Singer Songwriters who should be household names.... (page 16)

choosing life

Just marking this thread. I would like to look up some of these folks. Carry on.

Mr. Ted

Coming very late to this thread. Did read through it ... and appreciated several of the artists mentioned.

But no one mentioned singer/songwriter Phil Ochs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keRWzYFJMlo

Tried to find His "Pleasure of the Harbor." Then, of course, he wrote the "There But For Fortune" which finally brought Joan Baez to AM radio. Also, there was "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends" and "Draft Dodger Rag," etc.

Mr. Ted

OK, I'm back. One more singer/songwriter who seems to be completely forgotten: Tom Paxton.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voqL5ksOuoo

He wrote "Ramblin' Boy," "The Marvelous Toy," "Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound," etc.

MsMcDucket

Glen Campbell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcykofWTCgY

Glen Travis Campbell (born April 22, 1936, Delight, Arkansas) is a Grammy Award, Dove Award winning, and two time nominated Golden Globe Award American country pop singer and guitarist and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a television variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.

Campbell's hits include "Gentle On My Mind", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Southern Nights" and "Rhinestone Cowboy". Campbell made history by winning a Grammy in both country and pop categories in 1967: "Gentle On My Mind" snatched the country honors, and "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" won in pop. He owns trophies for Male Vocalist of the Year from both the CMA and the ACM, and took the CMA's top honor as Entertainer of the Year.

MsMcDucket

Glen Campbell - William Tell Overture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u87f6QjLjGs

MsMcDucket

Dueling Banjos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyKvD-4IxOY

Don Reno

In 1955, Reno's most famous song was recorded, Feuding Banjos. Smith and Reno recorded the instrumental on MGM Records, and it immediately became a hit.

The song later would be used as the theme song for the Burt Reynolds movie, Deliverance,and the name would be changed to the familiar Dueling Banjos.

"I think he just stuck with it," Smith said of Reno's style of playing.

MsMcDucket

John Denver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eivZd4j5MBs

John Denver (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., was an American Country Music/folk singer-songwriter and folk rock musician. One of the most popular artists of the 1970s, he recorded and released some 300 songs, about half composed by himself. He was named Poet Laureate of Colorado in 1977. Songs such as "Leaving on a Jet Plane" (1967), "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (1971), "Rocky Mountain High" (1973), "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" (1974), and "Calypso" (1975) are popular worldwide. Denver has been referred to as "The Poet for the Planet", "Mother Nature's Son" (based on The Beatles song he covered) and "A Song's Best Friend".

amicus

Do you recall Jeremy Spencer? He played a pretty good slide guitar in a few of Mick Fleetwood's early band incarnations

I know that Peter (and Mick) had a line up for a while that included a few other guitar styles. Slide and pedal steel? (just guessing here)

Sadly, you are entering my JW black hole years.
I knew Peter Green from John Mayall but in the late 70's through early 77? I was followiing that bigger Jesus you so aptly described.
I try to forget those dark ages. My sister worked in the music industry and did her best to keep me up to date. I was ever on guard against those demons though!

I've been trying to catch up ever since. I only became aware of the YouTube library after I revisited JWD after a long absence.

Jeremy Spencer is great. The "National" guitar has such an interesting tone.

I've heard the name "Peter Sloan", but hearing him is entirely different.

Live music...hmm, I don't know what words to choose. Recorded music pleases me...live music excites me?

Mr. Ted,
You did good, I don't recall seeing Phil Ochs named here. One could say Leonard Cohen picked up where Phil Ochs left off.

juni

Janis Ian

amicus

Janis Ian

Stop it, you are going to make me cry.

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