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  • May 17, 1944
    Pop singer/songwriter Jesse Winchester is born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He moves to Canada in 1967 to avoid the draft, but scores a country hit 20 years later when Michael Martin Murphey records his song "I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl"
    Apr 21, 1977
    Singer/songwriter Jesse Winchester performs in Burlington, Vermont. It marks his first concert in the U.S. since 1967, when he moved to Canada to avoid the draft. Winchester eventually nabs a country hit as a songwriter when Michael Martin Murphey records "I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl"
    Jun 10, 1977
    Emmylou Harris performs "Queen Of The Silver Dollar" while hosting "The Midnight Special" on NBC. Also appearing: Bonnie Raitt, Little Feat and Jesse Winchester
    Jan 19, 1978
    Michael Martin Murphey appears on the season kickoff of PBS-TV's "Soundstage" with Kenny Loggins and Jesse Winchester
    Oct 26, 1987
    Warner Bros. releases Michael Martin Murphey's "I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl," written by Jesse Winchester
    Jul 11, 2010
    Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally, Jesse Winchester and Allen Toussaint play a free concert telecast by CMT from the beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama, to draw attention to an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
    Apr 6, 2014
    Numerous media report--prematurely, as it turns out--that "I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl" songwriter Jesse Winchester has died
    Apr 11, 2014
    Singer/songwriter Jesse Winchester dies of bladder cancer at his home in Charlottesville, Virginia. He authored Michael Martin Murphey's 1987 country hit "I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl"

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