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Citizens State Bank WE KNOW FORT DODGE . WE KNOW BUSINESS . WE’RE READY TO SERVE YOU .
Kathy Lindner Years in Banking: 5 Years Years on the CSBank Team: 5 Years Winning Play: Makes the best cookies Phone: 515-955-2265 email: [email protected]
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House women. Income raised by the Taste of Hope
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halfway house participation with the ultimate goals
of self-sufficiency and sobriety.
While the Taste of Hope is billed Women 4 Women,
men have also become involved. The first year the
male guests were predominantly part of the
“celebrity server” team. Now, because of the high
level of acceptance by women, husbands, brothers,
and sons of those women are more inclined to pur-
chase tickets and enjoy a pleasant evening at the
Vincent House; those in attendance, both women
and men, know this is a special fund raiser for an
extra special cause—homeless housing and
Halfway House services for women and their chil-
dren.
This year’s Board members feel the Taste of Hope
currently puts excessive emphasis on alcohol and
insufficient emphasis on the hope generated by this
fund raiser. Next year’s event will likely include a
realm of appetizer choices, perhaps an ethnic
theme, and non-alcoholic beverages in addition to
wine and an updated logo. “I think we’ll reach an
even larger audience” says
Mary Conrad, YWCA
Board President. “So
many people dismiss this
opportunity because
they’re not wine lovers.
This will offer more for the
larger community, and we
know it’s an appropriate
direction to be heading
with substance abuse treat-
ment a core service in our
program.”
The Taste of Hope is
scheduled for Thursday,
May 9, 2013, from 5 to 9
p.m. at the Vincent House.
In addition to seven wines
with various cheeses,
crackers, and “sweet
treats” each person will
receive a souvenir wine
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McSweeney School of Performing Arts will hold their second annual “DesiringThe Arts Festival on Saturday, June 1st at the McSweeny School of PerformingArts at 1633 North 29th Street. All proceedsfrom the concert will go towards a scholar-ship fund for high school graduates inIowa.
Maryann McSweeney Buhr, owner ofMcSweeney School of Performing Arts saidthey are thrilled to be hosting the Festival.“This year, we will be featuring a fewvocalists who will be ambassadors fromthe school, hoping to showcase outstand-ing young musicians singing various gen-res of music,” she said.
Featured performer will be once again FortDodge native, Sean Buhr, who is living andworking in New York City. She explainedthat The McSweeny Buhr Scholarship forthe Performing Arts was founded by Seanand his brother Patrick. “Sean and Patrick’sgrandfather always said, ‘they can takeeverything away from you…but then cannever, never take your education.’ “I’m soproud that Sean and Patrick are doingwhat they can to make the world better.”
Twist & Shout spoke with Sean, via phoneand email from his apartment in New Yorkabout the concert and his career in music.
Tell us about the concert.“The concert will feature an operatic andclassical repertoire, contemporaryBroadway and other musical theatre songs,popular turns, country music, jazz andsome original works.” He added that hefeels ‘blessed’ to have the “incredible Michelle Havlik-Jergens playing thepiano again for him.”
He said the concert will also feature special guests from Des Moines, GabbiSarcone and Sarah Bannon, the local Fort Dodge area talent, and young artistsfrom McSweenys School of the Performing Arts.
Buhr said that his brother Patrick Buhr is also involved in almost all aspects ofthe concert and it’s development. “He always has a lot of wonderful ideas, andtogether we are going to continue to build this festival, the support for youngartists and the scholarship.”
Why is this a fundraiser?“The last couple of years I have given a lot of thought to create a fund to help
young students go into the arts and support their training beyond high school.I have been blessed with supportive people throughout my development andcareer, and I feel a strong need to begin a scholarship fund for high schoolgraduates in Iowa.” He said all of the proceeds of the concert will go towardsthis scholarship fund. “My dream is to make this an annual event and contin-ue to support local graduating high school students further their dreams andinterests in all areas of the arts.” Sean and his brother Patrick ‘officially’ creat-
ed the scholarship for graduating high school students to further pursue thearts in August of 2012.
Buhr added that “People need the arts, and I feelprivileged to be able to bring the arts to people, sparkcreativity and imagination, raise awareness, provokequestions and make people happy.”
