Jesse Winchester
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Biography
[Edit]Jesse Winchester was the music world's most prominent Vietnam War draft evader, though his renown came from a body of wry, closely observed songs. After growing up in Memphis, Winchester received his draft notice in 1967 and moved to Montreal, Canada, rather than serve in the military. In 1969, he met Robbie Robertson of the Band, who helped launch his recording career. In the same way that James Taylor's history of mental instability and drug abuse served as a subtext for his early music, Winchester's exile lent real-life poignancy to songs like "Yankee Lady," which appeared on his debut album, Jesse Winchester (1970). He became a Canadian citizen in 1973.
Despite critical acclaim, his inability to tour in the U.S. prevented him from taking his place among the major singer/songwriters of the early '70s, but he made a series of impressive albums — Third Down, 110 to Go (August 1972), Learn to Love It (August 1974), Let the Rough Side Drag (June 1976), and Nothing But a Breeze (March 1977) — before President Jimmy Carter instituted an amnesty that finally allowed him to play in his homeland. By that time, the singer/songwriter boom had passed, though Winchester continued to record (A Touch on the Rainy Side [July 1978], Talk Memphis [February 1981], Humour Me [1988]) and even scored a Top 40 hit with "Say What" in 1981.
His most prominently covered songs include "Yankee Lady" (Brewer & Shipley), "The Brand New Tennessee Waltz" (Joan Baez, Ian Matthews), "Biloxi" (Tom Rush, Jimmy Buffett), "Mississippi, You're on My Mind" (Jerry Jeff Walker, Stoney Edwards [for a Top 40 country hit]), "Defying Gravity" (Jimmy Buffett, Emmylou Harris), "Rhumba Girl" (Nicolette Larson [for a pop chart entry]), "Well-A-Wiggy" (the Weather Girls [for an R&B chart entry]), and "I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl" (Michael Martin Murphey [for a Top Ten country hit]).
In 1999, Winchester returned from a long recording hiatus with the new album Gentleman of Leisure. An active live performer, Winchester released his first live album in 24 years with 2001's Jesse Winchester Live at Mountain Stage. The following year he moved from Canada back to the United States and settled down in Charlottesville, Virginia with his new wife, Cindy Duffy. Two albums would follow before the close of the decade: Live, a concert recording that Winchester claimed was released without his authorization, and a new studio album, Love Filling Station, released on Appleseed Recordings in 2009. Winchester was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2011 but was pronounced cancer-free following surgery. However, in early 2014 he received a diagnosis of bladder cancer, and he died from the disease at home in Charlottesville on April 11, 2014; Jesse Winchester was 69 years old.
Title: A Reasonable Amount of Trouble
Artist: Jesse Winchester
Genre: Blues, Rock, Folk Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Gentleman of Leisure
Artist: Jesse Winchester
Genre: Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Live from Mountain Stage: Jesse Winchester
Artist: Jesse Winchester
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Defying Gravity (Live)
Artist: Jesse Winchester
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: Learn To Love It / Let The Rough Side Drag
Artist: Jesse Winchester
Genre: Blues, World Music, Pop Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: Anthology (CD2)
Artist: Jesse Winchester
Title: Defying Gravity: San Francisco Live
Artist: Jesse Winchester
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: Montreal 1976 Two - Live American Radio Broadcast (Live)
Artist: Jesse Winchester
Genre: World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Live At the Bijou Cafe, Philadelphia, May 26, 1977
Artist: Jesse Winchester
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Nothing But A Breeze / A Touch On The Rainy Side
Artist: Jesse Winchester
Genre: World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Jesse Winchester Live In San Francisco 1966
Artist: Jesse Winchester
Genre: Rock, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Montreal 1976 One - Live American Radio Broadcast (Live)
Artist: Jesse Winchester
Genre: World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Jesse Winchester
Artist: Jesse Winchester
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: The Best of Jesse Winchester
Artist: Jesse Winchester
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Collections
Title: Country Loves America
Genre: Country
Title: The Best of Indie Roots
Genre: Folk
Title: Country Rock Road Trip
Genre: Country
Title: Classic Country Essentials: American Boy's
Genre: Country
Title: Classic Country Essentials: American Girls
Genre: Country
Title: Beautiful: A Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot
Genre: Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Best of Mountain Stage Live, Volume One
Genre: Rock
Title: Sing Yer Song Right - Male Songwriters
Genre: New Age
Title: Beautiful - A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot
Genre: Pop
Title: Uncut: Eclipsed
Genre: Indie Pop, Indie Rock, World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Deep Ear (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Country Rock
Title: Limo (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, World Music, Pop, Folk
Title: Country Rock Deep Cuts
Genre: Country Rock
Title: Hygge Acoustic 2017
Title: Play Acoustic Music
Title: Road Trip Blues Rock
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Title: Appleseed's 21st Anniversary: Roots And Branches (CD1)
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: Appleseed's 21st Anniversary: Roots And Branches (CD2)
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: Male Singer / Songwriters
Genre: Soul, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: Takin' My Time: Southern Blues Legends
Genre: Blues
Title: Folk & Roots: 50 Finest
Genre: Folk Rock, World Music, Folk
Title: 100 Greatest Folk Songs (CD1)
Genre: World Music, Pop, Folk
Title: Finger-Picking Masters 2023
Featuring albums
Title: Beautiful: A Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, World Music, Folk
Title: The Best of Mountain Stage Live, Vol. 1
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues, Rock, Alternative Rock, Punk Rock, Country
Title: San Francisco, The Cry of Flower Power, Vol. 1 (Live)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Alternative
Title: Big Country Collection: Country Home Gatherings, Vol. 1
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Country
Title: Appleseed's 21st Anniversary: Roots and Branches
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist