Imagine The Munster's go Hillbilly and tap dance.
Then add Breaking Away and you have an idea.
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The mandolin and now the fiddle. I also enjoy shopping for used records, especially oddball recordings by celebrities. My best find is the Burt Reynolds album, "Ask Me What I Am"
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Bluegrass, Old Time, Honky Tonk, Western Swing, and really any kind of hillbilly music. Think: Bill Monroe, Mike Compton, David Long, Nick Cave, Joy Division, The Birthday Party,The Cramps, Bob Wills, Joe Venuti, Slayer.
Wings of Desire The Saddest Music in the World Repo Man
The Simpsons, Antiques Roadshow
Faulkner, Barry Gifford, Edward Abbey
"No More Heroes Anymore" - The Stranglers