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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
buckycyo
13 posts
 

Another great song by Knopfler is Sailing to Philadelphia about Mason and Dixon drawing the “line”. 

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jimf421
44 posts
 

Stan Rogers - Both the Mary Ellen Carter and The Last Watch on the Midland are excellent story telling songs.  

corelli
951 posts
 

Another vote for Harry Chapin’s Greatest Stories Live. Listening to this as I type. Not only is it full of musical stories of all sorts, the recording quality is excellent, especially for a live recording. You have to love this double LP.

corelli
951 posts
 

P.S.  As a Michigander, I have visited many of the shipwreck sites on the Great Lakes.  Lakes that can conjure up the wrath of our oceans when the weather turns cold.  So Gordon Lightfoot's Edmund Fitzgerald hits close to home. 

But I still have to vote for Harry.

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