Jed Levy Evans Explorations CD

He become a homeowner in the gritty and diverse north side Chicago neighborhood known as Uptown and ran his own chili parlor and music room, Hobson's Choice. He toured as a trio, Best of Friends, with old friend, Tom Paxton, and newer friend, Anne Hills, who was also the executive producer of this album. He wrote and performed in a play, The Courtship of Carl Sandburg, again with Anne Hills. He taught classes and conducted songwriting workshops. He became immersed in a variety of children's music projects including the Emmy nominated Flying Whales and Peacock Tales television show, recorded A Child's Happy Birthday Album and appeared in concert as 'Uncle Bob'. All the while he continued writing and performing the music which was central to his life.

The title track, Uptown Saturday Night, paints a true-to-life picture of the colorful characters in his newly adopted neighborhood. In a song of healing, written for The Courtship of Carl Sandburg, Bob chronicles a profound moment in American history as the Civil War ends with Lee's surrender and Lincoln proclaims, Let the Band Play Dixie.

In the early '70s Bob, along with fellow members of a drug rehab program, wrote Pilgrim of My Mind. Years later that song gave rise to Pilgrim, which became an unofficial anthem for Alcoholics Anonymous.

Artist Bio:With his latest CD, "The Great Awakening", Canadian singer-songwriter, Anthony Burbidge, delivers ten songs in a style that's been called "Empower-Pop World Fusion," a blending of inspiring lyrics set against a tapestry of sounds from around the globe - just what the world needs in these uncertain times.