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PEL Presents NEM#224: Steve Dawson (Dolly Varden) Elevates Americana

PEL Presents NEM#224: Steve Dawson (Dolly Varden) Elevates Americana

The Partially Examined Life · Mark Linsenmayer

October 26, 20241h 6m

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Show Notes

Steve fronted Chicago's Dolly Varden for six albums from the '90s through 2013. He also started releasing albums under his own name 2003 and has just released his seventh.

We discuss "A Mile South of Town" (and listen at the end to "Oh, California") from Ghosts (2024), the title track from The Dumbest Magnets by Dolly Varden (2000), and "Bronko Nagurski," a 1989 recording by the early iteration of Varden, Stump the Host. Intro: "Saskatchewan to Chicago" by Dolly Varden from For a While (2013). More at stevedawsonmusic.com.

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