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MANITOWOC - Manitowoc s free-admission Metro Jam will return for the 42nd year Aug. 20-21 with headliners Son Volt.
The concert series includes nine diverse acts over two days and is held in Washington Park, 1115 Washington St., downtown Manitowoc.
Son Volt takes the stage at 8:30 p.m. Aug. 21. According to a news release: 2020 was not quite what Jay Farrar was expecting for the 25th anniversary of the band he started in 1995 after leaving the seminal group Uncle Tupelo, whose No Depression album helped define the alt-country and Americana genre. Still based in St. Louis, It kinda makes sense as a central location for touring because all the interstates connect through here, says Farrar, who was born in Belleville, Illinois, where he formed Uncle Tupelo with his high school classmate Jeff Tweedy. We had similar musical interests and took it from there, he says.
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In the late 60 s, in a time when country music and musicians were seen as the furthest thing from hip or cool, Gram Parsons and a few others began to embrace and incorporate country music into the rock and roll realm. Once, when asked if he was trying to play rock or country or soul or what, Gram responded that it s all Cosmic American Music. Since then, the music world has never been the same. From Parson s vision, a whole new style of music was born and its popularity is still evident today. Alt-Country, Americana, New Weird American, Anti-Folk, or whatever you want to call it, this music is linked by a sincere appreciation and acknowledgment of the music that came before it. On the Cosmic American Music Show, host Brad Watson honors Parson s legacy and focuses on artists who have dipped into the rich well of rock, country, old-time and bluegrass to create their own brand of new and original music. From Gram and The Byrds to Whiskeytown, from The Band to Uncle Tupelo, from