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John Paul Brophy
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- News, Opinion May 22, 2013
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Join the Club
Everybody has a story to tell
- Yogi Berra was right: It is déjà vu all over again. After a 16-year absence from this column, I’ve now had four submissions accepted—an honor not lost on me, especially as it comes nearly four years into my return to City Weekly.
- Music, May 9, 2013
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Brad Wheeler & Willie Nelson
Local DJ plays harmonica for legend
- Willie Nelson had a birthday April 30—no doubt one that was filled with gifts, wrapped and/or rolled.
- News, Opinion April 3, 2013
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Judge Not
That weirdo next to you might not be a bad guy
- My late uncle had a saying that always made me laugh. “I’m going out among ’em,” he would declare, usually as we were piling into the car heading to a sporting event.
- News, Opinion March 20, 2013
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Civil Discourse
Racism Is Still Alive & Well
- A white business executive on a recent flight to Atlanta slapped a 19-month-old black boy and called him the N-word. He was charged with assault and subsequently fired from his job.
- News, Opinion February 20, 2013
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Lucky Strikes
Random twists of fate and kindness
- According to some estimates, lightning strikes Earth more than 3 billion times a year. In my brother Kevin’s life, it has struck at least twice.
- Music, November 15, 2012
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Adam Gussow
Mississippi blues doctor makes a house call
- The storied blues highway running from the Mississippi Delta to the North is not a one-way road, as Adam Gussow can attest.
- Music, May 10, 2012
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SLC's Lost Harmonica Players
Searching for the hidden harps
- Most musical instruments are not primarily associated with one particular style of music, especially in these days of cross-cultural collaborative adventures. The exception is the harmonica.
- Music, March 20, 2012
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Rick Welter: Legendary Bluesman
Utah says goodbye to inspiring scene maker
- When Rick Welter died Monday, March 12, his name was sadly added to all of the legends commemorated in the chorus of Art Neville’s “Six Strings Down” ...
- Music, November 30, 2011
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Kristen Merrill's Last Song
SLC says goodbye to Saliva Sister
- Kristen Merrill is considered the doyenne of singers in Salt Lake City. She died peacefully in her home Monday, Nov. 21.
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