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Best Songwriter ever
I saw the best CURRENT songwriter thread and figured that there might as well be a thread for the best of all-time.
For me, no one even comes close to touching Townes Van Zandt. Some of the "great songwriters" of all time have said that he was the best ever when asked (including bob dylan). He was just simply a master of his craft. Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold is the most amazing song if you ask me, that is an incredible piece of writing. I like Dylan, I like a lot of people, but I don't think they come even close to Townes.
Pete Seeger and Malvina Reynolds are the only people who I think even could lay a finger on Townes. Thom Parrott was pretty decent too. But mostly, he's in a league of his own.
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