CareerSean said that while his career is “just getting start-ed,” he has been very busy this past year.He graduated in May of 2012 with his Master’s ofMusic in Vocal Performance with a specialization inMusical theater at New York University, where healso earned an Advanced Certificate in VocalPedagogy. He said he has been fortunate to be incontinuous productions since last year’s benefit con-cert. “So far in 2013 I have been active with severalconcerts in NYC,” he said. Adding, “In the last cou-ple of months I have performed at Carnegie Hall inthe Wizard and I; the Musical Journey of StephenSchwartz with the New York POPS, StephenSchwartz, Jeremy Jordan, Norm Lewis, JenniferLaura Thompson and Julia Murney, and Spotlight onThe Town Hall with Rebecca Luker and JeremyJordan.”
Buhr is in his third year as an adjunct voice facultymember at New York University teaching individualvoice lessons to undergraduate students. “This year Iincorporated a studio class recital for my studentswhere they sang solos on a stage in front of others.”He said they sang musical theatre, jazz, Indie rock,Pop, Chinese pop, “and one was in the graduatemusical theatre writing program and sang his ownbrilliant newly composed work,” said Buhr. Headded that his students range from being in themusical theater business with Broadway national
tour credits, composers, classical singers and many other music genres.“It is truly enjoyable working with singers that have different interests in musicand all skill levels.”
Future plans?“My next goal is to fly professional singers/actors/entertainers from NewYork and have them perform for the Fort Dodge community at McSweeny’sSchool of the Performing Arts.” He said he already has several amazing artistslined up that are ready to fly out.
Tickets for the concert can be obtained at the door the night of the concert or inadvance at Michael Buhr Insurance Agency at 812 North 15th street. For moreinformation call 515-576-5565.
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Market on Central is a small business incubator that helps businessesstart up and grow. This has created additional employees, full and parttime, along with actual new store fronts housing the vendors. This season you will see several new events and a real focus on our freshproduce vendors. Meal preparation demonstrations using fresh pro-duce and other fun activities are planned. Additionally our new eventsinclude the Fort Dodge Noon and Daybreak Rotary Group Apple Fest5K/10K Run/Walk that will be held September 28th with Market onCentral and Iowa Department of Public Health sponsored Iowans Fit forLife on June 22nd. Be watching for all the events and activities eachMarket by going to www.fdmarketoncentral.com and visiting us on ourFacebook page.
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he Karl L. King Municipal Band
will perform at the annual
Memorial Day ceremonies in Fort
Dodge again this year. This event,
sponsored by the Fort Dodge
Veteran’s Council, will be held at
North Lawn Cemetery, on Monday,
May 27, 2013. Director of the Karl L.
King Municipal Band is Jerrold P.
Jimmerson.
The King Band will start playing
around 10:00 am, prior to the start of
the program, scheduled to begin at
10:30 am. In the event of rain, this pro-
gram may be moved on very short
notice to the St. Edmond High School
Auditorium.
The program will include several
march selections written by the band’s
namesake Karl L. King, including
“True Blue”, “Lieutenant
Commander”, “Call to Victory”, and
“Hosts of Freedom”.
Other patriotic selections on the pro-
gram include “God of our Fathers”,
“National Salute”, “America The
Beautiful”, “A Patriotic Salute”;
“Valiant American March”, and a
medley of songs representing all five
branches of the military service, enti-
tled “Salute to America’s Finest”.
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A Family Tradition
39thFrontier DaysFrontier Days will be held the weekend of
May 31st through June 2nd, with activities on
the grounds of the Fort as well as the annual
Parade in downtown Fort Dodge.
One of the organizers,
Kerk Friday,
shared informa-
tion on the annual
event which has
been a part of Fort
Dodge history for more than
35 years. “We will be holding many
familiar traditions, as well as some new ones,”
said Friday.
The Parade will be held Saturday, June 1st, in
downtown Central Avenue with individuals,
organizations and businesses will bring their
entries for all to see, said Wallace.
Under the Big Top“We will have some great music this year,
‘under the Big Top’,” said Wallace.
