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Jesse Winchester - Talk Memphis

Primary Artist
Jesse Winchester
Album Title
Talk Memphis
Release Date
1981 
Time
33:45 
Review by William Ruhlmann
Having rushed to make Nothing But A Breeze and A Touch On The Rainy Side and getting his two least impressive albums for his trouble, Jesse Winchester spent two and a half years woodshedding before returning to the record racks with Talk Memphis. For the album, he returned to his hometown and worked with producer Willie Mitchell, best known for his Al Green records. It wasn't as unlikely a matching as might be imagined; Winchester had always had a soulful, flexible voice as ready as Green's to take off into the upper registers to express emotion. Read More
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