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Tom Russell

Country rock
Country music
Traditional folk
Growing up in 1940s Los Angeles, Tom Russell saw blues heroes Lightnin' Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb at small clubs, heard Buck Owens and Johnny Cash on country radio, discovered the beat poets and was inspired by the great songwriters like Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. His generation of friends were partly defined by those who dropped out and went to the Woodstock Festival and those who were sent to the Vietnam War; but Russell instead found himself in war-torn Nigeria teaching criminology, reading Graham Greene novels and hanging out playing guitar with King Sunny Ade. He lived in...
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Gallo del CieloTom Russell and Tom Russell Band
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Tonight We RideTom Russell
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Stealing ElectricityTom Russell and Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Who's Gonna Build Your WallTom Russell
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Blue WingTom Russell and Tom Russell Band
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The Sky Above, the Mud BelowTom Russell
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Gallo del CieloTom Russell and Tom Russell Band

The Rose of Roscrae: A Ballad of the West

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Tonight We RideTom Russell

Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs

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Stealing ElectricityTom Russell and Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Love & Fear

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Who's Gonna Build Your WallTom Russell

Wounded Heart of America

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Blue WingTom Russell and Tom Russell Band

The Long Way Around

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The Sky Above, the Mud BelowTom Russell

The Rose of the San Joaquin

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