Musician Charlie Parr’s American roots run deep and wide

Musician Charlie Parr’s American roots run deep and wide
Musician Charlie Parr’s American roots run deep and wide

Musician Charlie Parr’s American roots run deep and wide

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Charlie Parr’s music is wonderful road trippin’ music — a sound that pushes you along on the those lonely highways in the middle of nowhere. As a matter of fact, the songs on Charlie Parr’s latest release Stumpjumper were written while he was traveling out east, far from his home in Duluth Minnesota. Parr is known for blending darkness and humor, folk tale mystery with modern reality…all while knocking people’s socks off with pretty pickin’ and stunning slidin’ on an acoustic guitar, a dobro, or a banjo. His 13th and latest album is called Stumpjumper.