022: A Clear Life – Charlie Parr on Harlan Hubbard’s Payne Hollow: Life on the Fringe of Society

“[Charlie] Parr may have been born during the Nixon era, but you can taste the grit of the Dust Bowl in his music.”

– Dusted Magazine

An easily confused and very shy individual, Charlie Parr has been traveling around singing his songs ever since leaving Austin Minnesota in the 1980’s in search of Spider John Koerner, whom he found about 100 miles north at the Viking Bar one Sunday night. The experience changed his life, made him more or less unemployable, and brings us to now: 13 recordings, 250 shows a year or more, 200,000 miles on a well broke in Kia, and a nasty fear of heights. Resonator fueled folk songs from Duluth Minnesota. (from charlieparr.com)

In this episode, Charlie shares a reflection on Harlan and Anna Hubbard as they sought a simple life on the river and in the woods. You can learn more about Charlie and his music at charlieparr.com.

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