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Jamaica Say You Will (song)
"Jamaica Say You Will" (alternately "Jamaica, Say You Will") is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne. It is the first song on his 1972 self-titled debut album. History The song was released by The Byrds on their ''Byrdmaniax'' album the year before Browne's version came out, so many people were familiar with it before ever hearing Browne's recording. Browne has referred to the song as a "fable," but one based in real experience. "I thought I was kind of writing it for this girl I knew that worked in a garden in Zuma Beach, across the street from the Pacific Ocean, and she worked in this organic food orchard," Browne said in an interview, "like the Garden of Eden, and she was the kind of Eden-like girl, too." He continues: "When I created the fable of this girl who lived by the sea and whose father is a captain, and eventually she would be taken away and go sailing off, I wanted to hide in the relationship. I wanted to sort of have the cocoon ...
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Jackson Browne
Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States. Emerging as a precocious teenage songwriter in mid-1960s Los Angeles, he had his first successes writing songs for others, writing "These Days" as a 16-year-old; the song became a minor hit for the German singer and Andy Warhol protégé Nico in 1967. He also wrote several songs for fellow Southern California bands the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (of which he was briefly a member in 1966) and the Eagles (band), Eagles, the latter of whom had their first Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Top 40 hit in 1972 with the Browne co-written song "Take It Easy". Encouraged by his successes writing songs for others, Browne released his Jackson Browne (album), self-titled debut album in 1972, which spawned two Top 40 hits of his own, "Doctor, My Eyes" and "Rock Me on the Water". For his debut album, as well as for the next severa ...
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Merrimack County (album)
''Merrimack County'' is the 1972 album from pioneer Folk rock musician Tom Rush. The standout tracks are "Mink Julip", "Mother Earth", "Jamaica, Say You Will", "Wind on the Water" and "Roll Away the Grey". The album was on the Billboard 200 chart for ten weeks and charted as high as #128 on June 3, 1972. Track listing #"Kids These Days" (Tom Rush, Trevor Veitch) – 4:10 #"Mink Julip" (Tom Rush) – 2:25 #"Mother Earth" (Eric Kaz) – 2:36 #" Jamaica, Say You Will" (Jackson Browne) – 4:11 #"Merrimack County II" (Tom Rush, Trevor Veitch) – 2:46 #"Gypsy Boy" (Bob Carpenter) – 3:20 #"Wind on the Water" (Tom Rush) – 3:34 #"Roll Away the Grey" (Bob Carpenter) – 2:59 #"Seems the Songs" (Tom Rush) – 3:39 #"Gone Down River" (Tom Rush) – 4:16 Personnel Musicians * Tom Rush – guitar, lead vocals * Trevor Veitch – guitar, mandolin, backing vocals * James Rolleston – bass, backing vocals * Gary Mallaber – drums, percussion, vibraphone * Paul Armin – fiddle * Erik Robe ...
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Songs Written By Jackson Browne
A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetition and variation of sections. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally "by ear" are often referred to as folk songs. Songs that are composed for professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows to the mass market are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are often composed by professional songwriters, composers, and lyricists. Art songs are composed by trained classical compo ...
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1972 Songs
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The Wonder Years (season 5)
The fifth season of ''The Wonder Years'' aired on ABC from October 2, 1991 to May 13, 1992. During this season, many changes took place on the show. For example, Kevin and Paul go to new separate schools and Kevin's voice changes Changes may refer to: Books * ''Changes'', the 12th novel in Jim Butcher's ''The Dresden Files'' Series * ''Changes'', a novel by Danielle Steel * ''Changes'', a trilogy of novels on which the BBC TV series was based, written by Peter Dickinson .... This season took place during Kevin's 1971–72 school year. Episodes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wonder Years, The 1991 American television seasons 1992 American television seasons The Wonder Years seasons Television series set in 1971 Television series set in 1972 ...
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The Wonder Years
''The Wonder Years'' is an American coming-of-age story, coming-of-age situation comedy, comedy/Drama (film and television), drama television series created by Neal Marlens and Carol L. Black, Carol Black. It ran on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 31, 1988, until May 12, 1993. The series premiered immediately after ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XXII. The series stars Fred Savage as Kevin Arnold, a teenager growing up in a suburban middle class family in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It co-stars Dan Lauria as his father Jack, Alley Mills as his mother Norma, Jason Hervey as his brother Wayne, Olivia d'Abo as his sister Karen, Josh Saviano as his best friend Paul Pfeiffer, and Danica McKellar as his girlfriend Winnie Cooper, with narration by Daniel Stern (actor), Daniel Stern as an adult version of Kevin. The show earned a spot in the Nielsen ratings, Nielsen Top 30 during its first four seasons. ''TV Guide'' named it one of the 20 best shows of the 1980s. After s ...
