CHARLIE PARR: Rooming House Record Release w/ special guest Ross Thorn!

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Music / Country / Country. Starts 8:30 PM. FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB PRESENTS: CHARLIE PARR Rooming House Record Release Show at FITZGERALDS! w/ special guest ROSS THORN Rolling Stone has called Charlie Parr's music , "rdquo" -> a gritty blend of Delta blues and Depression-era roots music soaked in his hardscrabble voice. It's a sacred realm of folk wisdom and sorrowful vulnerability." NPR said he offers , "rdquo" -> expertly-picked resonator guitar and lyrics that puncture the soul." Parr tours prolifically, and has performed at tastemaker events like the Newport Folk Fest and Pickathon. The Duluth-based guitarist, songwriter, and interpreter of traditional music has released twenty albums over two-and-a-half decades and has been known to perform up to 275 shows a year. Parr is a folk troubadour in the truest sense: taking to the road between shows, writing and rewriting songs as he plays, fueled by a belief that music is eternal and cannot be claimed or adequately explained. The sounds from his working-class upbringing---including Folkways legends such as Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie---imbue Parr's music with stylistic echoes of blues and folk icons of decades past. Parr sees himself merely as a continuer of a folk tradition. Parr's mastery of his craft is only more apparent when contextualized within the history of folk tradition to which Parr has dedicated his practice. The land and lives around and intersecting with Parr have always influenced him, from the hills and valleys of Hollandale, Minnesota to the Depression-era stories from his father. Parr's first album with Smithsonian Folkways, Last of the Better Days Ahead (2021), foregrounded his lyrical craftsmanship and sophisticated bluesman confidence, with spare production highlighting Parr's mastery of guitar and elevating his blues poetry. In his 2024 release, Little Sun, Parr weaved together stories celebrating music, community, and communing with nature. In doing so, he put forth an ambitious and raw album t

CHARLIE PARR: Rooming House Record Release w/ special guest Ross Thorn! is a music event at FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB in the Chicago area, scheduled on Friday, November 6, 2026. Event Beast lists it with the date, venue and a link to the official page so you can decide whether it belongs in your plans.

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CHARLIE PARR: Rooming House Record Release w/ special guest Ross Thorn!

Date

Friday, November 6, 2026

Venue

FITZGERALDS NIGHTCLUB

Area

Chicago

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Music

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