Mar 31 2008
Jonathan Edwards: One Day Closer
I just got home from a gig running sound at a local venue, The Mainstay, where I am lucky enough to get work every month or so. The artist this afternoon was Jonathan Edwards, a singer songwriter that persons of a certain age may remember for the song “Sunshine,” recorded back in 1970. Edwards has recored ten albums of his own and produced I don’t know how many for other musicians. He tours and performs regularly. I understand that he is making plans to do a tour, traveling entirely by sailboat, in 2010.
Let me tell you something, Jonathan Edwards is the real deal! He brought a band consisting of his constant sidekick Stuart Schulman on piano/fiddle/bass, Taylor Armerding on mandolin & Cheryl Prashker on percussion. For nearly three hours these guys rocked Rock Hall.
One of the songs performed this afternoon was “One Day Closer,” the title tune to an album he recorded in 1996. On the record his daughter sings a descant part. I’ll let Jon tell the story. This video was made at The Center for Arts in Natick, Massachusetts on March 15, 2008, just a few days ago. Stewart and Cheryl are there, too, off camera.
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