Soundtrack: Swept Away

John Dee Graham--Swept Away

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Jon Dee Graham might be considered a late bloomer, a middle-aged songwriter who has drawn from a wealth of experience to create the richest music of a veteran career. Too often characterized as an Alejandro Escovedo sideman (in the True Believers and again in Escovedo's current band) or a Tom Waits soundalike, he shows greater creative range and emotional depth here than ever. "Something Wonderful" sounds like an open-armed embrace of all of life's riches, while the opening "Jubilee" has the melodic lilt, harmonic uplift, and guitar jangle of classic Byrds. From the deep-soul balladry of "Swept Away" to the solo acoustic intimacy of "O Dearest One," Graham leaves himself open, lays himself bare. "Remain" is as tender as a lullaby; "Beloved Garden" is as reverent as prayer. Yet the slide-driven "Holes" shows why Graham has long been in demand as a guitarist for hire, while the hard-riffing propulsion of "Bonaparte" finds him rocking as powerfully as he ever has.
--Don McLeese, Amazon.com

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Jon Dee Graham is a musician, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas. He was born February 28th, 1959. A former member of the True Believers with Alejandro Escovedo, Graham was named the Austin Musician of the Year during the South by Southwest (SXSW) music conference in 2006.

He was inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame in 2000. Jon Dee Graham has played with John Doe, Exene Cervenka, James McMurtry, Eliza Gilkyson, Kelly Willis, John Hiatt, Michelle Shocked, Patty Griffin, Calvin Russell, and Lone Justice. His music has been featured in soundtracks such as Ladder 49 and Veronica Mars. In 1992, Patty Smyth covered Graham's song, "One Moment to Another" on her album, Patty Smyth.

To date, Graham has released five studio albums: Escape from Monster Island (1997, Freedom Records); Summerland (1999, New West Records); Hooray for the Moon (2002, New West Records); The Great Battle (2004, New West Records) and Full (2006, Freedom Records). His record, "The Great Battle," was produced by Charlie Sexton. Graham's music generally explores the struggles with being a grown up and the battles that adults fight as they try and raise their children, maintain marriages and jobs, and grapple with the quick passage of time. Despite the heaviness of such themes, Graham's music is also infused with a strong sense of the joys of life and the need to remain optimistic.
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