist as well." Kristofferson argued that he was not a good singer, but Fred was persistent and so he agreed.
Turns out Fred was right, he wound up being a huge star, both as a recording artist and an actor.
Jimbo Franchione
I met Kris Kristofferson once in a bizarre way.
I was over at my friend Craig Kirschenbauer's house just playing tag football outside. It was over the Christmas break in 1978. this was on Ft. Leavenworth military base and I was 12.
We went in the house and were just taking a break and around the corner comes Kris Kristofferson in like sweat pants and a t-shirt. I was like "whoa"!!!! "uhhhhh......".... my friend was like "oh yeah this is my uncle" and he shook my hand introducing himself. I was just dumbstruck really. He was there visiting his sister and family over Christmas.
He had had never mentioned who his uncle was. Ever. And never talked about him again really.
The movie Convoy had just been out that summer and I had seen it. Probably the first movie I ever saw him in - although I knew who he was from music and had seen him on some TV specials or talk shows.
His mom was Kris's sister and had married someone named Kirschenbauer who was in the army. Turns out the entire family had a military service background including Kris, Kris's sister married into the army, and his father and grandfather had both served (the latter in the Swedish army before).
It was surreal how down to earth this huge star was. There was certainly no media and his family of course just treated him like Uncle Kris.
I was over at my friend Craig Kirschenbauer's house just playing tag football outside. It was over the Christmas break in 1978. this was on Ft. Leavenworth military base and I was 12.
We went in the house and were just taking a break and around the corner comes Kris Kristofferson in like sweat pants and a t-shirt. I was like "whoa"!!!! "uhhhhh......".... my friend was like "oh yeah this is my uncle" and he shook my hand introducing himself. I was just dumbstruck really. He was there visiting his sister and family over Christmas.
He had had never mentioned who his uncle was. Ever. And never talked about him again really.
The movie Convoy had just been out that summer and I had seen it. Probably the first movie I ever saw him in - although I knew who he was from music and had seen him on some TV specials or talk shows.
His mom was Kris's sister and had married someone named Kirschenbauer who was in the army. Turns out the entire family had a military service background including Kris, Kris's sister married into the army, and his father and grandfather had both served (the latter in the Swedish army before).
It was surreal how down to earth this huge star was. There was certainly no media and his family of course just treated him like Uncle Kris.
Great story, that's good stuff.
I've been around him several times, usually at functions where we'd get to speak and that's about it. But about a year ago, Fred had some health issues and had to spend some time in a rehab facility. That's my wife's gig, so we got him in her center where she's the rehab coordinator. I would go down and visit him every week, and one Sunday afternoon I popped in on him and Kristofferson was there with his wife visiting. We sat in Fred's room and talked for about 4 hours, the first and only time I've truly been able to have a real conversation with him. The interesting thing about it was, all of the nurses/techs/etc would come in to check Fred's BP, or bring water & ice, food, etc. - none of them ever paid a bit of attention to him. I think they didn't recognize him because it never crossed their mind that a guy like him would be at a rehab center in Columbia TN. I think Kris was pretty happy about that actually, I get the feeling he's not comfortable with getting the star treatment.
I've been around him several times, usually at functions where we'd get to speak and that's about it. But about a year ago, Fred had some health issues and had to spend some time in a rehab facility. That's my wife's gig, so we got him in her center where she's the rehab coordinator. I would go down and visit him every week, and one Sunday afternoon I popped in on him and Kristofferson was there with his wife visiting. We sat in Fred's room and talked for about 4 hours, the first and only time I've truly been able to have a real conversation with him. The interesting thing about it was, all of the nurses/techs/etc would come in to check Fred's BP, or bring water & ice, food, etc. - none of them ever paid a bit of attention to him. I think they didn't recognize him because it never crossed their mind that a guy like him would be at a rehab center in Columbia TN. I think Kris was pretty happy about that actually, I get the feeling he's not comfortable with getting the star treatment.
Jimbo Franchione
good one. I'm surprised no one has mentioned REK.Bunk Moreland said:
He's won 4 grammy's including Country Album of the year, so it isn't homer at all to say Lyle Lovett.
A couple of guys from across the pond:
Foy Vance
Scott Hutchison (rip)
Foy Vance
Scott Hutchison (rip)
This thread is under consideration for a Cheap Trick effortpost, and it's outrageous - though certainly predictable given the history of this board - that Rick Nielsen has yet to be mentioned.
Glen philips
Richie kotzen
Chris cornell
Monte Montgomery
Josh clayton-felt
Dave matthews
Richie kotzen
Chris cornell
Monte Montgomery
Josh clayton-felt
Dave matthews
Staff - take out the trash.
John Mayer
You know, I was thinking about this one when one of his songs popped up on my shuffle this morning. He may be a *****er, but he can write some songs.nkc1981 said:
John Mayer
Wendy Waldman
Karla Bonoff
These two ladies have written many great songs.
They were members of a band with Andrew Gold (Golden Girls theme song artist)
and Kenny Edwards (Stone Ponies) called Bryndle.
Well worth the time of music lovers to check out, imo.
Karla Bonoff
These two ladies have written many great songs.
They were members of a band with Andrew Gold (Golden Girls theme song artist)
and Kenny Edwards (Stone Ponies) called Bryndle.
Well worth the time of music lovers to check out, imo.
Elliott Smith
Mike McClure
Billy Joe Shaver
Billy Joe Shaver
Bob Schneider is overlooked and highly underrated. Puts on a great live show crossing ALL genres. Some of his best songs were never recorded on a studio album.
Ian Moore
Written and performed by Texas boy Radney Foster.
Written when his wife moved across the ocean with his 5 year old son.
If you have a child, this is the most beautiful lullaby of all time...
One more time...as the kids sleep soundly with Halloween candy in their tummies...
To the love that never ends....
To the love that never ends....
i was trying to guess when that first video was from. He always looked younger than he was, but I was thinking, surely, he must have aged some in the last decade or two.
didn't see him listed, but I'd throw Michael Stipe into the conversation......
What, have you all forgotten Brian Wilson, creator of the Pet Sounds album, the best one ever!
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