― Paul Marfleet, Thursday, 18 September 2003 19:31 (twenty years ago) link
New Babe The Blue Ox album has a song called D. Boon and I got curious. I wonder if he's actually the musician with the most songs about him. Quick scan of Spotify reveals a whole bunch.
― dlp9001, Friday, 25 July 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzjO6ADwD74
― xzanfar, Friday, 25 March 2022 13:40 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WRSO3usjKA
― xzanfar, Friday, 25 March 2022 13:41 (two years ago) link
Joni Mitchell - "That Song About the Midway"https://ultimateclassicrock.com/joni-mitchell-dumped-david-crosby/
― raven, Saturday, 26 March 2022 11:21 (two years ago) link
Pee Shy - "Jad Fair"
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Wednesday, 27 April 2022 16:56 (one year ago) link
Cat Power, "Song to Bobby"
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 27 April 2022 17:01 (one year ago) link
William Butler Yeats in jeans Got up to play guitar and sing In some joint in Mission Beach last night At the door sat Tom Waits In a porkpie hat and silver skates Jugglin' three collection plates, Jesus Christ
Townes Van Zandt standin' at the bar Skinnin' a Hollywood movie star And he can't remember where he parked his car Or to whom he lost the keys Full of angst and hillbilly haiku What's a poor Ft. Worth boy to do Go on rhyme somethin' for em' man Show him how you really feel
--Guy Clark, but I like James McMurtry's version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jwuzD-OHFE
― deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Wednesday, 27 April 2022 17:08 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nysF0cVlF4A
Wiley - P Money
I can't think of another song bigging someone up who's part of the same scene
― paolo, Thursday, 28 April 2022 07:11 (one year ago) link