“This year’s lineup brings two new and one
returning band, with ‘Gimikk’ , on Friday
night, and on Saturday afternoon, Richie Lee
and the fabulous 50’s, as they take you back to
the 50’s and 60’s and a tribute to Buddy Holly,
“ promises Friday.
On Saturday evening, under the Big Top, you
can enjoy the music of “Pop Rocks’. “This
group is a high energy music show that plays
the biggest dance party hits, and brings you
80’s rock, hip hop and timeless classics.,” said
Friday.
“There will also be a super group performing
in the Opera House on Saturday evening-
Bobby Awe and the Country Awe Stars- a
group that’s been part of Frontier Days almost
every year,” said Friday. “There a super clas-
sic country music group.”
Other events held during the weekend include
the Buckskinner Rendezvous; which provides
the ‘realness’ of life from the early 1700’s to the
mid 1800’s. “We have Brad Hart, known as
Big Horn, guiding skinners from over 100
miles away to portray the life and times of
early colonial frontier men, women and chil-
dren,” said Friday. “You can visit these mod-
ern day buck skinner’s who have the heart and
soul of real pioneers, trappers and traders.”
Among other events at the Fort will be the
Root Beer stand, the Hawkeye Peddle Pull, the
pork chop dinner and lots of entertainment for
all.
New!A new tradition for Frontier Days this year is
the Frontier Days wristband, “This will pro-
vide entrance to all three days at the Fort
Museum,” said Friday. The $5 wristband will
be available with a contribution at various
local businesses and at the gates at Frontier
Days.
For more information go to: frontierdaysfort-dodge.com.
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After 11 seasons of staging major concert events one would
think it would be difficult for the organizers of
Shellabration to have the same high level excitement year
after year. After all, they’ve produced so many memorable
shows and hosted so many big name artists including Three
Dog Night, Little River Band, the Beach Boys, Doobie
Brothers, Chicago, REO Speedwagon and Foreigner (to
name a few). That said the Shellabration Board of Directors
doesn’t appear to be lacking in enthusiasm as they begin
planning this year’s event fea-
turing Styx with specialguest Kory & theFireflies plus The Down toEarth Band on Saturday, June
22nd. It’s just the opposite
according to event organizers.
“Our lineup from beginning
to end is incredibly strong this
year and we’re jazzed, said
Shellabration President, Jim
Reed. We have a band that
features a Mother (Ruth
LaRow), two daughters
(Brook LaRow & Brandy
Haaland), a son-in-law
(Jordan “Gordo” Haaland)
and family friend and gui-
tarist extraordinaire Bruce
Borchers, formerly with the
Street Band out of Webster
City.” As if the family connec-
tion wasn’t novel enough, the band plays a diverse mix of
music from across the years including modern day radio
favorites from artists like Adele, Beyonce and Phillip
Phillips, an attribute made possible by the diversity of the
band, according to Reed. “We preview scores of bands each
year and rock bands are typically male dominated.
Occasionally we’ll come across a regional band with a soli-
tary female member, often handling lead vocals. To find a
rock band in Iowa with three female instrumentalists shar-
ing lead vocal duties and singing two and three part har-
monies is a statistical anomaly. Call one “Mom” and make
her the drummer and you’ve got yourself something very
unique and very special”, added Reed.
Shellabration Vice-President, Bill Rodewald echoed the
excitement. “We have the best
of three worlds, said
Rodewald. A great cover band
(The Down to Earth Band)
playing music for all ages, a
high energy regional act (Kory
& the Fireflies) playing infec-
tious original material and a
powerful national headliner in
Styx capping it off with crowd
pleasing favorites that people
still hear on the radio.” Kory
the Fireflies draws its name
from front man Kory Van
Sickle. Based out of Sioux Falls,
South Dakota, the band has
opened for over 70 national
headliners including Styx.
Rodewald and his wife had the
opportunity to see the band
live at Okoboji a few years ago.
According to Rodewald, they
went planning to stay for a half
hour or so and they ended up staying for the show. “Kory
is the consummate front man. He’s a true entertainer and
very engaging. Our crowd is in for a real treat”, said
Rodewald.
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from
beginning,to end is
incredibly strong this
year and we’re jazzed!
