who is your favourite underrated songwriter

[Oldrottenhead]

mine is a guy fae dundee cawed gary clark

was in danny wilson but even mair underrated band called king l, may mate tom knows he's da, best singer frae dundee efter our lord billy mac


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9VBfGH9SJ4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw0HMG668s8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJxIblwPKJE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oy3OtACHxI

and furra bowiefest

"Haw flash the bassas ripped wur vidjo"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rILCBWI0kTk

[Oldrottenhead]

oops


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDIdO0SQtqg

[Oldrottenhead]

have never heard this version till 5 minutes ago

f/ckmegentlywithabargepole this is better than the album version, done oan a portastudio guys a freaKING GENUIS EXCUSE THe caplockas ah sorted


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0NHCTMHqbA

[Oldrottenhead]

and apart frae wan geen yin anither


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIb53kn9fC4

inspired a local clydebank band
 tae
probanly one of the bestest songs ever imho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VuEEFjunk4

[Oldrottenhead]

this one knocked me sideways, singer from josef k, i shared a black pudding supper with after jk's final gig

braw tell yer maw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvSTFbqQRug

[Blooby]

I have been preaching the gospel of Bobby Lee Rodgers for a while now, so I thought I'd switch to a somewhat recent find for me...

Darrell Scott. I can't say this guy is underrated as he has won awards.  Still, he isn't a household name.  A fantastic multi-instrumentalist (guitar, mandolin, pedal steel, etc.), great singer, and a top-notch songwriter.  He has recently received some more exposure as he is a touring member of Robert Plant's Band of Joy (along with Patty Griffin and Buddy Miller).

This song is my current favorite.  If it's possible, it makes me sad and happy at the same time regardless of how silly some of the lyrics are.  And his playing in the bridge make me feel like some sort of neophyte on the guitar.

Blooby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmB7oBQSQyw

It's a Great Day to Be Alive

I got rice cooking in the microwave
I got a three day beard, I don't plan to shave
And it's a goofy thing but I just gotta say, I'm doing all right
I think I'll make me some homemade soup
I'm feeling pretty good and that's the truth
It's neither drink nor drug induced, no I'm just doing all right

And it's a great day to be alive
I know the sun's still shining when I close my eyes
It's hard times in the neighborhood
But why can't everyday be just this good

It's been fifteen years since I left home
Said good luck to every seed I'd sown
Gave it my best, then I left it alone
I hope they're doing all right
Redbird, redbird what do you see?
He says, 'I see a lone wolf looking at me
Head in the clouds but harmless as a tree
I guess he's doing all right'

And it's a great day to be alive
I know the sun's still shining when I close my eyes
It's hard times in the neighborhood
But why can't everyday be just this good

Sometimes it's lonely
Sometimes it's only me and the shadows that fill this room
Sometimes I'm falling, desperately calling, howling at the moon
Aaaaaoooooooooo

It's a colorful life that we go through
It's neither black or white, nor just shades of blue
......Maybe I'll grow me a fu man chu

And it's a great day to be alive
I know the sun's still shining when I close my eyes
It's hard times in the neighborhood
But why can't everyday be just this good

And it's a great day to be alive
I know the sun's still shining when I close my eyes
It's hard times in the neighborhood
But why can't everyday be just this good

[T.C. Elliott]

Brian Henneman of the bottle rockets.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhn6L30p6Gw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3usJxqfuwc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V7DGgQMQg0

[Blooby]

Went to see Darrell Scott last Saturday. Great stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svS6MwQ5mBY

[Gritter]

New...from...M.Ward:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5T8WNpcTDc

[Geir]

Francis Dunnery! Hard to find any good vids, but here's a few.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQm64_PUazQ


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtxssvtP5TU

Here's where he came from. An incredible guitarist as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KhkknHkB0s

And if you got 10 minutes to spare, here's real treat (this could be posted in that fav old prog thread as well) :
Old man and the angel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBd401c9ak4