Welcome to Day 2 of our run down of you the readers’ selections. Yesterday we covered 30-21 and today we cover numbers 11-20. All but one of these selections also appeared in the AUK writers’ list. The exception was Bob Dylan who didn’t feature in our list, not because he isn’t an outstanding and hugely influential figure, but more because most of our writers didn’t see him as a primarily americana artist. Guy Clark appears in exactly the same place (12th) on both lists. I wonder if there will be any others occupying the same position when we publish your top 10? Jackson Browne, The Jayhawks, Dave Alvin, Gretchen Peters and Peter Bruntnell all make upward moves in the readers list whilst Emmylou Harris drops slightly and both Willy Vlautin and the Grateful Dead / Jerry Garcia experience more considerable drops from their Writers’ position.
11 (17) Jackson Browne
12 (12) Guy Clark
13 (11) Emmylou Harris
14 (2) Willy Vlautin
15 (–) Bob Dylan
16 (24) The Jayhawks
17 (31) Dave Alvin
18 (25) Peter Bruntnell
19 (23) Gretchen Peters
20 (7) Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia
Tomorrow it’s the big one as we publish your Top 10. Don’t miss it.
What! Jackson only No.11??!!
I’m taking my ball home!
Jackson is one of my favourite musicians but in my mind I don’t really think of him as an Americana artist. Still I’m pleased to see how widely appreciated he is in the UK.
Jackson Browne is a singer/songwriter who also plays guitar pretty damn well. He is his own genre, in a way, not truly Americana, but more in the singer/songwriter groove that James Taylor and umpteen others followed in the 1970’s. His love of rock and roll grooves, maybe derived from an early exposure to the Velvet Underground, separates him from the others. He is kind of like Dylan – unique.
. . . another terrific Jackson Browne song (there are hundreds): https://youtu.be/gtlqZOT2fOo
Amen the great Peter Bruntnell appears.
Jackson’s not American or Americana