Tribute to JESSE WINCHESTER (May 17, 1944 – April 11, 2014)

CROSSROADS RADIO SHOW

guest host K.D. Younger
PLAYLIST
26 April 2014 1:00 - 3:00 P.M.
HOUR ONE
00:56:23
Set 1
THAT’S A TOUCH I LIKE – Jesse Winchester
Time: 02:50
Album: Jesse Winchester
Set 2
WOMB TO THE TOMB – Bill Kirchen
Time: 03:08
Album: Have Love, Will Travel
SANTA MONICA PIER – Christine Lavin
Time: 04:00
Album: Good Thing He Can’t Read My Mind
CRAZY GRINGO – Don Cox
Time: 02:49
Album: 45 single
TWIGS AND SEEDS – Jesse Winchester
Time: 02:58
Album: Nothing But A Breeze
Set 3
WILLOW – Jesse Winchester
Time: 05:04
Album: Humour Me
TEXAS TO A “T” – Herb Jeffries
Time: 02:19
Album: The Bronze Buckaroo (Rides Again)
CATTLE CALL – Emmy Lou Harris
Time: 03:10
Album: Songs Of The West
Set 4
C-U-B-A –Any Old Time String Band
Time: 04:48
Album: I Bid You Goodnight
STEWBALL & GRISELDA – Chad Mitchell Trio
Time: 02:24
Album: Best Of Collection – The Mercury Years
QUICHE WOMAN – Clyde Edgerton
Time: 03:08
Album: Walk Across Texas
HOMO ERECTUS – Asleep at the Wheel & Reckless Kelly
TIME 03:06
Album: Why The Hell Not – Songs of Kinky Friedman
Set 5
FLAT OUT GET IT – Webb Wilder
Time: 04:32
Album: Acres Of Suede
SEAT OF LOGIC – Uncle Walt’s Band (1)
Time: 02:36
Album: Girl On The Sunny Shore
MOTORCYCLE MAMA – Sailcat
Time: 02:12
Album: Motorcycle Mama
CAFFEINE – Patty Larkin
Time: 03:25
Album: Step Into The Light
Set 6
NIGHT RIDERS LAMENT – Jerry Jeff Walker
Time: 04:50
Album: Ridin’ High
1) UNCLE WALT’S BAND – Walter Hyatt, Champ Hood, David
Ball – Champ’s son – Warren – major fiddler and songwriter – has
been with several outfits. Champs nephew – also in the business –
Marshall Hood of BELLEVILLE OUTFIT
HOUR TWO
00:58:15
Set 1
RHUMBA MAN – Jesse Winchester
Time: 03:44
Album: Nothing Like A Breeze
Set 2
IF I WERE FREE – Jesse Winchester
Time: 02:45
Album: Humour Me
NOTHING LIKE A BREEZE – Jesse Winchester
Time: 04:33
Album: Nothing Like A Breeze
GENTLEMAN OF LEISURE – Jesse Winchester
Time: 03:53
Album: Gentleman Of Leisure
Set 3
HOME – Van Dyke Parks
Time: 02:56
Album: Jump!
PACHECO – Robin Williamson & His Merry Band (1)
Time: 03:47
Album: American Stonehenge
MONTH OF MAY – Larry Hosford
Time: 03:55
Album: AKA Lorenzo
EIGHTEEN WHEELS – Norton Buffalo
Time: 03:02
Album: Lovin’ In The Valley Of The Moon
1) – Sylvia Woods is harpist for American Stonehenge, Chris Caswell
major musician in celtic music – member of Caswell & Carnahan. Robin
Williamson? Incredible String Band
Set 4
DON’T PICK THE BLOSSOM – The Rowan Brothers
Time: 04:07
Album: Crazy People
IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Danny O’Keefe
Time: 03:32
Album: American Roulette
DANCE ON MY GRAVE – Seconds Flat
Time: 04:23
Album: Spittin’ Cause We Like To
Set 5
AMERICA’S GREAT NATIONAL PASTIME – The Byrds
Time: 03:00
Album: Farther Along
GET OFF THIS – Cracker & Leftover Salmon
Time: 05:44
Album: O Cracker, Where Art Thou?