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As for the event’s main attraction,
Shellabration President Jim Reed
described bringing Styx to Fort Dodge
as “an 11 year dream come true. I first
saw the band in 2001 at the Clay
County Fair and was blown away by
their live performance, said Reed. Ten
Styx concerts and 11 years later we
finally get to bring their show to Fort
Dodge. That rocks.”
Spawned from a suburban Chicago
basement in the early 70’s, the band
built a loyal local following but failed to
break into the mainstream until a track
from their second album entitled
“Lady” began to receive substantial air-
play on Chicago’s WLS-FM. That song
soon was released nationally and
quickly shot to number six on the sin-
gles chart. In the years that followed the
band had a string of platinum certified
releases (1976's Crystal Ball, 1977's The
Grand Illusion, 1978's Pieces of Eight,
and 1979's Cornerstone) and spawned
such hit singles and classic rock radio
standards as "Come Sail Away”,
"Renegade”, "Blue Collar Man" and
"Fooling Yourself”.
The band decided that their first release
of the '80s would be a concept album.
1981's Paradise Theater, which was
loosely based on the rise and fall of a
once-beautiful theater. Paradise
Theater became Styx's biggest hit of
their career (selling over three million
copies in a three-year period), as they
became one of the U.S. top rock acts
due to such big hit singles as "Too
Much Time on My Hands". It also
marked the first time in history that a
band released four consecutive triple-
platinum albums.
Styx is comprised of Tommy Shaw on
guitar and vocals, James “JY” Young on
guitar and vocals, Ricky Phillips on
bass, Todd Sucherman on drums,
Lawrence Gowan on keyboard and
vocals (along with the occasional sur-
prise appearance by original bassist
Chuck Panozzo). Other notable Styx
songs include “Lorelei”, ““Rockin’ the
Paradise”, “Borrowed Time”, “Sing for
the Day”, “Miss America” and “Light
Up”.
Tickets for Styx are $30 through June9th and increase to $35 beginning onMonday, June 10th. Tickets can be pur-chased online at www.ticketweb.com orby phone at (866) 468-3401. Tickets willalso be available for purchase in FortDodge at Hy-Vee, Hy-Vee Drug Store,Choice Printing, Citizens CommunityCredit Union, CSBank, First AmericanBank, Great Western Bank andNorthwest Bank. Kids 12 years of ageand under are admitted free and all tick-ets are general admission with festivalstyle seating.
Shellabration Inc. is a tax exempt 501(c)4 non-prof-
it organization consisting exclusively of unpaid
board members and volunteers. The organization’s
mission is to make a positive contribution to the
quality of life and the economic development of the
greater Fort Dodge area through the delivery of
exciting, family-friendly entertainment and per-
forming arts options. In years when a profit is real-
ized, 100% of the net proceeds remain within the
organization and are used to help stage additional
events like Oktoberfest, to attract bigger headliners
each year and to perpetuate the organization’s mis-
sion in down financial years. More information
regarding either the event or organization is avail-
able at www.shellabration.org or by calling Jim
Reed at (515) 570-0176.
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ften when one thinks back to the soundtrack of their youth, there are usu-
ally a handful of songs that made a lasting impression these many years
later. One such song for me, is Merrilee Rush’s “Angel Of The Morning”.
The reality of Rush’s song and musical career was more of a “one hit wonder”,
than an artist with a string of hits
over a long period of time.
Rush got her start in her hometown
of Seattle, WA. Born Merrilee Gunst,
she was an active participant on the
Seattle and N.W. United States music
scene for years.
In 1960 she was hired to be the lead
singer for Seattle’s Amazing Aztecs,
lead by sax player Neil Rush,
Merrilee’s future husband.
It wasn’t long, before Rush knew that
Merrilee had incredible vocal skills
and was quite captivating on stage.
Young Merrilee would be the key-
board player for this new band. The
name for the new band, Merrilee
Rush & The Turnabouts.
A member of the Turnabouts road
crew, also worked for Paul Revere &
The Raiders. He introduced Neil and
Merrilee to Revere, and soon the
Turnabouts were the opening act on
a Southern U.S. Raiders tour.
