First Album In Seven Years By Legendary Singer-Songwriter of “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues,” Whose Songs Have Been Covered by Elvis Presley and Jackson Browne I could begin this review by citing all the hits this man has written […]
First Album In Seven Years By Legendary Singer-Songwriter of “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues,” Whose Songs Have Been Covered by Elvis Presley and Jackson Browne I could begin this review by citing all the hits this man has written […]
Much like Warren Zevon’s The Wind, Jesse Winchester’s A Reasonable Amount of Trouble turned out to be his own epitaph. Unlike Zevon’s album, recorded in the shadow of a terminal diagnosis, Winchester recorded this final studio work while in remission, […]
You don’t have to venture far into this heartfelt, memorable album to be reminded of how much we lost with the passing of Jesse Winchester last April. Starting with his eponymous debut LP in 1970, which contained such classics as […]
(Editor’s note: According to the Toronto Star and Winchester’s Wikipedia page, Jesse Winchester has not passed away. Our thoughts are with Jesse and his family in light of the confusion and misinformation, as he continues to struggle with cancer.) I […]
In the early ’70s, the quality of both Jesse Winchester’s rich, colorful songwriting and his folk-soul singing should have made him a star on par with artists such as James Taylor and Cat Stevens. But the Shreveport, Louisiana, native had […]
Born into a Memphis family of prominent heritage, young Jesse James Winchester hightailed it to Canada when he received his Vietnam draft notice. Filled with the sounds of Memphis music in his head, he started writing the songs for his […]
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