After a painful break up in the mid-‘00s I began turning more and more to singer-songwriter music for comfort (Joni Mitchell’s Blue is required break up music but so is Frank Sinatra’s In the Wee Small Hours). I still remember the night I poured myself a glass of Scotch and sat alone in my apartment listening to Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks and in my wounded, fragile state the music moved me and brought tears to my eyes. Good singer-songwriters draw me in, feel my pain, and hopefully can help bring me out the other side. Some of it can be challenging, mystical, and personal, but weird oddball songs from the likes of Van Morrison, Tom Waits, Warren Zevon and the rest are what keep rock music interesting. Here are some more of my favorite singer-songwriter songs. Enjoy!
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| Van Morrison |
01. Van Morrison – “Astral Weeks” (1968)
02. Tom Waits – “Tom Traubert’s Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)” (1976)
03. Van Morrison – “Cyprus Avenue” (1968)
04. James McMurtry – “Where’s Johnny” (1992)
05. Ted Hawkins – “Bring It Home Daddy” (1982)
06. Randy Newman – “Political Science” (1972)
07. Van Morrison – “Sweet Thing” (1968)
08. Lucinda Williams – “I Just Wanted to See You So Bad” (1988)
09. Paul Simon – “Wristband” (2016)
10. Warren Zevon – “Life’ll Kill Ya” (2000)
11. Paul Simon – “Still Crazy After All These Years” (1975)
12. Cat Stevens – “The First Cut Is the Deepest” (1967)
13. Rodriguez – “Crucify Your Mind” (1970)
14. Paul Simon – “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (1975)
15. Bob Dylan – “Trying to Get to Heaven” (1997)
16. Jewel – “You Were Meant for Me” (1995)
17. Donovan – “Hurdy Gurdy Man” (1968)
18. Craig Finn – “Maggie I’ve Been Searching for Our Son” (2015)
19. Paul Simon – “The Obvious Child” (1990)
20. Jackson Browne – “Fountain of Sorrow” (1974)
21. Patty Griffin – “Mary” (1998)
22. Lucinda Williams – “Blue” (2001)
23. Elton John – “Amoreena” (1970)
24. Warren Zevon – “Desperados Under the Eaves” (1976)
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| Warren Zevon |
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