HIGHWAY TOAD – Citizens Band Radio
Time: 04:24
Album: Big Blue Sky
Set 6
DEFYING GRAVITY – Jesse Winchester
Time: 02:41
Album: Learn To Love It
Set 7
HOWLING AT THE MOON – Sam Bush
Time: 02:59
Album: Howlin’ At The Moon
NOTES ON JESSE WINCHESTER (from Wikifile)
James Ridout "Jesse" Winchester (May 17, 1944 – April 11, 2014) was
an American musician and songwriter who was born and raised in the
southern United States. To avoid the Vietnam War draft he moved to Canada
in 1967, where he began his career as a solo artist. His highest charting
recordings were of his own tunes, "Yankee Lady" in 1970 and "Say What"
in 1981. He became a Canadian citizen in 1973, gained amnesty in the U.S.
in 1977 and resettled there in 2002.[1]
Winchester was probably best known as a songwriter, with his works being
recorded by many notable artists, including Patti Page, Elvis Costello,
Jimmy Buffett, Joan Baez, Anne Murray, Reba McEntire, The Everly
Brothers and Emmylou Harris.[2][3] A number of these recordings have had
success on various charts.[4]
Winchester released several albums during the 1970s. Due to his status as a
draft resister, he was unable to tour in the United States. As a result, he
became recognized primarily as a songwriter. His best known songs include
"Yankee Lady", "The Brand New Tennessee Waltz", "Mississippi, You're on
My Mind", "A Showman's Life", and "Biloxi".[5] These and others have been
recorded by numerous artists, including Jerry Jeff Walker, George Strait,
Gary Allan, Patti Page, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Buffett, Joan Baez, Anne
Murray, Reba McEntire, The Everly Brothers, Wynona Judd, The Weather
Girls, New Grass Revival, Fairport Convention, Tim Hardin, Emmylou
Harris, Ronnie Hawkins, Nicolette Larsen, Ted Hawkins, Ian Matthews,
Colleen Peterson, Tom Rush, Brewer & Shipley, Raffi, Skydiggers and
Wilson Pickett.
In 1974, Winchester often performed at the Hotel Le Chatelet in Morin
Heights, Quebec run by several Tennesseans who had come to Canada in
1972. David "Butch" McDade and Jeff "Stick" Davis moved to Quebec to
become part of Jesse Winchester and the Rhythm Aces. Winchester was the
first to record the songs "Third Rate Romance" and "The End is Not in
Sight", both written by Russel Smith. Smith traveled to Montreal to assist in
the recording of the Learn to Love It album at Studio Six. Later Smith,
Davis, and McDade became the original members of the The Amazing
Rhythm Aces.
Upon his election in 1976, President Jimmy Carter declared he would grant
amnesty to draft evaders, except those who had deserted or had become
citizens of another country. Winchester had by this time become a Canadian
citizen, but Barry Bozeman, his manager at the time, was able to convince
Carter on Winchester's behalf to broaden the amnesty.
Winchester's first appearance in the U.S. thereafter was a sold out
performance in Burlington, Vermont on April 21, 1977. Rolling Stone
magazine covered the event coining the phrase "the Greatest Voice of the
Decade" to describe Winchester's vocal style.
He was nominated for the Best Country Male Vocalist award at the Juno
Awards of 1990. In 2002, Winchester moved back to the United States,
settling in Virginia. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 2007.[6]
Winchester has continued to record and perform throughout the United
States and Canada, releasing his tenth studio album, Love Filling Station, in
2009.
In 2011, Winchester was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus and
underwent treatment for the next couple of months. Winchester was later
given a clean bill of health from his doctor and resumed his tour.[7]
In April 2014, Winchester was revealed to be "gravely ill" and receiving
hospice care at his home.[8] He died on the morning of April 11, 2014, at his
home in Charlottesville, Virginia[9][10] from bladder cancer.[11]