Going back to a previous post ... whenever you cut a list short at 10, you start feeling guilty about who you have omitted (well, I do, anyway).
So, some honourable mentions:
Influential blues greats: Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Leadbelly, Willie Dixon. See? There are too many to squeeze into a top ten.
Pete Townshend. You could say he's uneven, but his best material is huge, and massively influential.
Paul Simon. Ditto.
Neil Young. I mean, Neil Young is Neil Young, and even if he didn't make my top ten list, he should be on yours. Who said this had to make sense?
David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler and Warren Zevon. My holy trinity of under-rated songwriters. You can decide which is father, son and holy ghost.
Yikes! And so I just remembered I forgot - completely forgot - about Bruce Springsteen. Too late to revise the top ten, so let's put him in with Neil Young and say he should be on yours.
So, some honourable mentions:
Influential blues greats: Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Leadbelly, Willie Dixon. See? There are too many to squeeze into a top ten.
Pete Townshend. You could say he's uneven, but his best material is huge, and massively influential.
Paul Simon. Ditto.
Neil Young. I mean, Neil Young is Neil Young, and even if he didn't make my top ten list, he should be on yours. Who said this had to make sense?
David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler and Warren Zevon. My holy trinity of under-rated songwriters. You can decide which is father, son and holy ghost.
Yikes! And so I just remembered I forgot - completely forgot - about Bruce Springsteen. Too late to revise the top ten, so let's put him in with Neil Young and say he should be on yours.
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