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An Evening with King Tut, An Event
You Don't Want to Miss.
Aug. 31, 6 – 9 p.m.,
Field Museum, Chicago

Free Readers Ensemble

An Evening with King Tut, An Event
You Don't Want to Miss.
Aug. 31, 6 – 9 p.m.,
Field Museum, Chicago

"TOP OF THE WORLD" by Jere Mendelsohn

"TOP OF THE WORLD"
by Jere Mendelsohn
review by Ed Vincent

"TOP OF THE WORLD" by Jere Mendelsohn is a very
fine album. I have not had the priveledge to hear Mr. Mendelsohn sing before and the name threw me a bit off the
target. When I hear the name 'Mendelsohn' at any time,
I begin to hear violins, and played very well (by the likes of
Itzhak Perlman or Pinchas Zukerman). Several chords
into the first song and violins faded from thought and cowboys
began to dance in my head. Jere Mendelsohn is a very
accomplished guitar player, singer, and writer. His songs are
varied and cover a multitude of topics, he immediately fit
into the classic country and western genre - and without a
hat of any kind. He has more than enough twang and rhythm
in his work and joined with a fun uplifting gleeful demeanor.

The album is a pleasant journey down a well worn road of
country Americana and Mr. Mendelsohn is working on some
new roads as well. I will look forward to new work in the
offing and play "TOP OF THE WORLD" while I wait.
I gifted singer, song writer, who also teaches High School -
thanks for all the fine work on all fronts. Visit his website
and get some tunes.

http://www.jeremendelsohn.com

Click Below to purchase album
http://www.jeremendelsohn.com/store.asp

BIO

When Jere Mendelsohn sings about "Driving down the middle of this highway, caught between the mountains and the sea," we know it’s a poetic metaphor, but it's also a road map of a life lived in real time, with all of the joys and sorrows, questions and contradictions left intact. Jere's music is filled with
the kind of imagery and passion that people in any corner of America will instantly understand. It’s music that feels like home.

Simply put, Jere Mendelsohn gets it. He’s lived it, he’s been there. He understands that "the nights roll in and go too fast, and the days rain down
like broken glass." The good times can be spare; the crap can last a decade.

Yeah, Jere's like us, but with that one big difference that those of us who can't get "Chopsticks" on a keyboard or strum "Oh Susannah" on guitar can never quite get past: he expresses what we're feeling and what we want to say in
the songs that he writes and sings, and in the notes he squeezes from a beat-up Telecaster.

Jere Mendelsohn's music is crafted from a lifetime of hard work and simple triumphs. He's "packed his bags with new world dreams" and too often found himself a family man playing "for one more dollar, one more empty room." An acknowledged "guitar slinger," Jere couldn't keep himself from the road, and along the way, climbed inside all of his influences: soul music, one-hit singles, Bakersfield twang, rockabilly, flat-out hillbilly music – anything played from
the heart and worth cranking on the car radio. When he straps on a Tele
and steps to the mic, he's going somewhere special, and taking us with him.

Jere's music has kept him true and focused, and in these new songs, he has stepped out -- way out -- from the workingman role of sideman, session man, and hired gun. Carved from the contradictions and convictions of his own life, Jere has found lyrical and musical expression that reaches back through all of his inspirations to create music that is at once familiar and fresh.

In the purest definitions of the term, Jere's music is roots music. It asks for a piece of our hearts and in return, it gives us solace, and on a real good night,
a reason to shake our asses. And best of all, it takes us down that solitary highway to our "final destination." Why not? It’s just another name for the place we all want to be. Home.

Click Below to purchase album
http://www.jeremendelsohn.com/store.asp

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