Greg Brown

Greg Brown is a great songwriter/singer/guitarist straight outta Iowa. They stick him in the folk section at your local music shop, but he's more rock and blues a lot of the time, and has a great deep voice. If you haven't already, you've got to check him out. I've seen him twice live, and he was great. A good gateway record is "The Dream Cafe", or perhaps "The Poet Game". A lryic sample from his song "Two Little Feet":

John Muir walked away into the mountains
in his old overcoat a crust of bread in his pocket
we have no knowledge and so we have stuff
and stuff with no knowledge is never enough to get you there
it just won't get you there

a culture exploded into knickknacks and memories
Eagle and Bear trinkets I don't think it's good
old man what am I trying to say
it's a it's a messed up world
but I love it anyway