Like my old love for Don Mclean - one really underestimated singer songwriter. Known for the sweet Vincent (Starry starry night) and the epic American Pie, yet his classic album American Pie has so much more to offer. he surely was one of the best.
Another essential singer songwriter which I just got to listen to is Joni Mitchell, and the oh so classic Blue. Its amazing how in these albums, like Mclean's American Pie and other classics like Buckley's Grace, each and every song makes you fall in love in different phases, each special enough. That's what makes an album unforgettable. In Blue I passed most songs, lately enjoying "River":
Now, this field in music came to me through my father, I took the albums from his cd collection and (dreadfully) heard him spoil American Pie after braggin he used to know all the words... His favourite is Neil Young, who strangely I got to hear (by choice) only nowadays. I was on a trip in the desert, my cellphone and charger died and i went crazy with no music (cause I cant fall asleep without it). So a guy who just came back from India and came to the trip as an esscort gave me his Ipod very generously, and let me have a nice night inside the little crater (makhtesh katan) with Eddie Vedder, and Neil Young's Harvest Moon. Somehow I get to listen to the most beautiful music at nights in the desert.
Not related in time means yet very much the same charming sound, I embraced Nirvana's Unplugged album, which is so much more mature than their other stuff, and so true. Though Alice In Chains Unplugged is much stronger and bare true.
And another interesting singer songwriter, of the small and simple yet so true type, is Elliott Smith, who is simply sweet.
Its empowering to see the simplicity of an acoustic guitar, sometimes a piano, a clean voice and lyrics that come straight from the heart, how deep they can go.
P.S.
Talking about old singer songwriters and not mentioning Nick Drake is just wrong. I searched for an Israeli band called Behind the Sun in Youtube and this is what it came up with, in my wildest dream I never thought Mars Volta would cover Nick Drake. haven't even heard the original. Check it out:
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