{"id":704,"date":"2026-08-18T16:30:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/?p=704"},"modified":"2026-08-18T16:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:30:40","slug":"the-brand-new-tennessee-waltz-by-jesse-winchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/the-brand-new-tennessee-waltz-by-jesse-winchester\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brand New Tennessee Waltz by Jesse Winchester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jesse Winchester was an American &#8211; Canadian singer-songwriter.\u00a0 \u00a0 He left the US to avoid the Vietnam War draft and lived in Canada until he was later granted amnesty, then moved back to the southern US in 2002.\u00a0 \u00a0 While in Canada he wrote and recorded his first album, which was produced by Robbie Robertson (of The Band).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He recorded a number of memorable songs and in 2007 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0He died in 2014.\u00a0 \u00a0 His songs still live on in our playlists.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A number of his songs are in mine.\u00a0 \u00a0Shared here is one of them:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_33431\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7j-sIc5_-Cs?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&controls=1&disablekb=0&color=red&cc_lang_pref=&rel=1&autohide=2&theme=dark&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesse Winchester was an American &#8211; Canadian singer-songwriter.\u00a0 \u00a0 He left the US to avoid the Vietnam War draft and lived in Canada until he was later granted amnesty, then moved back to the southern US in 2002.\u00a0 \u00a0 While <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/the-brand-new-tennessee-waltz-by-jesse-winchester\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[80,27],"class_list":["post-704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tunes","tag-country-rock","tag-folk"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Brand New Tennessee Waltz by Jesse Winchester - Tales n Tunes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/the-brand-new-tennessee-waltz-by-jesse-winchester\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Brand New Tennessee Waltz by Jesse Winchester - Tales n Tunes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jesse Winchester was an American &#8211; Canadian singer-songwriter.\u00a0 \u00a0 He left the US to avoid the Vietnam War draft and lived in Canada until he was later granted amnesty, then moved back to the southern US in 2002.\u00a0 \u00a0 While &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/the-brand-new-tennessee-waltz-by-jesse-winchester\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tales n Tunes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-18T23:30:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rambleon.ca\/talesntunes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/JesseW.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"474\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"474\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"D. 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