Song:Sunshine
Album:Jonathan Edwards
Singer songwriter Jonathan Edwards had his only pop hit with the 1971 top five hit Sunshine. He even describes it as a fluke. He was born July 28, 1946 in Aitkin, MN. His father was an FBI agent so the family moved a lot. While playing the folk music circuit in Ohio, he formed the band Sugar Creek with Malcolm McKinney and Joe Dolce. They moved to Boston and released an album on Metromedia Records in 1969. Edwards left to go solo and signed with Phil Walden's Capricorn label which was also home for The Allman Bros. Band. While recording his debut album, one of the songs was erased by the recording engineer. Sunshine was recorded in its place. Somehow radio picked up on the anti war theme of the song and it reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971. Edwards recorded two more albums that didn't do as well and he moved to Nova Scotia. The Jonathan Edwards album is available as a budget CD. He joined Emmylou Harris' Hot Band in 1976 and this resulted in a new record deal. In the 80s, Edwards moved to Nashville after appearing in a tour of the musical Pump Boys and Dinettes. He joined the bluegrass group The Seldom Scene in 1983. He recorded a country album for Curb Records in 1989. Jonathan Edwards continues to tour and record. His latest CD My Love Will Keep was released July 2011 on Appleseed Records. Here's Jonathan Edwards performing Sunshine on MIND-TV Mar. 2009.
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