Winchester, Tennessee

Jesse Winchester's first LP is one of my favorite albums ever. It is produced by Robbie Robertson and Todd Rundgren and shows what great songwriter Jesse is. The best of Americana long before the word Americana was invented.

Annotator Jeff Hannusch calls the Australian Jesse Winchester release Defying Gravity a live album, although there is little sound of an audience on the tracks (rarely is applause heard at the end of songs, for instance), and the recording is otherwise unidentified in the release by the AIM label. Aural evidence and song selection, however, suggest that this 65-minute recording chronicles Winchester's touring band of about 1977. The material comes largely from his early albums Jesse Winchester; Third Down, 110 to Go; Learn to Love It; Let the Rough Side Drag; and Nothing But a Breeze, and it is notable, for instance, that in performing "Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt" (from the 1974 Learn to Love It), Winchester updates the lyric to refer to President Jimmy Carter, who took office in January 1977 and immediately pardoned Vietnam War resistors like Winchester, who had moved to Canada in 1967 rather than submit to the military draft.

This compilation/ rerelease by Castle Music is a double CD where the first disc consists of various album tracks released by Bearsville Records between 1972 and 1981, and the second disc has the complete Jesse Winchester debut album produced by Robbie Robertson. The album has a sticker that reads "The Bearsville Collection - Remastered With New Liner Notes". The liner notes are by Colin Escott.

Dinah Shore, born Frances Rose Shore (Winchester, Tennessee), February 29, 1916-Beverly Hills, February 24 1994), was an American singer, actress and television personality and the best female singer of the 1940s.

There are a lot of good singer/songwriters around today. But there are few true artists. One who leaves a lasting impression. Dianne Davidson is such an artist. A singer, songwriter, guitarist, performer, and producer, Dianne’s style and range escape categorization. Any genre, Davidson performs with a robust intensity, taking her listeners on a musical journey that few are likely to forget.