Top ten songwriters....

[Shaun Belcher]

Ok off top of my head and in no order....

Micky Newbury
Townes Van Zandt
Guy Clark
Lucinda Williams
Johnny Dowd
Bobbie Gentry
Johnny Cash
Bob Dylan
Loudon Wainwright III
Jim White

[Folkwit Records]

This is such a tough one! Here are 10 that spring to mind but exclude many others who could make it into a top 50!

Bob Dylan
Kurt Wagner
Hank Williams
Johnny Cash
Van Morrison
Tom Waits
Terry Allen
Jay Farrar
Strummer/Jones
Bob Marley

Aaargh!!! Too many to mention!

[Are We All On Or What?]

Hello all. Great forum. Not sure about my ten, but Neil Young has to be in there, and Lennon McCartney obviously, and Ray Davies, and Robbie Robertson and Nick Drake and Sandy Denny. Oh then there's Chuck Berry and Paul Simon and Dylan. Actually I think that's ten isn't it...

[Folkwit Records]

Can't argue with any of them!

[Shaun Belcher]

No ladies in top ten Nick - have to send the Cowgirls round to brand you :-)

[Folkwit Records]

Ah yes - a glaring omission! Can I squeeze in Dolly Parton, Gillian Welch and Renee Sparks? :-)

[Shaun Belcher]

You could get two in but Dolly would be a tight squeeze....

[Are We All On Or What?]

i did put in sandy denny. v.liberal me, see :)

there ain't too many others i can think of having said that. besides ms parton, of course. joni mitchell perhaps?

[Shaun Belcher]

Ahem LUCINDA BLOODY WILLIAMS.....BOBBIE GENTRY.....nico.....?????

Victoria Williams......Emmylou Harris...Linda Ronstadt...Eliza Gilkyson...Nanci Griffiths.....

[Folkwit Records]

Doh!

[Marybeth D'Amico]

Don't forget ladies such as Patty Griffin, Kathleen Edwards and Antje Duvekot. :-)

[Shaun Belcher]

Patty is great I hadn't heard of Antje will check her out

[Old Lost John]

OK, these are some personal faves I come to think of...

Bob Dylan
Tom Waits
Townes Van Zandt
Leonard Cohen
Greg Brown
Sam Phillips
Joe Henry
Jesse Sykes
Richard Thompson
Lucinda Williams