By Pat Hartman, Maggie Canty, Lindsay Nichols & Molly McCowan
From the Thunderground Sound Studios of Laramie to the stage room at Avo’s: J. Shogren, trapper, professor, backcountry skier, part-time resident of Sweden, and consummate storyteller. There’s the hard acoustic rootsy blues, for a start, but then all kinds of other musical things happen. It’s like when a wine connoisseur sips a vintage and finds mystical traces of lilac or oregano or some other unexpected flavor. “A good idea sticks, a great idea kicks,” says the songwriter, who describes his own creations as “Pulp Americana,” “scruffy and gruff,” and sometimes “music for your inner grifter.” Prepare to be subverted.
J. Shogren, Saturday, July 10, Avogadro’s Number, Downtown Fort Collins, $10
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