RIP – Jesse Winchester
Folk singer Jesse Winchester has died at the age of 69. In addition to his songs, Winchester became known for his strong anti-war stance when, in 1967, the American moved to Canada, rather than fight in the Viet Nam war. Read more about Jesse Winchester here.
Watch Jesse Winchester perform Sham-A-Ling-Ding-Dong on Elvis Costello’s Spectacle TV show and move Neko Case to tears. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uKGWpqnS8E]
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April 14, 2014 @ 9:22 am
Was very sad to hear of this on Saturday. Jesse had been in hospice care for a while after suffering from bladder cancer and died peacefully in his sleep. Thank you for posting this as he is still so little known and very much underrated as a musician and songwriter. Hopefully more people will be curious enough to check out his music, which is wonderful.