While appearing in Memphis, the
Raiders lead singer, Mark Lindsey, introduced the Turnabouts to famed
Memphis music writer and producer, Chips Moman.
In early 68', Moman invited the Turnabouts to Memphis’s legendary
American Studios for a recording session, with “Angel In The Morning” being
the prime tune to come from that session.
The song was released by New York’s Bell Records and quickly took off on the
charts. “Angel In The Morning/Reap What You Sow” (Bell Records 705). It
didn’t take long for the song to reach Billboard’s Top #10 reaching #7 in the
late Summer of 68'.
As a result, Merrilee was nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary
Pop Female Vocalist of 1968. Impressive!
With a top #10 hit across the U.S, Merrilee and the Turnabouts appeared on
such TV shows as American Bandstand, Joey Bishop Show, Paul Revere’s
Happening 68', Glen Campbell’s Goodtime Hour, The Everly Brothers Show
and John Byner’s Something Else”.
In addition, the song was used in such films as “Jerry McGuire”, “Fingers”,
and “Girl Interrupted”. By 1970, the song officially had sold one million copies
and was certified as a gold record.
In early 1969, Rush came out with “That Kind Of Woman/Sunshine” (Bell
738), again handled and produced
by Chips Moman. The actual musi-
cians that were used on this session,
were all of Elvis Presley’s
house/road band, including James
Burton. The record didn’t reach
over #25 on Billboard’s charts.
Merrilee would end her marriage to
Rush and went solo with three
more records produced by Moman.
They included: “Your Loving Eyes
Are Blind/Everyday Livin’ Days”
(AGP Records 112), “Sign On For
The Good Times/Robin McCarver”
(AGP 121), and “Angel On My
Shoulder/It’s Worth It All” (AGP
126).
After this run of releas-
es on AGP, Rush put
out some songs on
United Artists Records,
but all failed to chart.
Merillee would work
for years out of
Nashville and her
hometown of Seattle,
doing solo and small
combo shows, but
things were about to
change again.
Beginning in the mid 80's, all the way through
today, Rush has been very popular on the 60's and
70's music circuit, playing casinos, package shows,
and numerous TV appearances.
If you get a chance to see her on one of these
shows, don’t miss the chance, as she is a fabulous
live performer.
Oh yes, did you see Merrilee Rush & the
Turnabouts live out our Plamor Ballroom in down-
town Ft. Dodge in August of 1968. It had to have
been an amazing evening of music.
Until Next MonthTake Care &
Remember The Music
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don’t know if it was ever intended for music to be slotted into certain categories
with rules regarding sound, instrumentation, image and lyrical pursuit. But for
some, it’s very important to be able to identify styles and label artists as this or
that.
What, for example, is Insurgent country? Or Indie rock? What is alternative music?
Alternative to what? What is punk music? What is roots rock or garage rock? What
is progressive music? Americana? One of my old favorites simply because of the
oxymoron, is the brand of music known as new traditionalist. It is usually easier to
say what music isn’t than to find words to describe what it is. It isn’t even that easy
anymore to differentiate between standard rock and country. I’m amused as writers
try to explain to us just what kind of music it is that England’s Mumford & Sons
have been winning awards with lately. What is this stuff? Punk bluegrass? New
Wave English folk music?
Some of this branding is necessary to sort through all that is out there, but I have
often narrowed down my description of music to two categories: Good and Bad. But
that might be an oversimplification. I know this much. As a kid I would have rather
washed and dried the supper dishes without help, than watch the Lawrence Welk
show. Today I watch it—and like it, even if it does sometimes still move the needle
on the goofy meter. I really find I have developed a much greater appreciation for
Lawrence Welk than I had as a kid. Boomers, you know what I mean.
We tend to want music to be pigeonholed for us. It’s blues, jazz, swing, country,
rock, big band, folk. Pop music, and the pop music charts serve as the melting pot.
That’s where artists go if they’ve risen above their own particular style to cross over
to broader appeal among those who wouldn’t normally be listening. Even Hank
Williams, who had dozens of No. 1 songs in country music, was tickled when one
of his records became a hit on the pop charts too.
