Talk:Jesse James in music

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Why so much emphasis on that first song? It does not seem so incredibly more notable than all the others put together? Also Warren Zevon - Frank and Jesse James 198.54.202.242 (talk) 21:14, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Since 1924 there have been more than 90 recordings made of this song - that's what makes it more notable. Nitpyck (talk) 21:57, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Billy Gashade
Billy Gashade appears to be a fictional character from a YA historical novel. http://www.amazon.com/Billy-Gashade-American-Loren-Estleman/dp/0812549155 Nitpyck (talk) 21:27, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper made a song called "The Saga of Jesse Jane". Even if he says Jane instead of James, I think it talks about Jesse James, seeing the lyrics. Maybe he says Jane for the consonance, or by mistake. Elfast (talk) 17:30, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

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In his adaptation of the traditional song "Jesse James", Woody Guthrie magnified James's hero status. "Jesse James" was later covered by the Anglo-Irish band The Pogues on their 1985 album Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash, and by Bruce Springsteen on his 2006 tribute to Pete Seeger, We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions.

A somewhat different song titled "Jesse James", referring to Jesse's "wife to mourn for his life; three children, they were brave," and calling Robert Ford "the dirty little coward who shot Mr. Howard," was also the first track recorded by the "Stewart Years" version of the Kingston Trio at their initial recording session in 1961 (and included on that year's release Close-Up).

Echoing the Confederate hero aspect, Hank Williams, Jr.'s 1983 Southern anthem "Whole Lot Of Hank" has the lyrics "Frank and Jesse James knowed how to rob them trains, they always took it from the rich and gave it to the poor, they might have had a bad name but they sure had a heart of gold."

Rock band James Gang was named after Jesse James's gang. Their final album, released in 1976, was titled Jesse Come Home.

Warren Zevon's 1976 self-titled album Warren Zevon includes the song "Frank and Jesse James", a romantic tribute to the James Gang's exploits, expressing much sympathy with their "cause." Its lyrics encapsulate the many legends that grew up around the life and death of Jesse James. The album contains a second reference to Jesse James in the song "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" with the lyric "Well, I met a girl in West Hollywood, I ain't naming names. She really worked me over good, she was just like Jesse James." Linda Ronstadt covered the song a year later with slightly altered lyrics.

In her album Heart of Stone (1989), Cher included a song titled "Just Like Jesse James", written by Desmond Child & Diane Warren. This single, which was released in 1990, achieved high positions in the charts and sold 1,500,000 copies worldwide.

Around 1980, a concept album titled The Legend of Jesse James was released. It was written by Paul Kennerley and starred Levon Helm (The Band) as Jesse James, Johnny Cash as Frank James, Emmylou Harris as Zee James, Charlie Daniels as Cole Younger, and Albert Lee as Jim Younger. There are also appearances by Rodney Crowell, Jody Payne, and Rosanne Cash. The album highlights Jesse's life from 1863 to his death in 1882. In 1999 a double CD was released containing The Legend Of Jesse James and White Mansions, another concept album by Kennerley about life in the Confederate States of America between 1861-1865.

In 2012, Clay Walker released "Jesse James" as the fourth single from his 2010 studio album She Won't Be Lonely Long.

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