Jesse Winchester

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You could stock a crowd-pleasing jukebox with the songs Jesse Winchester has written and recorded in the last four decades – and with the better-known versions of his songs that have become hits and album staples for artists ranging from Joan Baez to Elvis Costello to Jimmy Buffett. Winchester’s skill in capturing vivid small town vignettes, heartfelt love and love-lost situations, and good-time celebrations has yielded a litany of “I-know-that” songs: ‘Yankee Lady,’ ‘Biloxi,’ ‘Brand New Tennessee Waltz,’ ‘Talk Memphis,’ ‘Rhumba Girl,’ ‘Payday,’ ‘I’m Gonna Miss You, Girl,’ ‘Let’s Make a Baby King’ and many more. His 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Composers, Artists and Publishers (ASCAP) is one gauge of the music world’s esteem.