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Greatest Story Tellers/Lyricists

Been saving this one for quite a while, but since we are on a roll with music threads I thought I would throw it into the mix. I love music with a great story, always have. That said, here are the ones that jump to mind for me, and I reserve the right to add to it later as someone else popped into my addled brain....

  • Gordon Lightfoot- So prolific, such a great sound, Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald leads the way
  • Mark Knopfler- Also a great sound, and a great ability to tell a great story out of mundane, everyday events. Things besides love, broken hearts, trucks, drugs, and the horrible greed of the music industry.
  • Harry Chapin- WOW! Went to his concert at the Paramount, so riveting that several times after a song there were several seconds of silence by the crowd. Taken away too soon.
  • Willie Nelson- What did he have, like 850 albums?
  • Jim Croce- Operator, Time in a Bottle are classics. Also taken away from us way too soon. (Honorable mention for fitting so much meaning into those old AM radio time limitations)

There's a start......
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All Coug Team

Construct your ideal WSU offense or defense from all the players we’ve had:

QB- Bledsoe
RB- Jerome Harrison/Mayes
Y: Micheal Bumpus/Cracraft
X: Devard Darling/Marquess Wilson
Z: Gabe Marks/Sammy Moore
TE: Bienemann/Collins
OTs: Lucas, Lightbody
Guards: Tobeck, Dahl
Center: Mauigoa

I suppose scheme is a big factor here, so I’m leaning pro-ish style with mine.

Allright, more off-topic - top 5 greatest guitarists

Need something to talk about before the weekend games, right?

Speaking of which, we have had some great, non-political or attacking threads recently. Let's keep it up. And, this site does way better than X and Y in terms of chatter. New news, not so much. Our last article is the men's Cougs beating the mutts last Thursday? But hey, I don't care, and since I quit subscribing years ago before Hood banned me, I really don't have any grounds to bitch.

All that said, in no particular order:

Eric Clapton
Jimmy Page (Zeppelin)
Jeff Beck (RIP)
Michael Schenker (UFO and MSG)
Donald Roeser aka Buck Dharma (Blue Oster Cult, still going after 50 years)
Jimi Hendrix (oops, that makes 6)

Lots of honorable mentions.........
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