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Jim's song "Where Have The Mountains Gone? appears in the film "Rise Up! West Virginia", released January 12, 2008.
Read an article about the film's premiere: Charleston Gazzette article
Jim's Song How Do We Count the Dead? is on Neil Young's website: Living With War Today.
Another song by Jim, The Cowboy, has been added to the site.
If you've written a song about the war, send it to Neil's site. If you haven't written a song about the war, write one and send it in!
Jim is a performer and songwriter of Appalachian roots contemporary folk
music. He lives near Morgantown, West Virginia and began songwriting in 1989
after diverse experiences including a hitch in the Marine Corps, graduate school in physics, and a career in medical physics and aerospace. To start his music career, Jim quit his aerospace job and worked as a movie extra, a messenger in Hollywood, an assistant at 20th Century Fox, and freelance jack-of-all-trades. His musical influences include Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, John Prine, Joni Mitchell, Butch Hancock and others.
Recordings
Clicking the "Buy the CD" Icons below will take you to a page where you can read about the album and sample all the songs (-then- buy it).
CDBaby link: Don't Let The World Get You Down
CDBaby link : The Man in the Street
If you want a CD but prefer the old fashioned way, write to me and say which CD you want and include $15. (postage is included - don't send more unless you are rich and careless with your money). Send to: Jim Savarino, PO Box 4418, Star City, WV 26504.
Jim's second recording, released in February 2002 is titled "Don't Let the World Get You Down". His first CD titled "The Man in the Street" was released February of 1998. Earlier recordings included a self produced cassette, and a release on Prairie records titled "Avoca by Night". Jim was a regular on "Malibu Folk", a syndicated radio show hosted by the late Brian May, and has been featured nationally on "River City Folk", a one hour music and interview program on the NPR. Fast Folk Records included Jim's song "Avoca by Night" on their Los Angeles 1993 CD. The Fast Folk collection is now available through Smithsonian Folkways records.
Jim's song "Follow Me" was recorded by Joe LaMay and Sherri Reese on their album "Maryville".
A song co-written with Kathy Hussey, "Sing My Memory" appears on Kathy's 2005 release: "Moments of Wonder" and has also been recorded by the Irish band "Carmel Sheerin and the Ravens".
Performances
Besides performing at coffeehouses, house concerts and clubs, Jim also
puts much of his effort into performing at benefits for a variety of
organizations and grass roots activism.
Jim has performed on the main stage and hosted songwriting workshops at
the Traditional Music Festival in Avoca, Iowa. Also, he has performed at the
Kerrville Folk Festival in Kerrville, Texas and and is a regular at the
campfires there.
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