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As die hard fans might know, Shannon and the Clams vocalist Shannon Shaw absolutely loves Patsy Cline. In fact, Shaw can barely a remember a time that she wasn’t entranced by Cline’s smooth voice and devastating writing. On this episode of The Spark Parade, Shaw gushes about Cline and her excellent 12 Greatest Hits compilation. Listen above or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Shaw talks about how both Cline’s songwriting and performances exude a powerful sense of desperation. Such palpable moodiness made its way into each song on 12 Greatest Hits and, as Shaw tells it, into countless Shannon and the Clams tracks as well. Even beyond artistic inspiration, Shaw talks about how 12 Greatest Hits now exists as a landmark of her past, as the record facilitated a profound artistic connection with her mother.
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Host Adam Unze (The Opus) explores creativity in all its forms on The Spark Parade by asking musicians, artists, comedians, and other creators to share the single cultural work that has most inspired them. Whether it comes from the world of music, film, comedy, visual art, or literature, we all have something that sparks our own creative desires. On The Spark Parade, guests reveal the single piece of art that ignites within them to fire of creation.