Jesse Winchester, A Look Back

There's a report--now debunked--that great songwriter Jesse Winchester has died at 69 from cancer.  In any case, his Facebook page did report him going into hospice care recently.  Far from a household name, but drew wide acclaim more than 40 years ago,with a debut album, featuring such as "The Brand New Tennessee Waltz"  produced by Robbie Robertson at the height of The Band's influence.  Also famous because he was a Vietnam war draft resister living in Canada and could not tour for many years in the USA.   In fact, when I was at Zygote in 1971 (before re-starting Crawdaddy), we went a write to Montreal to interview him.  Check out his mid -1970s albums for some great stuff especially.   Here are a couple selections.  First, obscure "Isn't That So."  Below, he reduces Neko Case to tears on TV.