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Charlie Parr Record Release at No Name Bar

CHARLIE PARR is the eponymous new album by the Minnesota-based folk blues artist of the same name. The album is a collection of new songs and new studio versions of classics/audience favorites from throughout Parrs career and will be released September 27 on Red House Records. Recorded at Pachyderm Studio in Canon Falls, MN, CHARLIE PARR features Charlies trademark resonator guitar and 12-string with co-producer Liz Draper on bass, longtime collaborator Mikkel Beckmen on percussion, Jeff Mitchell on electric guitar, accordion, organ, backing vocals, and Dave Hundrieser on harmonica. The album is an honest and raw recording of Parr reflecting on himself and his career up to this point. Its a musical reckoning that came after a freak accident less than a year ago that forced him to relearn how to play guitar, causing him to take stock of the songs hes written over his lifetime. CHARLIE PARR is a stunning folk record that will surely stand the test of time, just like the man himself.

By 2019, Parr is back on his grueling international tour schedule, mended and reinvigorated, covering the entire country alone in his car, occasionally cooking his vegan meals on his car manifold. Its a lonely existence that leaves a lot of time for reflection and reminiscing. Charlie Parr is the first album -- and there are 13 others -- that Parr he felt like putting his name on. Its a bit of the new, a bit of the old, and a bit of whats motivated and moved him. Most importantly, its an audio tour of his life and career to date and a celebration of more songs and stories to come.