Because I write this piece based on Baby Boomer youth and extreme musical cre-
ativity during those years (1963-75) some may wonder if I care at all about music in
the 40 years since. I do care. Not as much, because it doesn’t have the same backdrop
of social events or the lasting impact, but I do care. One of the musical movements
that has caught my eye in the last 25 years or so, is the style known loosely as No
Depression. No Depression music, of course, has a music publication named in its
honor, and the term itself is derived from an old song by A.P. Carter and the Carter
Family from 1936, entitled No Depression in Heaven. The No Depression movement
began in 1990 when the St. Louis-based post- punk band Uncle Tupelo recorded the
song. On their album by the same name, they combined raw guitar power rock with
sensitive acoustic covers of timeless Appalachian mountain songs. The No
Depression album, released in 1990 was a head-shaker at the time as Uncle Tupelo
sprang from loud, raucous, crashing electric guitar mayhem, to soft, haunting, tra-
ditional acoustic hill music all in the same package.
Somehow, this band made a huge impression in alternative music. I thought I’d
heard Neil Young do the same kind of stuff years earlier (and there were earlier elec-
tric twang bands too, like Rank and File, Jason and the Scorchers, the Textones, and
the Beat Farmers), but Uncle Tupelo, with a low budget, minor label release, had
formed a movement. The core members of Uncle Tupelo were boyhood buddies Jeff
Tweedy and Jay Farrar, who went on to form the bands Wilco (Tweedy) and Son
Volt (Farrar) and those bands are still grinding it out today as the alternative gray-
beards. I remain today unconvinced that the music is anything other than another in
a long line of attempts to mesh outside-the-mainstream rock with even-farther-out-
side-the-mainstream country.
That said, the music is good, just like it was when the Byrds and Flying Burrito
Brothers tried it in 1968. And, the reaction has been about the same—strong critical
acclaim and weak sales. Rock and country music have gone about their cordial, but
uneasy relationship now for going on 50 years. No Depression music is a continua-
tion of that theme. These artists scream—we ain’t country like you hear on the radio,
but we ain’t pop, rap, hip hop, punk, funk or metal either. We defy you to define us.
You think we’re rock? We’ll do Buck Owens. You think we’re country? We’ll do
something by the Ramones or the Replacements.
If you can’t wait to go buy a record that fits these parameters, I will offer up a fewof the earliest and best examples of roots rock/alternative country a.k.a.No Depression albums.
Anodyne—Uncle Tupelo (1993)—Uncle Tupelo’s first
album, No Depression may have influenced an alterna-
tive music movement but no album made by this dys-
functional but excellent band was better than this, their
last. By this time Tweedy and Farrar didn’t much like
each other, but the music on this record best combines
their fierce East St. Louis industrial guitar anthems with
their melancholy old Appalachian stories of poverty and
despair. It’s a great album.
A.M.—Wilco (1995)—There are plenty of Wilco devotees
who would not consider this record the best the band
has to offer. It is for me, because it was a natural exten-
sion of what Uncle Tupelo was doing in the final days.
It’s more country than anything Wilco has done since,
but it’s never easy to know what Wilco will do next.
Trace—Son Volt (1995)—The demise of Uncle Tupelo
yielded both Wilco and Son Volt, but oddly this record,
like A.M., is a perfect extension of the Tupelo hybrid.
Dark, foreboding country songs mixed with equally
dark, angry guitars, Son Volt has done nothing to top
this since, though their very latest release (Honky Tonk)
comes close.
Hollywood Town Hall—The Jayhawks (1993)—Products
of the fertile Minneapolis 80s music scene (Soul Asylum,
Husker Du, Replacements, Prince) the Jayhawks’
crowning achievement was Hollywood Town Hall.
Gary Louris and his fuzz pedal electric guitar and the
brilliant harmonies of Louris and Mark Olson had some
thinking that if Gram Parsons had lived another 20
years he may have become the Jayhawks.
Too Far to Care—The Old 97’s (1997)—The Old 97’s are a
witty, cowpunk band out of Dallas. They landed a
major label contract briefly with Elektra, long enough to
release this, their most critically acclaimed record. Rhett
Miller’s lyrics are both biting and funny, and it’s here he
asks in forlorn fashion, ``What’s so great about the
Barrier Reef?’’
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