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Chris Parker
Bio: After a fond stint in the Triangle, Chris Parker lives in Cleveland, Ohio, where he writes about music and politics for a variety of newspapers and magazines. He has written about music for INDY Week since 2002.
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On Rise Above, The Dirty Projectors cover Black Flag’s debut
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Regina Hexaphone
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Johnny Irion
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Randall Bramblett
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Dale Watson
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Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew was playing in a costumed cover band in Nashville when Frank Zappa discovered him in 1977. He’d never played odd time signatures and couldn’t read music, but according to Belew, “[Zappa] wanted to be able to do some of the funnier music and wanted somebody there who wouldn’t object to wearing a dress […]
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Drive-By Truckers’ “Gravity’s Gone”
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Merle Haggard
It’s not surprising that Merle Haggard’s music helped set the stage for outlaw country. He was a convicted felon who served three years at San Quentin for burglary. Released in 1960, he was fully pardoned a dozen years later by California Gov. Ronald Reagan, undoubtedly influenced by conservative affection for Haggard’s song “Okie from Muskogee.” […]
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Los Lobos
For some, Los Lobos is nothing more than the band that covers “La Bamba” in the 1987 Ritchie Valens biopic of the same name. Were they content with such pop novelty, they might be a lot richer right now. Instead, they’ve established themselves as one of the country’s most enduring, inventive roots-rock outfits, blending Tex-Mex, […]
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