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Jesse Winchester – Brand New Tennessee Waltz

"The Brand New Tennessee Waltz" is a song on Jesse Winchester's 1970 eponymous debut album. It was also released as the B-side of the "Let the Rough Side Drag" single in 1976.

The song, which has been covered by a couple dozen artists, can be read as the story of Winchester's fleeing Tennessee to come to Montreal as a Vitenam War draft resister.

Hometown: Memphis, Montreal
Release Date: 1970 (album); 1976 (b-side)
Composer: Jesse Winchester
Album: Jesse Winchester
Style: folk rock
Charts: #42 RPM Country Charts (as the flip side of "Let the Rough Side Drag")
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