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Jesse's Hotel Utah career goes back as far as the last millenium, shortly after his arrival to the Bay Area from Philadelphia on Halloween of 1997. Since that time he has performed at numerous venues (many of which, sadly, are venues no more), both as singer/songwriter and as piano playing sideman. You can hear his playing and singing on a number of albums from artists as local as San Francisco, and as distant as Cape Town, South Africa.
After releasing his first full length CD "Contents Under Pressure" in 2003, Jesse decided to learn a bit of the alchemy that is studio recording, and over the years he has cobbled together something vaguely resembling a recording studio.
Jesse has devoted a bunch of the past few years to activism, which landed him in Crawford, Texas in August of 2005, when Cindy Sheehan made her courageous stand at George Bush's ranch. He brought with him his song "Sons and Daughters," which has become a favorite among many in the peace movement. As a result, a number of his songs have been receiving airplay on progressive radio all over the country, and he has performed them all over the United States at rallies, army bases, historical landmarks, political events, courthouses, rooftops, radio station parties, and even once while in handcuffs.
Jesse is perpetually recording new batches of songs, whoring himself out as a piano player, vocalist, and general studio monkey.
Jesse has a colorful musical history—he has bought beer for Joe Strummer, broken Joan Baez's guitar string, and been to jail with Daniel Ellsberg. After he sang his anti-war anthem "Sons and Daughters" for Willie Nelson, Willie told him it was a great song. His album "Contents Under Pressure," recorded in his hometown Philadelphia and featuring some of Philly’s finest musicians, has received radio airplay both domestically and internationally, and was recorded by producer/drummer Andy Kravitz, who also engineered and produced the duo’s current single “Tumbleweed and Tonic.”
Which brings us to the most current of his projects - Genna and Jesse:
“Genna & Jesse Present: The Premiere of Tumbleweed and Tonic” will be held on Thursday, July 21st at Firehouse Art Collective in Berkeley. It represents the first in a series of inspiring, all-inclusive events that use their songs as the focal point for diverse creative collaborations with artists across the globe.
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CDs availible:
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Jesse Dyen - Tumbleweed and Tonic (single)
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Jesse Dyen - Life in the Key of Songs
The ever expanding collection of Jesse Dyen's studio recordings, most of which are self produced , and feature Jesse on all manner of instruments real and imagined. These tracks are available for download only. CDs and other obsolete products can be arranged by special request.
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Jesse Dyen - Contents Under Pressure
If you are even slightly handy with your Google machine, you can find some fine reviews of this here album...
These songs are all available from iTunes, Amazon, and fine purveyors of digitalia worldwide.
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