+1 for “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and the Harry Chaplin songs. In addition I’d like to offer a couple more.
Number 1: David Crosby’s “Cowboy Movie”.
Number 2: Dan Fogelberg’s “Tucson, Arizona”.
Number 3: Sting’s “I hung my head”
Better story teller than Edmund Fitzgerald?
There was a thread on A'gon about the most perfect song. We had reasons for picking various, but for me it was Gordong Lightfoot's Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Perhaps it featured an aspect of song writing that no one else much cared for: A deep and detailed story in the song.
So I ask you, A'goners, what songs are as good or better at telling a story of a historical event?