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[Jack E Martling]

Who is the best singer/songwriter ever?

I'm going to cast 3 votes right off the bat for Merle Haggard. He's written so many great songs, his singing can't be beat, his bands have been great and he plays some pretty good guitar himself.

[babybatter]

1) Neil
2) JT
3) Ben Harper
4) Sarah Mcglaughlin

[SomeGuyNamedRob]

1. John Lennon
2. Paul McCartney

[ralphster007]

Joni Mitchell?

[Russ T Nail]

2 names for you to shoot me down with:

a. Mark Knopfler
b. Gordon Lightfoot

I would be interested in the responses of Rob Q and the other Canadian forumites as to the latter.

Russ T

[Russ T Nail]

Ah! As Jack started the Country theme, what about the wonderful Dolly Parton, superb songwriter and excellent performer

[Jack E Martling]

Originally posted by babybatter

3) Ben Harper

I don't recall anyone on the Vets Forum ever uttering the words "Ben Harper." All Vets should check him out, he writes great songs, sings them well and plays awe-inspiring slide guitar on early 1900-s Weissenborn guitars. Ben Harper gets three thumbs up from Jack E Martling!

[Fred5]

John Fogerty. If you x out "singer", I'd say
Ludvig Van. He would also win the "best deaf pianist" award.

[braif]

1. Paul Simon






2. Cat Stevens
3. Don McClean
4. Billy Joel
5. Bruce Springsteen

[ralphster007]

Originally posted by Fred5
Ludvig Van. He would also win the "best deaf pianist" award.

Ummm... While I feel strongly that the man possessed divine, godly, inhuman talent and has few peers, I'm not sure if he fits the singer/songwriter bill. After all, the man was not a lyricist. Secondly, his work for the human voice doesn't (for the most part) rank among his best. Furthermore, he only composed a single opera, which is of course beautiful, but flawed just the same. Perhaps Mozart, Verdi, or Wagner (who'd probably be the best candidate, given that he wrote his own librettos) would be better suited to the title. As to whether any of them could sing (except through their compositions), we'll never be able to judge with our own ears.

[The Eristic]

Knopfler
Dylan
Van Morrison

[Jack E Martling]

Originally posted by Fred5
John Fogerty. If you x out "singer",

Awww come on, Fogerty's voice makes me want to keep on chooglin' for days on end. He's one of those kick-ass singer/songwriter/guitar players that just makes you want to throw your guitars, fountain pens, notebooks and vocal cords in the trash.

[yak]

Originally posted by babybatter
1) Neil
2) JT
3) Ben Harper
4) Sarah Mcglaughlin

I like the way you think

[Wes_Powell]

Paul McCartney
Elton John
Jimi Hendrix
Billy Joel
Little Richard
Lindsay Buckingham
Sting
Chuck Berry
Melissa Etheridge
David Bowie
John Lennon
Robert Cray
Mark Knopfler
Christine McKvie


Well, that's enough talent for the next 400 years of MTV music awards.

:cool:

-wp

[jerry_picker]

1. Zimmerman
2. McCartney
3. Neil Young

[Fred5]

Originally posted by ralphster007


Ummm... While I feel strongly that the man possessed divine, godly, inhuman talent and has few peers, I'm not sure if he fits the singer/songwriter bill. After all, the man was not a lyricist. Secondly, his work for the human voice doesn't (for the most part) rank among his best. Furthermore, he only composed a single opera, which is of course beautiful, but flawed just the same. Perhaps Mozart, Verdi, or Wagner (who'd probably be the best candidate, given that he wrote his own librettos) would be better suited to the title. As to whether any of them could sing (except through their compositions), we'll never be able to judge with our own ears.

Well, without ignorance divine
lack of knowledge such as mine
We wouldn't have much of a forum

[Fred5]

Originally posted by Jack E Martling


Awww come on, Fogerty's voice makes me want to keep on chooglin' for days on end. He's one of those kick-ass singer/songwriter/guitar players that just makes you want to throw your guitars, fountain pens, notebooks and vocal cords in the trash.

I ment Ludvig didn't sing much (check with ralphster ) When I saw John F like 4 years ago
with his new band... man... He just shined like a diamond.

[JD92]

James Taylor?

[Evil Empire]

Bob Dylan
John Lennon
Bob Marley
Neil Young
McCartney

[Stringman]

My favorite singer/songwriter is a guy named Tommy Flanders He only recorded one LP, called "The Moonstone" which was made in 1969, and never found an audience. But it is an exquisite album. The songs are all great, Flanders is (or was) a fantastic singer, and the guitar work by Bruce Langhorne and the late Dick Rosmini is some of the nices tuff I've ever heard.

The fact that this album flopped, and Flanders never received the recognition he deserved, is a real shame.