Luck Reunion artist. This is a crazy story in the vein of "Searching for Sugarman". This artist originally from Georgia released an album in 1978 that never got popular so he moved on with his life and became a house painter. The album developed an underground cult following and in 2009 Mexican Summer asked if they could re-release it on vinyl. They then asked him to come perform. Per this article:
Folsom—with a backing band of Jacksonville locals, mostly members of his church group—played at the Knitting Factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on a bill for Mexican Summer’s showcase during the once-juggernaut music industry convention CMJ. It was Folsom’s first time in New York City.
As Robert Lester Folsom stood before a crowd who sang his songs back to him, songs he’d written and recorded almost forty years before, songs he hadn’t played live in over three decades, he was overjoyed.
It's a great article. He has since released songs he had saved up over the years and at 71 is now playing Luck.
"Music and Dreams" was also the title of the album.
The article describes "My Stoves on Fire" as a mix of Boz Scaggs and Todd Rundgren.
This is him live last year. Nice tune.
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That is a great story.
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