Better story teller than Edmund Fitzgerald?

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.

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.

Here's another vote for James McMurtry. Does Choctaw Bingo qualify as a historical event? Either way, it's a hell of a story.

Early Lucinda Williams. "Pineola" is a masterpiece of storytelling..

Finally, Tom T. Hall. "The Story Songs" is damn near miraculous start to finish.

I don't know if there is a better song than "the Wreck......", but there are other good ones.

"Roads to Moscow" Al Stewart

"Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts" Bob Dylan

"Hurricane" Bob Dylan

"American Pie" Don McLean

"Jack and Diane" John Mellencamp

"Cut Across Shorty" Rod Stewart

Lord Franklin by The Pentangle; purely beautiful.