Artist Charlie Parr
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Charlie Parr
In his overalls, scruffy beard, and feed cap, Charlie Parr looks like a farmer in town to pick up a part for repairing a grain silo. Then he’ll climb up onstage, cradle his 12-string or National steel guitar, and lay down some old-school country blues with passion, fire, and an innate feel for the folk music that grew out of the Mississippi Delta and Appalachia years ago. And you’ll still wonder if he’s a farmer. He’s just that down-to-earth. His 2008 effort, Roustabout, is a spirited collection of songs about his favorite subject matter: drinking, murder, the hardscrabble struggle of being poor, and the mighty brought low. And the saltiness and seasoned string work continues on When The Devil Goes Blind, which dropped in 2010, and its follow-up, Glory In The Meeting House, which hit months later. His most recent is Keep Your Hands On The Plow.
Updated 01/04/2012
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