In The Meat Puppets and the Lyrics of Curt Kirkwood from Meat Puppets II to No Joke , Matthew Smith-Lahrman interprets the words of Curt Kirkwood, founding member and songwriter of the Meat Puppets, a pioneering rock 'n' roll band of the last thirty years. Smith-Lahrman's analysis covers Kirkwood's lyrics on nine albums, from 1983 to 1995, when he wrote virtually every lyric for the band. A lyricist whom Rolling Stone writer Kurt Loder once rated alongside Bob Dylan, Kirkwood remains an important, yet overlooked songwriter. His often oblique "cut-up" style not only recalls Dylan but also...
In The Meat Puppets and the Lyrics of Curt Kirkwood from Meat Puppets II to No Joke , Matthew Smith-Lahrman interprets the words of Curt Kirkwood, fou...
