The Ballad of Billy Winter: What the judges said...

In 2000, Jim entered The Ballad of Billy Winter in the Songwriters Event 2000 of the Victor Harbor Folk Festival (Victor Harbor is a seaside town about one hour from Adelaide). Three judges had the onerous task of listening to around 30 songs performed live in front of fellow contestants, and audience alike. The three judges, all musicians, songwriters, or music industry professionals, were Tiffany Eckhardt, John Munro, and David Steel. Without embarrassing the people concerned, here are the un-attributed comments as written on the feedback sheets.

JUDGE #1
Music: N/A
Lyrics: With a long story song like this you need to get every phrase just right. And don't pull your punches. E.G. Rosalita was a whore...
Other Comments: N/A

JUDGE #2
Music: Supports the lyrics very well. Liked the almost spoken approach. Not an outstanding original tune, but very apt for the lyrics.
Lyrics: A sad story with a little tongue in cheek element. A real opus in telling the whole story and managing to rhyme so well.
Other Comments: Certainly kept my attention all the way! Thank you! 

JUDGE #3
Music: Great story put together well in a song - maybe a bit long
Lyrics: N/A
Other Comments: N/A

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