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Five Albums That Shaped Me
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Kirk gets his Patreon pitch out of the way up front, then lists five albums that have shaped him as a musician over the years, talking a little bit about why each one is great. There could've been like a hundred different albums on this episode, but hey, let's start with five.
Those albums are:
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Frank Zappa, The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life, 1991
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The Cardigans, First Band on the Moon, 1996
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Stan Getz, Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio, 1958
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Spacehog, The Chinese Album, 1998
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Maria Schneider, Allégresse, 2000
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