Hey, did you know there’s an acoustic version of my song “Vision” available to download for free on Bandcamp? It features beautiful orchestration by Alec Spiegelman, and bass and drums by Jeff Picker and John Fatum, just like the rest of the Alameda album. Give a listen: Vision (Single) by Jefferson Hamer
This newsletter was originally sent to my mailing list 2/17/20 and looked like this: https://mailchi.mp/9cbb9cd47599/pacific-nw-concerts-and-workshops Here it is in repost: Wait, That’s Not Actually the Pacific Northwest, 02/16/20 Good Day to everybody on the west coast, and Good Evening to my contemporaries on Eastern Time, and Good Night, I suppose, to my friends in the UK …
Hey friends, happy to check in with some news and tour dates. It’s been six months since my solo effort Alameda hit the American bodegas, and with a little help from my friends at BloodyGreatPR we’ve been getting some nice BBC airplay and quips from overseas. Here’s one from esteemed statesperson Mike Davies for Folking.com: “Addressing those …
“Alameda,” the title track on Hamer’s album, is a rock ballad with crispy guitar licks and geographic lyrics about a wandering worker, who is maybe the author, but maybe not. In the way that it talks about a long search for work, it reminds me of Woody Guthrie’s Columbia River song series, or maybe the …
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“Alameda” album lyrics All songs written by Jefferson Hamer 1. Alameda I was born and I was raised Where the valley meets the bay All I own I carry around Guadeloupe, San Jose I haven’t had a place since Alameda moved away I’ve got nowhere to go I’ve got nowhere to stay But all along …
The songs on the Alameda record range in birthdate from sometime in 2006 (Wolves) to 2017 (Vagabond). Some took minutes to write (Moving Day, see below) while others, like the Busker, took years of tinkering and revising lyrics, recording fails, and suffering through on-stage learning experiences. Many more that I’ve written- or tried to- didn’t make the cut, …
My new recording Alameda is up on spotify, bandcamp, cdbaby, and a special sauce 24-bit high resolution master is up on iTunes. This is my first solo record since, a while, and I wrote it, engineered it, mixed it, and even play and sing on it! I could not have made this record without the talent and generosity of Jeff Picker, …
Announcing the new Session Americana album Great Shakes, coming out in September. Co-Produced with Jefferson Hamer, the album features 10 original songs. Jefferson will be playing electric guitar with the band throughout 2016 including performances at High Sierra Music Festival, Strawberry Music Festival, Sisters Folk Festival, and the Philadelphia Folk Festival. In October they travel …
I’ve been lucky to get to play a bunch of great shows with the Session Americana guys this year. I’m looking forward to a bunch more in the coming one. Here’s a video of us playing “This Ragged World We Spanned” on a farm in Ipswich, MA, produced by Jason Elon Goodman and Salt Stage Presents. This …
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