Jonathan Edwards (music)

Jonathan Edwards (born in 1946, in Minnesota, USA) is an artist, musician, folk singer, songwriter and performer, perhaps best known for his crossover folk single "Sunshine".

Related Topics:
1946 - Minnesota - USA - Artist - Musician - Folk - Songwriter - Crossover

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With fellow student musicians Malcolm McKinney and Joe Dolce, he formed blues band Sugar Creek in 1967, but soon left to do solo acoustic music. He recorded "Sunshine" after having accidentally erased another song intended for a solo self-titled album. "Sunshine" ultimatele became a Billboard #4 pop hit during the early-'70s period of anti-war protests and rejection of authority.

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:Sunshine go away today,

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:I don't feel much like dancin'.

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:Some man's gone, he's tried to run my life.

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:Don't know what he's askin'.

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:How much does it cost? I'll buy it.

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:The time is all we've lost. I'll try it.

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:He can't even run his own life,

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:I'll be damned if he'll run mine.

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:: "Sunshine", from Jonathan Edwards (1971)

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After taking a turn into mainstream country music, Edwards left the business and moved to Nova Scotia, where he bought a farm. By 1976, however, he was back in the music scene, singing backup on Emmylou Harris's second album, Elite Hotel. After three more solo albums and another break, he joined bluegrass band The Seldom Scene, recording a single album with them before trying his hand at children's music with Little Hands.

Related Topics:
Nova Scotia - Emmylou Harris - The Seldom Scene

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Returning to country music in 1989, he released The Natural Thing, which provided his biggest country hit to date, "We Need to Be Locked Away". He continues to record albums and, as of September 2005, is still touring.

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