1. Jesse Winchester was born and raised in the southern United States.
23 Facts About Jesse Winchester
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Jesse Winchester became a Canadian citizen in 1973, gained amnesty in the US in 1977 and resettled in Memphis, Tennessee in 2002.
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Jesse Winchester's songs were recorded by many notable artists, including Patti Page, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Buffett, Joan Baez, Jerry Garcia, Anne Murray, The Weather Girls, Reba McEntire, the Everly Brothers, Lyle Lovett, Emmylou Harris, George Strait, Gary Allan, Willie Nelson, Jennifer Warnes, The Mavericks, Jerry Jeff Walker and Michael Stanley.
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Jesse Winchester was one of three children born to James Ridout Jesse Winchester Sr.
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Jesse Winchester graduated from Christian Brothers High School in Memphis in 1962 as a merit finalist, a National Honor Society member and the salutatorian of his class.
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Jesse Winchester graduated from Williams College, in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1966.
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Jesse Winchester began playing guitar in bands while still in high school.
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Jesse Winchester played in Germany during college study abroad and after graduation.
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Jesse Winchester began writing songs, which he performed as a solo artist at the Montreal Folk Workshop and at coffeehouses throughout eastern Canada, adding impetus to a revival in folk music that was taking place across Canada.
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Under the auspices of the Band's Robbie Robertson, another Canadian, Jesse Winchester began his recording career in 1970 with a self-titled album released on the Ampex label.
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Jesse Winchester's 1970 recording of his song "Black Dog" preceded the release of Led Zeppelin's different song of the same name by a year.
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In 1974, Jesse Winchester often performed at the Hotel Le Chatelet in Morin Heights, Quebec, run by several expatriate Tennesseans who had come to Canada in 1972.
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Jesse Winchester was the first to record the songs "Third Rate Romance" and "The End Is Not in Sight", both written by Russell Smith.
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Jesse Winchester had by then become a Canadian citizen, but Barry Bozeman, his manager at the time, convinced Carter on Jesse Winchester's behalf to broaden the amnesty.
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Jesse Winchester's first appearance in the US was a sold-out performance in Burlington, Vermont, on April 21,1977.
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Jesse Winchester was nominated for the Best Country Male Vocalist award at the Juno Awards of 1990.
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Jesse Winchester received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 2007.
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Jesse Winchester continued to record and perform throughout the United States and Canada, releasing his tenth studio album, Love Filling Station, in 2009.
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In 2011, Jesse Winchester was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus and underwent treatment for the next couple of months.
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Jesse Winchester was later given a clean bill of health from his doctor and resumed touring.
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Quiet About It, a tribute record to Jesse Winchester, was released in 2012, featuring James Taylor, Lyle Lovett, Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash and Jimmy Buffett, who spearheaded the project, among others.
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Jesse Winchester died there on the morning of April 11,2014, aged 69, from bladder cancer.
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Jesse Winchester is survived by his wife, Cindy and three children from a previous marriage: James, Alice and Marcus Lee.