JEREMIAH SUNDOWN

"I WAS BORN IN THE MOUNTAINS SURROUNDING OLINGER, VIRGINIA; NEAR BIG STONE GAP; IN THE HEART OF 'APPALACHIA' ... SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SCENERY IN ALL THE WORLD.  MY FAMILY WAS 'DIRT POOR'.  FROM THERE MY FAMILY RELOCATED TO LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA.  IT WAS THERE THAT I GREW FROM A CHILD TO A MAN, AND IT WAS THERE THAT I DISCOVERED THAT MUSIC WAS MY

CALLING ...

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NOT LONG AFTER I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL; I KNEW TO GROW MUSICALLY, I HAD TO GO WHERE MUSIC WAS MORE PREDOMINATE AND EVOLVING.  I FOUND JUST THAT ON THE MONTEREY PENINSULA OF CALIFORNIA.  IT WAS THERE THAT I LEARNED VARIOUS STYLES OF MUSIC AND THE ART OF BEING A 'TRUE ENTERTAINER'.  (THANK YOU, JOE CHUNN ...)

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SOON AFTER, 'THE JEREMIAH SUNDOWN BAND' WAS FORMED; PERFORMING AT MANY VENUES IN THE MONTEREY / SALINAS,

AND SAN FRANSISCO BAY AREAS.  WE PERFORMED AT MANY MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND A SERIES OF PRISON CONCERTS, OUR MUSIC WAS WIDELY ACCEPTED, AND ALL TOO SOON, OUR WANDERLUST DICTATED WE TAKE OUR SONG 'ON THE ROAD'.

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IN A VERY SHORT TIME, WE WERE PERFORMING ALL OVER THE AMERICAN WEST, MIDWEST, AND THE GREAT AMERICAN SOUTHLAND ... DENVER, COLORADO / OMAHA, NEBRASKA / HOUSTON, TEXAS / CHICAGO, ILLINOIS / JOPLIN, MISSOURI / RENO, NEVADA, AND A HUNDRED OTHER TOWNS AND CITIES.  LET'S SEE ... ALL OVER IOWA, ALL OVER SOUTH DAKOTA / DALLAS, TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, KANSAS, WYOMING, MONTANA, ... 'WHEW' ... 'ON AND ON AND ON.

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NEEDING TO FIND ROOTS, I MOVED TO NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, AND BOUGHT A 'HEAVEN ON EARTH' HOME THERE ON THE RIVER, SURROUNDED BY HILLS.  THIS IS WHERE I HAVE REMAINED.  NOT TOO LONG AGO, MY WONDERFUL WIFE JOINED ME THERE.  NOW WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH OUR 'ANGEL BABY' DAWN ... THE LIGHT OF OUR LIVES. 

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THESE DAYS, I HAVE FOUND TREMENDOUS PLEASURE IN PERFORMING A SOLO ACOUSTIC SHOW WITH JUST ME AND MY GUITAR AND HARMONICA.  IT ALLOWS ME 'MORE FREEDOM' IN MY PERFORMANCE AND interaction WITH MY AUDIENCE.  I ALSO PERFORM WITH 'LOCAL BANDS' IN THE VARIOUS CITIES THAT I APPEAR.  THERE HAVE BEEN MANY 'MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS' IN MY LIFE AND MUSICAL CAREER.  BUT BY FAR, I HAVE CLIMBED MOUNTAINS, MUCH  LIKE THE MOUNTAINS SURROUNDING BIG STONE GAP, VIRGINIA ..."

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AT A "JEREMIAH SUNDOWN" CONCERT, YOU WILL HEAR SONGS PENNED BY JEREMIAH, AND SONGS MADE FAMOUS BY JOHNNY CASH, WAYLON JENNINGS, MERLE HAGGARD, DON WILLIAMS, PORTER WAGONER, NEIL DIAMOND, GORDAN LIGHTFOOT, BOB DYLAN, AND A HOST OF OTHER ARTISTS.

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