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Los Lobos
Los Lobos (, Spanish for "the Wolves") are an American rock band from East Los Angeles, California. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, zydeco, folk, R&B, blues, brown-eyed soul, and traditional music such as cumbia, boleros and norteños. The band rose to international stardom in 1987, when their version of Ritchie Valens' " La Bamba" peaked at the top of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and also topped the charts in the United Kingdom, and several other countries. Songs by Los Lobos have been recorded by Elvis Costello, Waylon Jennings, Frankie Yankovic, and Robert Plant. In 2015, they were nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2018, they were inducted into the ''Austin City Limits'' Hall of Fame. They are also known for performing the theme song for ''Handy Manny''. History 1973–79: Formation and early releases Vocalist and guitarist David Hidalgo and drummer Louie Pérez met at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles, C ...
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A Tribute To Jackson Browne
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Ben Harper
Benjamin Chase Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances, and activism. He has released twelve regular studio albums, mostly through Virgin Records, and has toured internationally. Harper is a three-time Grammy Award winner and seven-time nominee, with awards for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album in 2004 and Best Blues Album in 2013. At the 40th Blues Music Awards ceremony, Harper's joint composition with Charlie Musselwhite, "No Mercy in This Land", was named Song of the Year. Early life Harper was born in Pomona, California. His late father, Leonard Harper, was of African-American and Cherokee ancestry, and his mother, Ellen Harper Verdries ( Chase), is Jewish. His maternal great-grandmother was a Russian- Lithuanian Jew. His parents divorce ...
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Live At Royal Albert Hall 1971
''Live at Royal Albert Hall '' is a live album by the American rock band the Byrds, released in 2008 on Sundazed Records. The album consists of recordings from the band's appearance at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England on May 13, 1971. Although the tapes had been in lead guitarist Roger McGuinn's possession since the concert took place, the album represents the first official release of all tracks. In addition to the regular CD release, ''Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971'' was also released as a double album vinyl LP. Track listing #"Lover of the Bayou" (Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy) #"You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Bob Dylan) #"Truck Stop Girl" (Lowell George, Bill Payne) #"My Back Pages" (Bob Dylan) #"Baby What You Want Me to Do" (Jimmy Reed) #"Jamaica Say You Will" (Jackson Browne) #"Black Mountain Rag"/"Soldier's Joy" (traditional, arranged Clarence White, Roger McGuinn) #"Mr. Tambourine Man" (Bob Dylan) #"Pretty Boy Floyd" (Woody Guthrie) #" Take a Whiff (On Me) ...
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At The Scene
''At the Scene'' is an album by the progressive bluegrass Maryland band The Seldom Scene. Album review on www.allmusic.com/ref> Track listing # "A Girl I Know" (Phil Rosenthal) – 2:48 # " Jamaica, Say You Will" (Jackson Browne) – 3:27 # "Open up the Window, Noah" (Phil Rosenthal) – 2:23 # "Winter Wind" (Phil Rosenthal) – 2:42 # "Heal It" (Byron Hill, Mike Reid) – 3:41 # "The Weary Pilgrim" (Phil Rosenthal) – 2:43 # "It Turns Me Inside Out" (Jerry Crutchfield) – 3:30 # "The Champion" (Richard Landis) – 3:32 # "Born of the Wind" (Paul Craft) – 2:38 # "Peaceful Dreams" (Harold Douglas Handy) – 4:30 # "Let Our Mother Nature Have Her Way" (Clark, Southerland) – 3:07 # "I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers" (Hayes) – 3:04 # "Some Morning Soon" (Lynch) – 3:36 Personnel ;The Seldom Scene * Phil Rosenthal - vocals, guitar, mandolin * John Duffey - mandolin, vocals * Ben Eldridge - banjo, guitar, vocals * Mike Auldridge - Dobro, guitar, vocals * Tom Gray Tom ...
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The Seldom Scene
The Seldom Scene is an American bluegrass band that formed in 1971 in Bethesda, Maryland. The band's original line-up comprised John Starling on lead vocals and guitar, Mike Auldridge on Dobro and baritone vocals, Ben Eldridge on banjo, Tom Gray on double bass, and John Duffey on mandolin; the latter three also provided backing vocals. Together they released their debut studio album, '' Act I'', in 1972, followed by both '' Act II'' and '' Act III'' in 1973. In 1977, Starling left the group and was replaced by singer-songwriter Phil Rosenthal. Starling and Rosenthal shared lead vocals on the group's sixth studio album, ''Baptizing'', released in 1978. Around the same time, the group switched record labels from Rebel Records to Sugar Hill Records. In 1986, Rosenthal and Gray left the band, and were replaced by Lou Reid and T. Michael Coleman, respectively; Reid and Coleman first appeared on the band's 1988 album ''A Change of Scenery''. Reid left the band in 1992, and Starling b ...
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