Comments on: My Favorite Songwriter Who Isn’t Bob Dylan http://www.sharpsand.net/2009/08/20/my-favorite-sonngwriter-who-isnt-bob-dylan/ Joseph Duemer's blog about reading, writing, politics, birds, food, & weather Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:31:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fellow Traveller http://www.sharpsand.net/2009/08/20/my-favorite-sonngwriter-who-isnt-bob-dylan/comment-page-1/#comment-10371 Fellow Traveller Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:49:38 +0000 http://www.sharpsand.net/?p=1786#comment-10371 Terrific taste in music...you must love Warren Zevon as well, it is hoped... Terrific taste in music…you must love Warren Zevon as well, it is hoped…

]]> By: jd http://www.sharpsand.net/2009/08/20/my-favorite-sonngwriter-who-isnt-bob-dylan/comment-page-1/#comment-10318 jd Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:21:26 +0000 http://www.sharpsand.net/?p=1786#comment-10318 Andrew, that's the thing about real masters -- they know how to do simple. I just came from the first day of an intro to poetry class where we read and worked through Jarrell's "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner." A simple little poem. Andrew, that’s the thing about real masters — they know how to do simple. I just came from the first day of an intro to poetry class where we read and worked through Jarrell’s “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner.” A simple little poem.

]]> By: Andrew Shields http://www.sharpsand.net/2009/08/20/my-favorite-sonngwriter-who-isnt-bob-dylan/comment-page-1/#comment-10315 Andrew Shields Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:54:48 +0000 http://www.sharpsand.net/?p=1786#comment-10315 Greg Brown also does "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" sometimes (and lots of Dylan, too). I was amazed by how simple Thompson's playing seemed on that video! Simple in the sense of not complicated, not simple in the sense of easy to do! Greg Brown also does “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” sometimes (and lots of Dylan, too).

I was amazed by how simple Thompson’s playing seemed on that video! Simple in the sense of not complicated, not simple in the sense of easy to do!

]]> By: T. http://www.sharpsand.net/2009/08/20/my-favorite-sonngwriter-who-isnt-bob-dylan/comment-page-1/#comment-10314 T. Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:22:12 +0000 http://www.sharpsand.net/?p=1786#comment-10314 LC is one of my gods. LC is one of my gods.

]]> By: Chris Robinson http://www.sharpsand.net/2009/08/20/my-favorite-sonngwriter-who-isnt-bob-dylan/comment-page-1/#comment-10309 Chris Robinson Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:36:14 +0000 http://www.sharpsand.net/?p=1786#comment-10309 How miserably different my life would be without Dylan, Cohen, and Lou Reed. Eww, I hate to think of it. How miserably different my life would be without Dylan, Cohen, and Lou Reed. Eww, I hate to think of it.

]]> By: jd http://www.sharpsand.net/2009/08/20/my-favorite-sonngwriter-who-isnt-bob-dylan/comment-page-1/#comment-10307 jd Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:27:30 +0000 http://www.sharpsand.net/?p=1786#comment-10307 I do like Greg Brown. I used to hear him play in a little pub near the U of I campus in the late seventies. By the way, that clip you posted of Richard Thompson playing "1952 Vincent" is wonderful. Thompson has brilliantly carried the Anglo-Celtic ballad tradition forward, as has Dylan, who added blues. I do like Greg Brown. I used to hear him play in a little pub near the U of I campus in the late seventies. By the way, that clip you posted of Richard Thompson playing “1952 Vincent” is wonderful. Thompson has brilliantly carried the Anglo-Celtic ballad tradition forward, as has Dylan, who added blues.

]]> By: Andrew Shields http://www.sharpsand.net/2009/08/20/my-favorite-sonngwriter-who-isnt-bob-dylan/comment-page-1/#comment-10305 Andrew Shields Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:51:03 +0000 http://www.sharpsand.net/?p=1786#comment-10305 Cohen in Zurich last year was utterly brilliant. (Are you familiar with the wonderful Iowa songwriter Greg Brown?) Cohen in Zurich last year was utterly brilliant. (Are you familiar with the wonderful Iowa songwriter Greg Brown?)

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