Another 50 best songs

A little while ago my brother Dan posted his list of his 50 favourite songs of all time. Last week I posted my list.

Our dad heard about our list-making and the gauntlet was thrown. He stayed up nights thinking about what his top 50 songs would be. Here they are.

• Band . “The Weight”
• Barra Macneils . “Cool Town Road”
• Big Sugar . “Wild Ox Moan”
• Bill Bourne . “Bluebird”
• Bill Justis . “Raunchy”
• Bob Dylan . “Desolation Row”
• Bob Dylan . “High Water”
• Bob Dylan . “Highlands”
• Bobbie Gentry . “Ode to Billy Joe”
• Browns . “The Thee Bells”
• Buddy Knox . “Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep”
• Carole King . “Smackwater Jack”
• Creedence Clearwater Revival . “Feeling Blue”
• Crosby Stills Nash and Young . “Teach Your Children”
• Dire Straits . “Walk of Life”
• Doc Watson . “Tennessee Stud”
• Doors . “Riders on the Storm”
• Eagles . “Heartache Tonight”
• Eagles . “Witchy Woman”
• Elvis Presley . “That’s All Right”
• Emmylou Harris . “Calling My Children Home”
• George Thorogood . “Bad to the Bone”
• Gillian Welch . “By the Mark”
• Gillian Welch . “Elvis Presley Blues”
• Gillian Welch . “Red Clay Halo”
• Gordon Lightfoot . “Sundown”
• Ian & Sylvia . “Old Blue”
• Jeff Buckley . “Hallelujah”
• Jennifer Warnes . “Ballad of the Runaway Horse”
• Jennifer Warnes . “Bird on a Wire”
• Jennifer Warnes . “Joan of Arc”
• Jimie Rodgers . “Blue Yodel #1 (T For Texas)”
• Joan Baez . “Farewell Angelina”
• Johnny Cash . “I Walk the Line”
• Johnny Cash . “Tennessee Flat Top Box”
• Kingston Trio . “Patriot Game”
• Levon Helm . “When I Get My Rewards”
• Natalie Merchant . “Diver Boy”
• Norman Greenbaum . “Spirit in the Sky”
• Rita MacNeil . “Working Man”
• Robert Johnson . “Crossroad Blues”
• Roy Orbison . “Candy Man”
• Roy Orbison . “Dream Baby”
• Stan Rogers . “Giant”
• Stan Rogers . “Make and Break Harbour”
• Stevie Ray Vaughan . “Crossfire”
• Tennessee Ernie Ford . “Sixteen Tons”
• Tracy Chapman . “Give Me One Reason”
• Wilson Pickett . “Mustang Sally”
• Woody Guthrie . “Vigilante Man”

Dan made some comparisons on his blog.

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