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Fans of the enduring singer and songwriter Jesse Winchester will have an extremely rare chance to see him in an intimate setting (and at Rappahannock prices!) on Friday, Oct. 14 at the Gay St. Theater in Washington.
Mr. Winchester, a Tennessee native, makes his home in Montreal and has toured only occasionally since 1977. Even then, he was a veteran, discovered in the late 1960’s by The Band’s Robbie Robertson after his move to Canada. Mr. Robertson, a Canadian who had fallen in love with the South, found the unassuming young singer in a local coffeehouse and later produced his first record, along with Levon Helm on drum and mandolin and Todd Rundgren as engineer.
The intelligence, humor and love of Southern blues caught the attention of critics. Rolling Stone called Mr. Winchester the most important new artist of the ’70’s. As the decade progressed disco overshadowed the more innovative musicians, but Mr. Winchester still appealed to rythym
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