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| ![]() Fort Wayne Reader article by Sean Smith
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| ![]() The French philosopher Jacques Maritain once said, "The only artist who does not deserve respect is the one who works to please the public." Four left turns later Bob Dylan claimed that "Money doesn't talk, it swears." Those are what we call sharp words, the kinds of statements that cut the fat, fray the expectations and leave the art, raw and lucid, on the floor where it thrives. | |
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| ![]() Many times in my three decades of life in this city, I have heard residents complain about a general lack of variety in our local culture. From a seemingly endless string of chain restaurants and Wal-Marts to national live concerts that rarely stretch past hair metal and country, the populace grumbles that unique offerings are virtually nonexistent. While I have been guilty of making the same complaints from time to time, especially concerning music, we whiners have something to shut up about. | |
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| ![]() By now the saga of Kevin Hambrick has become well known around the area: longtime local staple, interesting backstory, intense live performer, wildly prolific songwriter, documentary subject (Paging Rascal Hanks), can't catch a break to concentrate solely on his insistent muse. Whether it's alone or with the rocking Orange Opera, Hambrick's talent is only matched by his dogged tenacity. | |
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Kevin Hambrick must be on some kind of roll. In addition to having written over 350 songs over the course of his life, in the past six months he’s released a solo album and now an album with his band The Orange Opera, both brimming with high-caliber songs much too good to be confined to the 260 area code. I hereby respectfully request that he stop hogging the muse! | |
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“Hambrick is brilliant!”
Those are the first words out of Bryan Brubaker’s mouth when I ask him to tell me what he enjoys about playing in The Orange Opera. He’s not alone in thinking that the man behind such Fort Wayne based musical projects as Big Red & Rojo and Blueberry Hurricane is the cream of the crop.
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| ![]() Some artists emulate their influences, refining and polishing and taking the next logical step. Others absorb and combine the elements that inspire them. Few are actually able to soak up a lifetime of musical input and create an identity that is so definitely their own, instantly recognizable and as unique as a fingerprint. Ladies and gentlemen, once again, here’s Kevin Hambrick. | |
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