Paste Magazine's 100 Best Living Songwriters [2006]
## 100. T Bone Burnett
## 99. Andre Benjamin & Antwan Patton (Outkast)
## 98. Jay Farrar (Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo)
## 97. Josh Ritter
## 96. Jimmy Cliff
## 95. Patti Smith
## 94. Sam Phillips
## 93. Joseph Arthur
## 92. Alejandro Escovedo
## 91. Drive By Truckers (Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley, Jason Isbell)
## 90. Nick Cave
## 89. Victoria Williams
## 88. Parliament (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell)
## 87. Lyle Lovett
## 86. Sam Beam (Iron & Wine)
## 85. David Bazan (Pedro the Lion, Headphones)
## 84. John Linnel & John Flansburgh (They Might Be Giants)
## 83. Fleetwood Mac (Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie)
## 82. John Darnielle (Mountain Goats)
## 81. Wayne Coyne & Steven Drozd (Flaming Lips)
## 80. Pink Floyd (Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright, Nick Mason)
## 79. Stephen Malkmus (Pavement, Silver Jews)
## 78. Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices)
## 77. Bruce Cockburn
## 76. Will Oldham (aka Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Palace Music, etc.)
## 75. Ron Sexsmith
## 74. Linford Detweiler & Karin Bergquist (Over the Rhine)
## 73. Julie Miller
## 72. Michael Jackson
## 71. Vic Chesnutt
## 70. Alex Chilton (Big Star, The Box Tops)
## 69. Merle Haggard
## 68. Allen Tousaint
## 67. Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes)
## 66. Charles Thompson (aka Frank Black, Black Francis) (Pixies)
## 65. Bill Mallonee (Vigilantes of Love)
## 64. Andy Partridge (XTC, Dukes of Stratosphear)
## 63. Richard Thompson (Fairport Convention)
## 62. Sting (The Police)
## 61. John Hiatt
## 60. Jimmy Webb
## 59. Jack White (White Stripes, Raconteurs)
## 58. Sly Stone (Sly & the Family Stone)
## 57. Morrissey (The Smiths)
## 56. James Brown
## 55. Dolly Parton
## 54. Aimee Mann
## 53. James Taylor
## 52. Paul Westerberg (The Replacements)
## 51. Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham
## 50. Public Enemy (Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Hank Shocklee, Eric Sadler, et al)
## 49. Cat Stevens
## 48. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
## 47. Sufjan Stevens
## 46. David Byrne (Talking Heads)
## 45. Jackson Browne
## 44. Al Green
## 43. Ryan Adams (Whiskeytown)
## 42. Loretta Lynn
## 41. Ray Davies (The Kinks)
## 40. Burt Bacharach & Hal David 39. Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham)
## 38. Kris Kristofferson
## 37. Smokey Robinson
## 36. Beck Hansen
## 35. Steve Earle
## 34. John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
## 33. Pete Townshend (The Who)
## 32. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
## 31. Carole King
## 30. John Prine
## 29. Tom Petty
## 28. Robbie Robertson (The Band)
## 27. Radiohead (Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway)
## 26. R.E.M. (Peter Buck, Bill Berry, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe)
## 25. Chuck Berry
## 24. Jeff Tweedy (Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Golden Smog, Loose Fur, etc.)
## 23. Elton John & Bernie Taupin
## 22. Lucinda Williams
## 21. Lou Reed (Velvet Underground)
## 20. Van Morrison
## 19. Patty Griffin
## 18. U2 (Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton)
## 17. Holland-Dozier-Holland
## 16. David Bowie
## 15. Willie Nelson
## 14. Stevie Wonder
## 13. Paul Simon
## 12. Mick Jagger & Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
## 11. Randy Newman
## 10. Prince
## 9. Joni Mitchell
## 8. Elvis Costello
## 7. Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys)
## 6. Leonard Cohen
## 5. Paul McCartney (The Beatles, Wings)
## 4. Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan
## 3. Bruce Springsteen
## 2. Neil Young (Buffalo Sprinfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
## 1. Bob Dylan
**** Missing:
* 4 Kathleen Brennan
* 19 Patty Griffin
* 24 Jeff Tweedy
* 30 John Prine
* 32 Jerry Leiber
* 32 Mike Stoller
* 39 Hal David
* 48 David Rawlings
* 48 Gillian Welch
* 51 Dan Penn
* 51 Spooner Oldham
* 61 John Hiatt
* 64 Andy Partridge
* 65 Bill Mallonee
* 66 Charles Thompson
* 67 Conor Oberst
* 68 Allen Tousaint
* 73 Julie Miller
* 74 Karin Bergquist
* 74 Linford Detweiler
* 75 Ron Sexsmith
* 76 Will Oldham
* 78 Robert Pollard
* 81 Steven Drozd
* 81 Wayne Coyne
* 85 David Bazan
* 86 Sam Beam
* 91 Drive By Truckers
* 92 Alejandro Escovedo
* 93 Joseph Arthur
* 97 Josh Ritter
* 98 Jay Farrar
* 99 Andre Benjamin
* 99 Antwan Patton
* 100 T Bone Burnett
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