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Jay Farrar And Benjamin Gibbard — One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Music From Kerouac's Big Sur

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 29, 2009 3:31 pm
Jack Kerouac's 1962 autobiographical novel, Big Sur, is based on the author's three trips to a cabin in Big Sur, Calif.'s Bixby Canyon where he attempted to kick his alcoholism. These trips were ultimately unsuccessful, and Kerouac died in 1969 at age 47 of internal hemorrhaging caused by cirrhosis of the liver brought on by alcoholism. Although...
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Jay Farrar And Benjamin Gibbard's One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Music From Kerouac's Big Sur
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Jay Farrar — Stone, Steel, & Bright Lights

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By David McPherson (CHARTattack) June 8, 2004 12:08 pm
Ex-Uncle Tupelo, current Son Volt frontman and purveyor of all things alt.country, returns with his first-ever live album in a 19-song tour de force. The live disc, which also includes a bonus DVD, captures Farrar’s intimate experience, — it’s just him, a harmonica and an acoustic guitar for most of the record. Washington D.C. based alt.country...
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Ben Gibbard And Jay Farrar Contemplate Kerouac In Seattle

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By Trevor Hargreaves (CHARTattack) January 27, 2010 6:22 pm
The evening began with a short but stellar set by Long Winters frontman John Roderick. It can often be claimed that Roderick's talent goes criminally underrated, but this hometown crowd quickly fell silent as he started off with a solo version of "Shapes" from the second Winters' album, When I Pretend To Fall. Roderick followed this up with a...
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Death Cab Frontman Soundtracks Kerouac Documentary

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 13, 2009 2:39 pm
Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard and Son Volt singer/guitarist Jay Farrar have recorded a collaborative record, One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur, that will serve as the soundtrack to a documentary of the same name about author Jack Kerouac. The album and film will be released Oct. 20. Kerouac is probably best known for...
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Two Anders Parker Projects Arriving On Halloween

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By CHARTattack Staff October 13, 2006 5:30 pm
Former Varnaline and Space Needle main man Anders Parker isn't resting on those laurels. The singer/songwriter has two albums coming out on Halloween. Baryon Records will release Parker's third solo album for the label, a self-titled effort that he calls his "acoustic band" record. It was produced in Los Angeles by Parker and Adam...
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