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		<title>Hoge&#8217;s Recovery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to make it in this business and I know no one who has worked harder at it than Will Hoge.  From writing the songs to driving the bus, this guy does it all well.
Last year Hoge&#8217;s life was interrupted by an incredibly frightening wreck that left many of us wondering if we&#8217;d [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharkbitten.com/2009/08/03/hoges-recovery/</link>
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		<title>The Avett Brothers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With their media prominence rising thanks to folks like Oprah, the Avett Brothers are tantalizing close to a full-on breakthrough.  From a rather humble, albeit well-supported tenure as Ashville&#8217;s favorite musical sons to media darlings is a road that would cause most to stagger.  The change has seemingly done little but reinforce the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharkbitten.com/2009/07/20/the-avett-brothers/</link>
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		<title>For a Second Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

From the opening volley of &#8220;I&#8217;m nobody from nowhere you would have heard of anyway,&#8221; it&#8217;s clear that the sophomore release from one of Nashville&#8217;s best bands is determined to deal with the complexities of today&#8217;s music business.
DADDY, a joint project by Will Kimbrough and Tommy Womack, capitalizes on a gathering of talent that mainstream [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharkbitten.com/2009/06/16/for-a-second-time/</link>
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		<title>Help Parkersburg</title>
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For Memorial Day 1982 my parents decided to take my sister and I to visit my grandfather in Indiana.  In those days, the Indy 500 wasn&#8217;t shown live so we all gathered around the television at night to watch the rebroadcast.  While watching that year&#8217;s race the little weather strip came across the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharkbitten.com/2009/05/26/help-parkersburg/</link>
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		<title>A Broken Heart&#8211;Jay Bennett Dead at 45</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Jay Bennett, former Wilco collaborator and multi-instrumentalist died last night in his sleep in Urbana, Illinois.  Bennett, whose feud with Jeff Tweedy was well-documented in the critically-acclaimed film &#8220;i am trying to break your heart&#8221;, was amidst a lawsuit against his former band regarding royalty payments.  
Bennett joined [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharkbitten.com/2009/05/26/a-broken-heart-jay-bennett-dead-at-45/</link>
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		<title>New DADDY!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not hard to guess that I&#8217;m a big fan of both Tommy Womack and Will Kimbrough.  Aside from being terrific songwriters, they are good friends whose work together is even more magical.
And they&#8217;ll mow your yard.  Seriously.  
As a little promo for their newest joint album, For a Second Time, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharkbitten.com/2009/05/11/new-daddy/</link>
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		<title>Bob Dylan:  Kindred Spirit?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I must confess I&#8217;ve never had the kind of hero-worship for Bob Dylan others possess.  I have lots of Dylan albums and love some of the work.  It&#8217;s not as if Dylan and I are brothers from another mother.
In his fourth installment of an interview with Bob Dylan, Bill Flanagan coaxed some info [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharkbitten.com/2009/04/15/bob-dylan-kindred-spirit/</link>
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		<title>He has a good band&#8230;</title>
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Supreme tea bagger Texas musician, Billy Bob Thornton pulled his best Joaquin Phoenix during an interview with the CBC.  It&#8217;s a priceless example of what it means to be a pretentious ass.  He refuses to acknowledge his acting career and berates the host for even mentioning it.
My favorite is his claim to have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharkbitten.com/2009/04/08/he-has-a-good-band/</link>
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		<title>Keith vs. Cooper and Hawke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The intertubes are abuzz with Toby Keith&#8217;s rant against Ethan Hawke&#8217;s recent Rolling Stone article which claims an unnamed country singer who fits Keith&#8217;s description had a volatile political disagreement with Kris Kristofferson.  Keith&#8217;s lividity further implicated Sharkbitten pal Peter Cooper during a heated confrontation.
Here&#8217;s Peter&#8217;s original story: Ethan Hawke details Kristofferson confrontation.
And here&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharkbitten.com/2009/04/06/keith-vs-cooper-and-hawke/</link>
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		<title>Old Five and Dimers</title>
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Dear Publicist,
While I appreciate the glossy photos, the slick brochure and the latest CD from (insert artist&#8217;s name here), I&#8217;d like to request you refrain from sending me anything until you&#8217;ve listened to Billy Joe Shaver&#8217;s Old Five and Dimers Like Me.  Once you&#8217;ve determined that the disc offers something half as good as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharkbitten.com/2009/03/31/old-five-and-dimers/</link>
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