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"Seattle singer/songwriter Jimmy Silva's death at the age of 42, two days before Christmas 1994, deprived the pop underground of one of its finest unheralded tunesmiths, one whose wryly inventive, offhandedly insightful lyrics were brilliantly balanced by jangly, hook-intensive melodies. After a stint in Vietnam, Silva played around the Bay Area with his band the Empty Set in the early '70s, but it wasn't until the next decade that he was discovered and embraced by indie-pop fans....

The consistently wonderful Heidi marks Silva once and for all as a master of his craft. His remarkable gifts are showcased on poignant, lovingly rendered songs like "Tin Whistle and a Wooden Drum," "From Every Doorway" and "What Makes It Hard to Be Kind?," sung by the Fellows' Scott McCaughey. (The album's other guest vocalists are Ken Stringfellow of the Posies and PopLlama boss Conrad Uno.) The CD adds the contents of Remnants plus two previously unreleased outtakes of similar vintage." (Trouser Press)

Jimmy Silva: guitar, keyboard, harmonica, vocalDennis Diken: drums, vocalEric Scott: bass guitar, vocal
Other Voices and Musicians:Kim Wonderly, Emmett Marrujo, Kevin Army, Sal Valentino, Declan Mulligan, John Hjort, Jimmy Moyles, Terry Thorn

Track Listings
1. Tin Whistle and a Wooden Drum 2. I Don't Remember How 3. City of Sisterly Love 4. Need I Know 5. For a Moment 6. From Every Doorway 7. Where Do You Go 8. Kate of the Human Race 9. What Makes It Hard to Be Kind 10. On Every Page 11. St. Catherine's Statue 12. Fair Exchange 13. Hand of Glory 14. Weight of the Wind 15. Everytime a Gift 16. I've Got Time 17. Train Crossing 18. Only One You Hurt 19. Branch 20. Name That's a Number 21. Through a Faraway Window 22. Lathe 23. Doesn't Matter at All