On this unauthorized, if technically legal, European release, Jesse Winchester is heard probably on his 1977 tour supporting the album Nothing But a Breeze. William Hogeland's liner notes don't say that, but the song list suggests it; there's nothing from after 1977. The set is essentially similar to Winchester's 1977 promotional album Live at the Bijou Café. He is accompanied by a band with a prominent pedal steel guitar, which tends to emphasize the songs' country roots. This is not a bad recording or a bad performance, ...
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On this unauthorized, if technically legal, European release, Jesse Winchester is heard probably on his 1977 tour supporting the album Nothing But a Breeze. William Hogeland's liner notes don't say that, but the song list suggests it; there's nothing from after 1977. The set is essentially similar to Winchester's 1977 promotional album Live at the Bijou Café. He is accompanied by a band with a prominent pedal steel guitar, which tends to emphasize the songs' country roots. This is not a bad recording or a bad performance, but the artist apparently is not benefiting from its sale and has not approved it. (Note that the track erroneously titled "I Feel Good" is really "Payday.") ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi
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