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On the Road With Tom Russell, Last American Songwriter
On the Road With Tom Russell, Last American Songwriter
Peter Culshaw takes the cowboy train with Russell and Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Saturday, 19 September 2009
Tom Russell is, certainly geographically, the last great American songwriter. His adobe ranch-house is perched as far west in Texas as you can go, near El Paso and just over the border from the Mexican town of Juarez. Russell approves of the saying, “If you can’t piss in your front porch, you are living too close to town”.
Tom Russell is, certainly geographically, the last great American songwriter. His adobe ranch-house is perched as far west in Texas as you can go, near El Paso and just over the border from the Mexican town of Juarez. Russell approves of the saying, “If you can’t piss in your front porch, you are living too close to town”.
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