Sad to just read that Jesse Winchester has just died. I wrote about his debut self titled
album on facebook about a month ago.
After reading the obituary I immediately put it on and remembered once again how good it is. I always think of this as one of a pair the other being Bobby Charles self titled debut. Both were recorded in Woodstock around 1970, both were championed by The Band with band members featuring on the recordings.
Key Tracks on Jesse's album were Payday, Biloxi and Black Dog
While both albums have a country folk feel to them Bobby Charles also has an unmistakable New Orleans swagger as well. Maybe it is having Dr John on piano but really you could not expect anything different from the man who wrote See You Later Alligator. Check out Street People and I must be in good place now.
Another reason I associate the two together is that after searching for them both for a long time I bought them the same day from the same specialist store in Singapore about 15 years ago. This week I managed to get a vinyl copy of Bobby Charles delivered - soooo goood.
After reading the obituary I immediately put it on and remembered once again how good it is. I always think of this as one of a pair the other being Bobby Charles self titled debut. Both were recorded in Woodstock around 1970, both were championed by The Band with band members featuring on the recordings.
Key Tracks on Jesse's album were Payday, Biloxi and Black Dog
While both albums have a country folk feel to them Bobby Charles also has an unmistakable New Orleans swagger as well. Maybe it is having Dr John on piano but really you could not expect anything different from the man who wrote See You Later Alligator. Check out Street People and I must be in good place now.
Another reason I associate the two together is that after searching for them both for a long time I bought them the same day from the same specialist store in Singapore about 15 years ago. This week I managed to get a vinyl copy of Bobby Charles delivered - soooo goood.
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