JESSE W NCHISTER NOTH NG BUTABR JESSE WINCHESTER WAS BORN ON artists as Joan Baez, Jimmy Buffett, the Everly VIAY 17, 1944, in Shreveport, Louisiana. His father, Brothers, Wilson Pickett, Fairport Convention, stationed there as an air force major at the time, Babe Ruth, and Jonathan Edwards. lescended from a prominent Memphis family, related His own have received )y blood to Robert E. Lee, and to the founders of albums critical praise throug out the world. he city of Memphis. Jesse's great -great -great - Teat grandfather was responsible for getting The Washington Post's Tom Zito wrote, '' )avey Crockett into national politics, while his ...Winchester is the master of the simple lyric, randfather gave the eulogy at jazz musician a sentimental view tempered by a sense of humor:' N.C. Handy's funeral. Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times calls Jesse n 1967, at the height of the Vietnam war, Jesse style "warmly caressing and personal;' while John noved to Canada rather than participate. Swenson in Rolling Stone said his songs have "rich, n 1970, Jesse was "discovered" by The Band's emotional impact'.' tobbie Robertson, who produced his now legendary In 1977, Jesse has recorded a new album, Nothing irst album Jesse Winchester that included such But a Breeze, produced by Brian Ahern. Now a citize classics as "Yankee Lady" and "Brand New Tennessee of Canada, Jesse was among those affected by Valtz:' Since then, those, and songs from his three President Carter's pardon, and is doing his first ubsequent albums have been recorded by such American tour this spring and summer. Nothing But a Breeze/Jesse Winchester on Bearsville Records & Tapes www.americanradiohistory.com.