who wrote “City of New Orleans”.
It is one of the great trivia questions.
Probably, 90% of people will say Arlo Guthrie, but the answer is Steve Goodman.
He was a gifted songwriter, artist.
Wrote for and with John Prine, Arlo Guthrie, Jimmy Buffett, David Allen Coe, and many others. If you are a music buff, you have to check him out. He died of cancer way too soon, but his passion for life lives on.
I turned my son on to him, and he was blown away.