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Favorite "off-the-beaten-path" singer-songwriters

When it comes to lists of favorite singer-songwriters, it's easy to fill the list with Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, etc. But how about your favorite singer-songwriter that doesn't fill arenas or amphitheaters? Give us your favorite 3-5 singer-songwriters that you can still see in intimate clubs. Mine are:

Cory Branan

Micah Schnabel and Shane Sweeney (Two Cow Garage)

Brent Best (Slobberbone, The Drams)

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Permalink Reply by Henry Jasen on December 24, 2012 at 6:01am

Scott Katz is pretty good. This song always struck me as right:

The Wrong Song

I was wrong. As wrong as I could be.
I was wrong. Anyone could see,
I was wrong, and getting wronger with each word
I was wrong; somehow my rightness got deferred.
I was wrong, I admit it. Now can we forget it?
I was wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.

I was wrong. (He was wrong!) As a 3 dollar bill.
I was wrong. (Very wrong!)And Iíll be wronger still
I look into the future, and what is it I see?
You being right. And me being me.

I was wrong. You deserve the credit,
I was wrong. It turned out just like you said it. Would.
Iím a doubting Thomas, youíre a freaking Nostradamus,
I was wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.

I was wrong. Wrong, what could I do?
I was wrong. I thought Iíd write this for you
By way of recognition of my incorrect condition,
And to gracefully unmention my erroneous contention
That left me in this position of impressive imprecision
I was wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.

I was wrong. But thatís the way it goes.
I was wrong. And wrongness never knows.
Now, Iíve learned my lesson. I regret my indiscretion,
I was wrong. I was wrong.

If Iíd known it wasnít right when I said it, (Incorrect!)
Then it would have been a lie, or at the very least a joke. (Off the mark!)
But I didnít and it wasnít. That should matter, but it doesnít.(Imprecise!)
I was wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.

I was wrong. Wrong as I could me.
I was wrong. L. Ron Hubbard looks right compared to me.
I was wrong. There I said it. Now can we forget it?
I was wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong,
Wrong,wrong,wrong,wrong
Wrong.