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Musicians' Spotlight for February 19, 2008
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Today's Highlight: Brian Kopper hosts Robbie Fulks
Robbie Fulks writes songs that make you think and feel and quite often laugh out loud. Born in York, Pennsylvania, on March 25, 1963, Fulks' father was an academic, and the family moved to Mount Joy, and Mountville, Pennsylvania; Waynesboro and Charlottesville, Virginia; Wake Forest, and Creedmoor, North Carolina. "My dad was kind of a pointy-headed '60s bluegrass fan, and he was into folk music, too," Fulks says. "I think the necessary angle for him to get into bluegrass was for it to have some kind of educational overtone to it."Robbie picked up Aunt Stella's banjo when he was seven and Aunt Mildred's fiddle a few years later, but by age eleven, he'd focused on the guitar. He was awarded a scholarship to New York's Columbia University, but spent more time hanging out in the Village. In 1983, with failing grades and a child on the way, he moved to Chicago, and did whatever he had to do to pay the rent. Meanwhile, he immersed himself in the Old Town folk scene. In 1987, he joined a bluegrass band, Special Consensus, touring with them until 1990. "I was trying to make a living from music and that left me half a dozen things I could do," he said. "Being a bluegrass guitarist was one of them. It allowed me to learn some chops and make money for a couple of years, [but] it eventually dawned on me that the only way I was going to be able to really satisfy myself was just to go out under my own name and write songs."Robbie has developed a successful career as both a songwriter, performer and producer. He's currently on tour in support of his latest double live CD, Revenge!
Artist website & contact:http://robbiefulks.com/http://www.myspace.com/robbiefulks
Contact information for producers:
Brian Kopper | mspot@kopper.com
John Floridis | jfloridis@aol.com
Shawn Colvin, Patty Larkin, and Leo Kottke have all stopped by the Montana Public Radio studios to play a little and talk with Brian Kopper and John Floridis. Performers talk about the inspiration behind their music and what it's like to both create and perform the music.
Montana artists like Zoe Wood and Wilson & McKee get equal time. Each week, hosts Brian Kopper and John Floridis, composers and performers themselves, give listeners a glimpse into the lives and art of the modern day troubadour.
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