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Track 1 ............... Song to Take Home
Track 2 ............... Back to Home
Track 3 ............... Waiting in the Wings
Track 4 ............... Joe
Track 5 ............... Country Mornin' Music
Track 6 ............... That'll Be Me
Track 7 ............... Ode to the RBC
Track 8 ............... Bottles and Banjos
Track 9 ............... Marla's Waltz
Track 10 ............. Houston Sky
Track 11 ............. Ramblin' Roadsong
Track 12 ............. Walls of Time
Track 13 ............. Come Home to Me
Track 14 ............. Whole Life Ahead
Songs to Take Home
Lose To Win

 Track 1 .................. Black Eyed Susan
Track 2 .................. Give me back my heart
Track 3 .................. Lavender Blue
Track 4 .................. Leavin' on her mind
Track 5 .................. Just like April
Track 6 .................. Rise & Shine
Track 7 .................. Texas - New Mexico Line
Track 8 .................. Lose to Win
Track 9 .................. Tell her they're from me
Track 10 ................ Front porch Saturday night
Track 11 ................ I'll be there

Check out what folks are saying about Jed and Kelley:

" The greatest Male/Female duo EVER!!" - Shayne Hollinger, KCUB MD

" I love the cd....made all the other cds on my desk pale in comparison" - Christine Linde, KBCS MD

" Not since Kris & Rita or Gram & Emmylou have I heard such a satisfying duo with such fine songs!"- Wildman Steve Bronson, WQNR, The Rock

" From the Zydeco sound of "Back To Home" to the harmonized lullaby of " Bottles & Banjos"" George & Tammy, Johnny & June, Porter & Dolly, make some room for Jed & Kelly" - Larry Timko, WIKX

A Review by Glenn Taylor of the "Stars of Texas"

August 2007

Jed & Kelley - Songs To Take Home
"What is Texas music? To me, it’s more of a state of mind than anything else. It’s talent, love of real music that comes from the heart and soul and a passion for playing that truly makes the scene we call Texas music so special. Memphians Jed Zimmerman and Kelley Mickwee make some of the best acoustic based Texas music around, with voices that blend together better than a Bud Light with a V8. Songs To Take Home is an exceptional collection of songs, some borrowed and some original, that seem to reflect the life of the traveling duo. The comparisons to Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris are bound to circulate around them till the end of time, but in my opinion that’s not really fair to Jed & Kelley. Reason being, that Jed & Kelley are unique in their own right, and certainly deserving of their own legacy. You might question the validity of my last statement, but let me tell you, having experienced the power these two possess first hand on more than one occasion, (giving me goose bumps at this stage of my career ain’t an easy thing) I have no problem standing tall behind my words. Produced by the incomparable Keith Sykes, Songs To Take Home and their previous release, Lose To Win are must have discs and proof that Texas Music is more about being from this time, rather than this place."

 

The latest review in The Commercial Appeal:

Jed & Kelley offering Americana in fine harmony

By Mark Jordan

April 27, 2007
Songs to Take Home
Josey Dog Recordings
"Male-female duos have a long, illustrious history in country music -- George and Tammy, Porter and Dolly, Johnny and June, Conway and Loretta, George and Melba. But the Memphis-based duo of Jed Zimmerman and Kelley Mickwee give the format a nice Americana updating with a laid-back, bluegrassy album that's as fun to listen to as a beer is to drink.
Songs to Take Home is the Germantown High School sweethearts' follow-up to their 2005 debut Lose to Win and in general is a more satisfying, cohesive collection of songs that stands with some of the best works by John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker, et al. Once again the pair are working with producer Keith Sykes, a celebrated tunesmith who knows how to put a song across. He has excellent raw material to work with in the compositions of Zimmerman. He wrote or co-wrote 10 of the 14 tracks here (the rest are covers of songs by Peter Rowan and Bill Monroe, Kevin Welch, Jimmy Davis and Sykes), including such mellow, nondescript rockers as "Houston Sky," sure to be covered soon by Carrie Underwood or some such, and the Mungo Jerry jug-band blast "Ode to the RBC," a shout-out to Davis' old band the Riverbluff Clan.
Vocally, Zimmerman has apparently been listening to his producer as much as Sykes has been to him. Many of his vocal performances here have a Sykes quality, especially the brokedown character study "Joe," which gets an extra emotional wallop from that sort of tenor Johnny Cash sing-speak.
If Zimmerman is the character actor as singer, then Mickwee is a full-fledged star. She invests every song with her full, gale-force voice -- strong, clear and confident. At a young age she is already one of the city's best singers, though because of her genre she is not likely to get her full due. The album's one fault may be that, with only four songs to herself and two duos with her Zimmerman, there's not enough of her."

 

Here's what Bill Ellis of the Memphis Commercial Appeal had to say about Jed and Kelley's CD Lose to Win

"Collierville country duo Jed & Kelley (singer-songwriter Jed Zimmerman and second vocalist Kelley Mickwee) make an impressive bow with Lose to Win. Produced by local tune titan Keith Sykes at his Woodshed studio, the 11-track debut is a strong showcase for the twosome, who flaunt an attractive Americana vibe not unlike Buddy and Julie Miller (though Kelley's vocal sweet spot is closer in kin to Dixie Chick Natalie Maines). Sykes, who once gave a career boost to Todd Snider, gets the best out of his current clients, pairing them with such session pros as RiverBluff Clan members Richard Ford and Tommy Burroughs, Pawtuckets alumni Kevin Cubbins and Mark Stuart, and Eric Lewis, whose David Lindley-esque lap steel playing turns the tune "Texas New Mexico Line" into a riff-laden gem. Another highlight comes in a cover of the Sykes song "Lavender Blue," so radio-friendly it's likely to give Jed & Kelley deserved entree into Music City.".

 

And Robert K. Oermann of Music Row Magazine in Nashville, TN added -

"This Memphis duo showcases Jed Zimmerman's songwriting and vocalist Kelley Mickwee's lovely, languid singing. The debut Jed and Kelley CD is totally charming, front to back. Whether she's singing lead and he's harmonizing or vice versa, the blend is always spot-on. The two covers are Ray Price's "I'll Be There" (recorded in a rainstorm) and this dreamy Keith Sykes title tune. Americana programmers will also fall for these two. It looks like they're touring out west all summer. I sure hope they book a Nashville date some time, because I think they're right up there in the league of Buddy and Julie Miller, Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris or Robin & Linda Williams."

 

Andria Lisle in the Memphis Flyer had this to say:

"Record-store bins are filling up with local releases: Collierville country-rock duo Jed & Kelley are celebrating the release of their debut CD, Lose To Win, at the P&H Café on February 4th. Keith Sykes produced the album, which features a rollicking version of his own "Lavender Blue," a heartrending cover of Ray Price's "I'll Be There," and nine of Jed Zimmerman's originals, at his Woodshed Studio. Think Buddy and Julie Miller: Jed & Kelley's harmonies are that good".