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Thread #40808   Message #586184
Posted By: GUEST,Spaw
05-Nov-01 - 04:27 PM
Thread Name: Jed Marum's Excellent CD!! - Streets of Fall River
Subject: RE: Jed Marum's Excellent CD!!!!!
Gawd I'll be glad when this move is over and we get to log in again.......

We have had a couple of threads on Jed's wonderful CD, but unlike "Songcatcher".....it deserves them. I have been listening to it for about a year a now and I am always struck at what an excellent piece of work it really is. I don't know whether it's still on, but a pilot TV series is using it for part of the soundtrack. If we were up and running fully I'd link it for you.

I don't know how we can have people around here with all the talent in the world like Jed and Rick and many others who haven't "hit" with somebody..........but the folk world is small I guess and you don't do it for the money. Maybe that's why they are so good.......You can't beat love and passion for a motivation. Jed's original songs are so well written and "within the tradition" that those who don't know would often assume they are much older. Great stuff.

Sinsull, I too like Jeff's rendition of "Maggie" and not to take anything away from Jed at all, but there is another rendition that simply brings me to tears everytime I listen to it. Maybe it's the man singing it and his wonderful marriage, but if you haven't heard Sandy Paton do this one, you need to!!! Again, that takes nothing away from Jed.

I've said it before on other threads, but again, GREAT JOB JED!!!

Spaw