[Cozmik Cowboy]

Nope - John Phillips wrote "Me & My Uncle"; Kristofferson wrote "Bobbie Magee".

My 10 (INPO, including Weir-sung Hunter/Garcia, and subject to change on the slightest whim):
Looks Like Rain
Music Never Stopped
Mexicali Blues
Other One
OMSN
Jack Straw
Lazy Lightning
Supplication
Brother Esau
Estimated Prohpet


Fave covers:
Desolation Row
MAMU
Big Iron
Mama Tried
Big River

[BrotherBear]

Had to join the forum just to contribute to this important discussion.

1 Feel Like a Stranger
2 LLR
3 Throwing Stones
4 Picasso Moon
5 Estimated Profit
6 Victim or the Crime
7 Saint of Circumstance
8 Cassidy
9 Lost Sailor
10 Bombs away

[Charlie]

1.Playin In the band
2.Sugar Magnolia
3. Mexicali Blues
4. Truckin'
5. Cassidy
6. Jack Straw
7.Samson and Delilah
8. Me and My Uncle
9. WRS/Let it Grow
10. Hell In a Bucket

[84Bulldog]

my 10....in no particular order.

1. The Other One
2. Weather Report Suite
3. Sugar Magnolia
4. Estimated Prophet
5. Feel Like A stranger
6. Cassidy
7. Greatest Story
8. Jack Straw
9. Throwin Stones
10. Brother Esau

honorable mention...

Music Never Stopped
Lazy Lightning / Supplication
Mexicali Blues

[ebick]

Can't believe I haven't chimed in on this one....ok, here goes

1. Estimated Prophet
2. Lazy Lightnin
3. Weather Report Suite
4. Music Never Stopped
5. Cassidy
6. Looks Like Rain
7. St Of Circumstance
8. Black Throated Wind
9. Feel Like A Stranger
10. Sugar Magnolia

[tcsned]

Can't believe I haven't chimed in on this one....ok, here goes

1. Estimated Prophet
2. Lazy Lightnin
3. Weather Report Suite
4. Music Never Stopped
5. Cassidy
6. Looks Like Rain
7. St Of Circumstance
8. Black Throated Wind
9. Feel Like A Stranger
10. Sugar Magnolia

I like your list, I would alter slightly:
1. Estimated Prophet
2. The Other One
3. Weather Report Suite
4. Music Never Stopped
5. Cassidy
6. Playin' in the Band
7. St Of Circumstance
8. Jack Straw
9. Feel Like A Stranger
10. Sugar Magnolia

[shadowboxer]

One man's opinion, subject to change:

Weather Report Suite
Cassidy
Sugar Magnolia
Music Never Stopped
Mexicali Blues
Black Throated Wind
The Other One
Lost Sailor/St.
Throwin Stones
Greatest Story Ever Told

Hard to keep this one out, might bump one of the last two above: Jack Straw

[Tennessee Jedi]

No love for GSET ??!!

[shadowboxer]

No love for GSET ??!!

Good point, Moses came riding up on a quasar is worthy of inclusion, so GSET bumps Victim or the Crime on my list. Bob has a lot of songs with interesting lyrics, not easy to settle on a top 10.

[ebick]

Can't believe I haven't chimed in on this one....ok, here goes

1. Estimated Prophet
2. Lazy Lightnin
3. Weather Report Suite
4. Music Never Stopped
5. Cassidy
6. Looks Like Rain
7. St Of Circumstance
8. Black Throated Wind
9. Feel Like A Stranger
10. Sugar Magnolia

I like your list, I would alter slightly:
1. Estimated Prophet
2. The Other One
3. Weather Report Suite
4. Music Never Stopped
5. Cassidy
6. Playin' in the Band
7. St Of Circumstance
8. Jack Straw
9. Feel Like A Stranger
10. Sugar Magnolia

I've seen "The Other One" on many lists, and here, you've bumped Lazy Lightnin' for it.

In terms of performance and what the Dead did with The Other One, sure, it deserves a place. But in terms of song writing, The Other One, or at least the part that was commonly played and can be attributed to Weir is pretty basic stuff, especially when compared to a piece like Lazy Lightnin', wouldn't you agree? I was looking at my list in this light. For the same reason, to me, LLR > Playin',. Jack Straw, I always thought was a full band credit. As I stand correcte don that, it certainly deserves a place on the list, though I might be inclined to bump St of Circumstance instead of BTW.

[entraind]

Tough to pick 10…

WRS
Sailor>Saint
Victim
Cassidy
BT wind
Other One
This Time Forever
Estimated
Music Never Stopped
Jack Straw

[Mr.Burns]

It's kind of hard to argue that John Phillips actually wrote Me & My Uncle since he admittedly had no memory of doing so. Apparently it was written in a drunken group setting, much the same as the story of how Me & Bobby McGee was written. You could say he definitely gets the credit since he was the one getting royalties for it all those years but the song's origin is definitely shrouded in confusion. Judy Collins recorded it first, GD definitely made it their own by performing it 616 times, I've even heard a Dino Valente theory, I suppose because he was a patsy other people had stolen songs from?

[healthy_scratch]

No particular order

Weather Report Suite
Sugar Magnolia
Jack Straw
Greatest Story
Music Never Stopped
Estimated Prophet
Lost Sailor - > Saint of Circumstance
BT Wind
Looks Like Rain
Heaven Help The Fool

Honorable mention:
Sage & Spirit
The Winners

[oceanbear11]

1. Jack Straw
2. Picasso Moon
3. Throwing Stones
4. My Brother Esau
5. Heaven Help the Fool
6. Weather Report Suite
7. Victim or the Crime
8. Sugar Magnolia
9. The Other One
10.Lazy Lightnin'

I'd also like to give honorable mention to Bombs Away, Let It Grow, Hell In a Bucket, and Cassidy.

Changed this list a little bit 'cause I hadn't heard Weather Report when I first wrote it. Other than adding that and, regrettably, subtracting one, no difference that I can detect.

[strumminsix]

1. Jack Straw
2. Picasso Moon
3. Throwing Stones
4. My Brother Esau
5. Heaven Help the Fool
6. Victim or the Crime
7. Sugar Magnolia
8. The Other One
9. Lazy Lightnin'
10.Hell in a Bucket

I like this list!