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Why Tom Paxton Deserves the Grammy.

December 22, 2003

Looking for the Moon is new for the prolific Tom Paxton. Few performers have the ability to stop your heart as this legend has for decades. In The Same River Twice he describes a couple who promise to return yearly to a mountain retreat. The sadness is overwhelming when you realize that only one of them will be back next year. The song of wanderlust, Looking for the Moon, is the album's title. The lead character is on a train, but his mind is elsewhere. Paxton's poetry is such that we become the person on the train, as we recall our own missed opportunities. There are bright moments too. Life in the Key of C is a road song about friends who travel the country with music connecting each destination. It becomes easy to remember your favorite festival and your best journey. By the way, a mandolin is just the right sized instrument for the passenger to play while the driver sings along. Paxton is up for a Grammy for 2003 for this CD. He's going against Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, and the late Warren Zevon among others, so his chances are slim, but in this reviewer's opinion, he's already won.

Posted by Jim Blum at December 22, 2003 1:22 PM

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Great site.

But, I'm darned if I can access the archived playlists.

Clicking on a specific date/playlist simply takes me back to the homepage.

Suggestions?

Merci buckets.

Jack

Posted by: jack` stowaway at January 1, 2004 1:10 AM

I wholeheartly concur. I have always believed that Paxton a most under-recognized artist.

I had the pleasure of jamming with him, at Penn State. when he was on the folk circuit. I was instantly captured by both his lyrics and voice. My personal playlist, now performed but annually, in the campgrounds of the Philadelphia Folk Festival, is heavy with his songs; which, without peer, never fail to please.

I cannot imagine a world without his music.

Posted by: l.d. boone at January 2, 2004 9:04 PM

I wholeheartly concur. I have always believed that Paxton is a most under-recognized artist.

I cannot imagine a world without his music.

Posted by: l.d. boone at January 2, 2004 9:05 PM

tom paxton along with phil ochs one of the great ones. i have listened to him since the early 1960's and i am happy to run into his music again.

ken

Posted by: john engle at January 8, 2004 1:17 PM

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