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SUMMARY:Charlie Parr
DESCRIPTION:In the music of Charlie Parr\, there is a sincere conviction 
 and earnest drive to create. The Minnesota-born guitarist\, songwriter\,
  and interpreter of traditional music has released 19 albums over two de
 cades and has been known to perform up to 275 shows a year. Parr is a fo
 lk troubadour in the truest sense: taking to the road between shows\, wr
 iting and rewriting songs as he plays\, fueled by a belief that music is
  eternal and cannot be claimed or adequately explained. The bluesman poe
 t pulls closely from the sights and sounds around him\, his lyrical craf
 tsmanship built by his influences. The sounds from his working-class upb
 ringing—including Folkways legends such as Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie—
 imbue Parr’s music with stylistic echoes of blues and folk icons of deca
 des past. Parr sees himself merely as a continuer of a folk tradition: “
 I feel like I stand on a lot of big shoulders\,” he said in an interview
 . “I hope that I’ve brought a little bit of myself to the music.” With a
  discography simultaneously transcendental in nature and grounded in roo
 ts music\, Charlie Parr is the humble master of the 21st century folk tr
 adition. Parr started recording in Duluth in 2002\, where he lives today
 . Life in the port town on Lake Superior has a way of bleeding into his 
 work the same way his childhood in Austin\, Minnesota does. Parr self-re
 leased his debut album\, Criminals and Sinners\, and did the same for hi
 s sophomore album 1922 (2002). With growing popularity abroad\, Parr sig
 ned with Red House Records in 2015\, where he recorded break-out albums 
 Stumpjumper (2015) and Dog (2017). Parr’s music has an overwhelming sens
 e of being present and mindful\, and his sound is timeless. Parr’s maste
 ry of his craft is only more apparent when contextualized within the his
 tory of folk tradition of which Parr has dedicated his practice. The lan
 d and lives around and intersecting with Parr have always influenced him
 \, from the hills and valleys of Hollandale\, Minnesota to the Depressio
 n-era stories from his father. Parr strives to listen to everything: “I 
 don’t see that I’d ever be capable of creating anything if it weren’t fo
 r these inspirations and influences\, books and music as well as the wea
 ther and random interactions with strangers and animals. So\, the well n
 ever runs dry as long as my eyes and ears are open\,” Parr said in a 202
 0 interview. Before he was even 10 years old Parr was rummaging through 
 his father’s record collection—sometimes drawing dinosaurs on the vinyl 
 sleeves—and listening to country\, folk\, and blues legends\, many of wh
 om are staples in the Folkways catalog. When Parr sings and plays his re
 sonator or 12-string\, you can hear influences like Mance Lipscomb\, Cha
 rley Patton\, Spinder John Koerner\, Rev. Gary Davis\, and Dock Boggs. T
 his is especially true in his playing\, when\, after a diagnosis of foca
 l dystonia\, Parr turned to greats like Davis\, Doc Watson\, and Booker 
 White for two-finger picking inspiration. Gifted a 1965 Gibson B-45 12-s
 tring by his father\, Parr has never had a formal lesson and learned by 
 listening to records and watching musicians he admired. Parr’s first alb
 um with Smithsonian Folkways\, Last of Better Days Ahead (2021)\, foregr
 ounded his lyrical craftsmanship and sophisticated bluesman confidence\,
  with spare production highlighting Parr’s mastery of guitar and elevati
 ng his poetry. Last of Better Days Ahead is a portrait of how Parr saw t
 he world in that moment\, reflecting on time and memories that have past
  while holding an enduring desire to be present. In his 2024 release\, L
 ittle Sun\, Parr weaves together stories celebrating music\, community\,
  and communing with nature. Putting forth an ambitious and raw album tha
 t exemplifies the best of Parr's sound: a blend of the blues and folk tr
 aditions he continues to carry with him and the steadfast originality of
  a poet. www.charlieparr.com TICKETS TO CHARLIE PARR\n\nTickets: http://
 stoughtonoperahouse.showare.com/CharlieParr_27\n\nhttps://findlocal.comm
 unity/event/721fd8b4-d4c8-4f65-87ac-a5e178c69215
LOCATION:Stoughton Opera House\, Stoughton\, WI
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/721fd8b4-d4c8-4f65-87ac-a5e178c6921
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