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SUMMARY:Charlie Parr at Higher Ground
LOCATION:Higher Ground Ballroom\, 1214 Williston Road\, South Burlington\,
  VT 05403
DESCRIPTION:All Ages\n\n—\n\nBeloved Minnesota songwriting troubadour Char
 lie Parr doesn’t have dental insurance\, like so many in the United State
 s. So when he needed dental work\, he had to figure out how to respond to
  a hefty bill. “You know\, I’ve got a few guitars and a big record collec
 tion\, so I started selling stuff off to be able to pay off this dental b
 ill because I had to get them fixed.” This experience inspired him to sta
 rt writing the song cycle and as-yet-unfinished novella that became Roomi
 ng House\, a conceptual folk opera that chronicles the lives of Upper Mid
 westerners through his quietly raucous\, deeply rooted\, and empathetic b
 lues sound.\n\nWhen Parr first moved to Minneapolis from Austin in the 19
 80s\, he lived in rooming houses. “I loved them so much. I really did. It
  was just a really interesting\, wonderful bunch of people that I got to 
 know. It felt like this strange family. You had a cross-section of everyb
 ody in these houses.” Parr’s lyrics ensure that you can picture these peo
 ple and spaces—the shared kitchens\, the makeshift family\, the efforts t
 o keep warm. The first single “Rooming House” sets the scene\, with image
 ry and detail that one can clearly picture.\n\nThese are indelible songs 
 of lost memories and hardship\, but also of acts of empathy and helping n
 eighbors make do\; of taking each other in. “The characters in the songs 
 all along have been loosely based on composites of people I’ve met\,” say
 s the songwriter. “I got to think about those folks. I don’t remember any
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