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January 29, 2002
Langford, Earle, Case fight capital punishment with murder ballads
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With the Mekons, Langford is one voice in a poetic lefty collective; with his solo projects, Langford opts for countrified simplicity. Here he plays a populist ramblin' man, turning out wiseass ditties that sound upbeat and plenty tuneful even when he's going on about lyin' in a cold, dark grave and...
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Biography
It's not that unusual for a jazz musician such as Charlie Haden or
David Murray to juggle several distinct groups over extended
periods of time, but no one in rock has done it more dexterously
than Mekons' founder Jon Langford. While Langford has continued to
record with the Mekons since 1979, he recorded a dozen albums with
the Three Johns in the '80s, and since then has spun out groups
such as t...
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