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Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
"A Friend Of The Devil: The Glorification of the Outlaw in Song" with John Kruth
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
The myth of the outlaw has informed many of the great songs in music. From folk and blues, to country and rock, to reggae and rap, bad men and bandits have endured. A Friend of the Devil tracks the true story of these legendary bandits behind the songs that deify them, while looking at society's role in both creating outlaws, and our perpetual need for a new hero.
John Kruth talks to us about why we have continued to romanticize criminals in song, and we'll go behind such legendary songs — and characters — by Townes Van Zandt, the Grateful Dead, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Marley, Warren Zevon and many others, whose hits idolized the outlaw and its myth.
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