My daughter and I were just thinking out loud while listening to Jackson Browne when we came up with a poll - pick the quintessential American Songwriter. We thought about Singer/Songwriter but that skews things in a different direction - although many of these are singers too. Comment, vote - whatever but let us know what you think.
Pick one of these (or nominate your someone) who has created a lasting body of work that captures the essence of American life, whose work has endured and crossed genres, time periods, not necessarily the best or most popular songwriter or the most prolific. These are in alpha order. These are 20 we came up with quickly and we likely have left out some very good ones so - vote early, vote often!
the un-scientific Quintessential American Songwriter poll
Irving Berlin
Jackson Browne
Hoagy Carmichael
Johnny Cash
Bob Dylan
Stephen Foster
George and Ira Gershwin
Woody Guthrie
Billy Joel
Don McLean
John Mellencamp
Bill Monroe
Willie Nelson
Cole Porter
Rogers and Hammerstein
Pete Seeger
Paul Simon
Bruce Springsteen
James Taylor
Jimmy Webb
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4 comments:
I'll vote for Mr. Zimmerman
i will hold on to my view that Jackson Browne *may* be the one...
bean
My vote goes to the one and only Bob Dylan
Rogers and Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Billy Joel. In that order. You could understand American life by listening to a selection from those three.
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