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Posted on 7/12/12 at 3:34 pm to
Posted by MrCoachKlein
Member since Sep 2010
10310 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 3:34 pm to
IMO Townes was the best, and had a huge influence on those unaffiliated with Nashville.

Guy Clark, Bingham, Justin Townes Earle, McMurtry, Paul Eason, Adam Carroll, etc.
Posted by TopWaterTiger
Lake Charles, LA
Member since May 2006
12129 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 3:35 pm to
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Kristopherson
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Yeah him or Guy Clark
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
40138 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 3:35 pm to
quote:

Hayes voice is starting to get on my nerves...his last album was hard to listen to. He greatly exaggerated his already half assed awful sound that made him unique in the first place for KMAG YOYO



Word. I've been a big fan for a while, but on KMAG YOYO he tries to hard to make his voice more uniquer or something. Lucinda Williams does the same shite and it pisses me off.


Posted by TTownTiger
Austin
Member since Oct 2007
5351 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 3:37 pm to
quote:

John Prine

Even his later stuff is great: Crazy As A Loon

For me, its hard to beat Robert Earl Keen though. He is one of the best story tellers, IMO, with songs like Undone, Shades of Gray, Corpus Christi Bay, Lynville Train, and obviously The Road Goes On Forever. Guy knows how to tell a story in his songs...
Posted by L Boogie
Texas
Member since Jul 2009
5213 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 3:38 pm to
I was going to add Bingham but he's Americana...but if we're not splitting hairs then Bingham is definitely up there.
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
40138 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 3:40 pm to
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James McMurtry is great.



Especially when he sings about his cousins Ruth Ann and Lynn.
This post was edited on 7/12/12 at 3:42 pm
Posted by TTownTiger
Austin
Member since Oct 2007
5351 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 3:41 pm to
quote:

Lucinda Williams

In late 90s or early 2000s, Time Magazine had an article about the best song writers in the country (or maybe world, cant remember). They named Lucinda #1
Posted by Ric Flair
Charlotte
Member since Oct 2005
13873 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 3:42 pm to
Lucinda peaked with Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, and really hasn't recaptured the magic in subsequent releases, IMHO.
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
40138 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 3:43 pm to
I like the hell out of Lucinda. But the older she gets the more her voice gets on my nerves.
Posted by TTownTiger
Austin
Member since Oct 2007
5351 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 3:45 pm to
quote:

Lucinda peaked with Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

Agree 100%. I have a 20-song Lucinda playlist I listen to sometimes and dont have one song on it that came out after this album.
Posted by Les Cajones
Kentwood
Member since Dec 2007
998 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 3:59 pm to
I'm gonna throw another Willie Nelson vote.
Posted by Loubacca
sittin on the dock of the bay
Member since Feb 2005
4138 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 4:00 pm to
quote:

I like the hell out of Lucinda. But the older she gets the more her voice gets on my nerves.


her voice on the last album sounded pretty bad
Posted by TigerRad
Columbia, SC
Member since Jan 2007
5361 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 5:52 pm to
A.P. Carter?
Posted by Ender1314
Member since Jun 2011
402 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 6:48 pm to
Keith Whitley gets my vote.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
71626 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 6:49 pm to
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Singer/Songwriter...Eric Church (Not even debatable)


Posted by smuckers
Member since Nov 2011
205 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 7:00 pm to
Chris Knight
Justin Townes Earle
Posted by anchoo99
Zachary, LA
Member since Mar 2012
184 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 7:08 pm to
Singer/Songwriter-Alan Jackson.
B. Braddock/C. Putman-Just for He Stopped Loving Her Today
Posted by HandGrenade
Member since Oct 2010
11234 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 7:14 pm to
No George Strait?
Posted by anchoo99
Zachary, LA
Member since Mar 2012
184 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 7:21 pm to
George Strait does not write.
Posted by HandGrenade
Member since Oct 2010
11234 posts
Posted on 7/12/12 at 7:24 pm to
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