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Better story teller than Edmund Fitzgerald?

There was a thread on A'gon about the most perfect song.  We had reasons for picking various, but for me it was Gordong Lightfoot's Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Perhaps it featured an aspect of song writing that no one else much cared for:  A deep and detailed story in the song.

So I ask you, A'goners, what songs are as good or better at telling a story of a historical event? 

erik_squires

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dcevans
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Generally not a fan of post-Gabriel Genesis, but Driving the Last Spike is another that comes to mind 

dcevans
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As a fan of Civil War History, I greatly appreciate bdp24’s songs of the  South by Randy Newman. Will have to check them out

dcevans
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Great post Erik!  I don’t think anything surpasses Lightfoot’s Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.  But Knopfler’s Sailing to Philadelphia gets a special mention. 

dcevans
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Last post of the evening. For those who have read Irving Stone’s Lust for Life or better yet “Letters to Theo “ , Don Maclean’s “Starry Starry  Night” is a real tear jerker. 

dcevans
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Last post of the evening. For those who have read Irving Stone’s Lust for Life or better yet “Letters to Theo “ , Don Maclean’s ”Starry Starry Night” is a real tear jerker.  IMHO, may equal the OP’s standard. 

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