Iris DeMent.
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Singer Songwriters who should be household names....
by hillary_step 178 Replies latest social entertainment
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Bradley Nowell.
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hillary_step
Thank you all for your interesting contributions.
Here are a few quite exceptional songwriters who are seldom heard:
Linton Kwesi Johnson. An eccentric Reggae poet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VimNWtcAX4E&feature=related
Mary Margaret O'Hara, unfortunately hounded out of the industry by musical Sunday painters for many years, but I understand that she is performing again. She has been in the industry since the 70's but has never found the attention she deserved, except among musicians. Play this clip once, and I guarantee you will play it again....if you have a heart that is. ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z14wPTz6PdY&feature=related
Jesse Colin Young. One of the most influential but underexposed songwriters in the business. Simple music, but he has written consistently well for forty years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeIE-0aCX0k&feature=related
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undercover
I didn't see these names...apologies if I missed them...
James McMurtry...He has a way with words and phrases. I can't access YouTube, thanks to the Internet Nazis where I work but look for "We Can't Make it Here Anymore" from his "Childish Things" album.
Another good one who has some success and is covered by more famous folks is Robert Earl Keen ...who, incidentally, went to school with Lyle Lovett and co-wrote a couple of songs with.
This concludes the Texas singer/songwriter portion of our broadcast...
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undercover, I don't know if I listed James McMurtry, but I certainly meant to. I've seen him several times live, and he's a terrific performer and songwriter.
I also appreciate some of the more obscure songwriters listed. Thank you all for that.
Jesse Colin Young - quite popular back in the 60s. Glad to hear he's till going strong.
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, also in the 60s. Started A&M Records and made a fortune. One of the members of the Brass was supposedly a Witness. Not positive. I think Alpert just gave like $5 million to some college.
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MegaDude
Accoustic meets hiphop, Everything but the Girl "MIrror Ball"
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This concludes the Texas singer/songwriter portion of our broadcast...
Hah!, you wish ;)
there will be more, oh yes. there.will.be.more.
:evil laugh:
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MegaDude
John Scofield "Kelpers"
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amicus
What a plesant surprise, this thread has returned.
With more great names as well.
Here's two more, more popular than the most recent entries but still both should be household names.
Peter Green was to electric guitar as Bert Jansch was to acoustic.
When he joined John Mayall it was obvious John had picked another winner. His creation of Fleetwood Mac made Peter more accessible. Sadly he withdrew from the music scene for years, Fred Neil style.
Here's Peter a few years ago (although he's back playing again and more recent clips of him are available)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxux5LdmjQU
Next is Dino Valenti who goes back to the Fred Neil coffeehouses. Dino gives a glimpse of what Fred might have sounded like if he had continued to perform. Dino also penned coincidently enough, "Get Together" which was made a hit by Jesse Colin Young and the Youngbloods.
Dino helped to found Quicksilver Messenger Service, but a marijuana bust landed him in Folsom Prison for a few years, so he missed some of the early days of QMS.
This is off of a solo Dino album from the late '60's.
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hillary_step
Amicus,
Do you recall Jeremy Spencer? He played a pretty good slide guitar in a few of Mick Fleetwood's early band incarnations. Last time I saw him, decades ago, he had dropped out of the industry in favor of Jesus and was trying to cull me from my youthful ways. At that stage the WTS had already planted its worthless seeds in my heart, so my Jesus was bigger than his Jesus. He then buggered off somewhere abroad for years if I recall, and soon after Peter Green had his breakdown. I think he worked as a trashman for a long while...Peter I mean.
Your Peter Green clip made me put his name into Youtube, and good grief, not only is he alive, but still playing the blues. Good on him!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btgwtqHMFE4&feature=related
Anyway, back to songwriters who should be household names. This is Peter F. Sloan. He wrote the song that put Barry MacGuire (who himself later got Jesussed) on the map, "Eve Of Destruction", and numerous other songs covered by big names. Here he is solo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnvwh_gbOIU&feature=related
HS