Long, long before Nels Cline had attained his current status as one of the most original, fearless and bad-assed electric guitarists around, he was an obscure twenty-something acoustic guitarist playing in a small, acoustic combo You May Also Like: The Smudges [Jeff Gauthier + Maggie Parkins], “The Gigue Is Up”Read More

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