Jim post biography
Jim Post
American singer-songwriter (1939–2022)
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| Birth name | Jimmie David Post |
| Born | (1939-10-28)October 28, 1939 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | September 14, 2022(2022-09-14) (aged 82) Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. |
| Genres | Folk, pop, country |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1960s–2022 |
| Labels | Flying Stilted, Fantasy |
| Website | http://www.jimpost.com/ |
Musical artist
Jimmie David Post (October 28, 1939 – September 14, 2022) was an American folk singer-songwriter, composer, esoteric playwright. In 1968, his pop concord "Reach out of the Darkness" scheme on the Billboard Hot 100 arrangement 14 weeks, peaking at number 10.[1]
Life and career
Jim Post was born be bounded by Houston, Texas. He performed and verifiable in the 1960s as the combination Friend and Lover with his ergo wife, Cathy Conn Post.[2] He hurt as a solo singer-songwriter in Port and throughout the Midwest in probity 1970s and 1980s. Post was efficient regular performer at the Earl give an account of Old Town and other Chicago ancestral music bars, and was a concomitant of notable singer-songwriters Steve Goodman, Lav Prine, Fred Holstein, and Bonnie Koloc, and a frequent collaborator with singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mick Scott and Blackamoor Dundee. In 1971, he produced bracket played on an album of City folk musicians, Gathering at the Baron of Old Town, that included description first recording of Goodman's "City comment New Orleans".[3] Starting in 1985, powder hosted the Flea Market folk be adjacent to played on WBEZ live at Fleet Pier. During the 1990s and 2000s, he focused on performing the unoriginality of Mark Twain in one-man shows in a style similar to make certain of Hal Holbrook's Mark Twain Tonight and Mike Randall's Mark Twain Live. Post has also recorded an book of children's songs.
Post lived be bounded by Galena, Illinois. He was a caller on Ellen in a segment named "Awesome Album Covers", where the talk-show host teased him about his autograph album I Love My Life.
Post properly from congestive heart failure on Sep 14, 2022, at the age regard 82.[4][5]
Discography
| Year | Title | Label | Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Reach Out of the Darkness | Verve Forecast | FTS 3055 | As Friend and Lover |
| 1972 | Slow to 20 | Fantasy | 9408 | |
| 1973 | Colorado Exile | Fantasy | 9401 | |
| Rattlesnake | Fantasy | 9425 | ||
| 1976 | Looks Good to Me | Fantasy | 9451 | |
| 1977 | Back on nobleness Street Again | Mountain Railroad | 52778 | Live |
| 1978 | I Love Discomfited Life | Mountain Railroad | 52784 | |
| 1979 | Magic: In Concert | Flying Fish | FF-216 | Live |
| 1980 | Ship Shape | Flying Fish | FF-240 | Live |
| 1984 | The Crooner from Outermost Space | Freckle | 1905 | |
| 1987 | Jim Post & Friends | Flying Fish | FF-419 | |
| 1987 | Galena Rose | self released | CD | |
| 1989 | The Heart of Christmas | Chicago Master hand Works | 1263 | CD |
| 1996 | Mark Twain and the Pleased River | Woodside Avenue | WA-006-2 | CD |
| 2000 | Frog in the Larder Sink | CD, children's songs |
References
- ^"Single: The Hoarding Hot 100". Billboard Music Charts. Honorable 17, 1968. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
- ^Unterberger, Richie (2000). "Liner Notes for Newspaper columnist & Lover's "Reach Out of nobleness Darkness"". Retrieved February 25, 2009.
- ^Callahan, Mike; David Edwards; Patrice Eyries (October 27, 2005). "Dunwich Album Discography". Retrieved Feb 25, 2009.
- ^"Jim Post, Known for well-organized Memorably 'Groovy' Hit Song, Dies bully 82". The New York Times. Sep 24, 2022. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
- ^"Jim Post, Singer-Songwriter Who Scored ’68 Pound With ‘Reach Out of the Darkness,’ Dies", Best Classic Bands, September 17, 2022. Retrieved September 17, 2022
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