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Bloodshot Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois which specializes in roots-inflected indie rock, a Chicago brand of outlaw country. It was established in 1994 by Nan Warshaw, who earned her masters degree from Columbia College Chicago the same year, and Rob Miller, who had earned his masters degree from DePaul University in 1993.

Bloodshot Records is the record label of the Illinois based corporation, Bloodshot Ltd.

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An independent record label (or indie record label) is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels.
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Outlaw country was a significant trend in country music during the late 1960s and the 1970s (and even into the 1980s in some cases), commonly referred to as The Outlaw Movement (both by fans and by people in the music industry) or simply Outlaw music [1].
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Columbia College Chicago is the largest arts and communications college in the United States[1] Founded in 1890, the school is located in the South Loop of Chicago.
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DePaul University[1] is a private institution of higher education and research in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th century French priest who valued philanthropy, Saint Vincent de Paul.
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David Ryan Adams (born November 5, 1974) is a prolific American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Raised by his mother and grandmother, Adams dropped out of school at age 16 and performed with several local bands before moving to Raleigh and
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The Bottle Rockets is an alt-country music group formed in 1992 in Festus, Missouri. The founding members were Brian Henneman (guitar, vocals), Mark Ortmann (drums), Tom Parr (1992-2002, guitar, vocals) and Tom Ray (1992-1997, bass guitar).
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Paul Burch (born 1966) is a Washington, D.C.-born musician, songwriter and producer. Burch moved to Nashville in the early '90s where he began singing in the city's '50s-era honky tonks, garnering the attention of Marianne Faithfull and Chet Atkins.
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The Deadstring Brothers are an alt-country/rock band from Detroit Michigan who play in a style somewhat reminiscent of the Rolling Stones' Exile On Main Street. They comprise E Travis Harrett (drums/percussion), Masha Marjieh (backing vocals), Kurt Marschke (vocals/guitars),
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Devil in a Woodpile is a band from Chicago, Illinois, signed to Bloodshot Records.

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Rick Sherry and Tom Ray first began playing together in the early 1990s as part of the Jake LaBotz Trio.
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Alejandro Escovedo is an American musician. He is from a very musical family that has generated several professional musicians, including his brothers Coke Escovedo and Pete Escovedo, both percussionists, and longtime Prince collaborator Sheila E (who is Pete's daughter and
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Wayne "The Train" Hancock is a country musician.

Hancock was born in 1965. He began writing songs at the age of 12, and at 18 won a talent contest called the "Wrangler County Showdown.
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Jim & Jennie and the Pinetops is a bluegrass group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Jim Krewson first played bluegrass in a group called the Slobber Mountain Boys; Jennie Bedford learned bluegrass from her father, a banjo player.
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Jon Langford is a Welsh-born musician and artist who is based in Chicago.

He is the brother of science-fiction author and critic, David Langford.

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Originally the drummer for the punk band The Mekons, formed at the University of Leeds in 1977, Langford later
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The Old 97's are an "alt-country" band originally based in Dallas, Texas. The group formed in 1993 and took their name from an old country song popularized by Johnny Cash, "Wreck of the Old 97.
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Graham Parker (born November 18 1950 in London) is an English rock singer and songwriter.

Early career (1960s-1976)

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Graham Parker sang in small-time English bands such as the Black Rockers and Deep Cut Three while working in dead-end jobs
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Mark Pickerel was the original drummer for the Screaming Trees, a rock group from Ellensburg, WA, that formed in 1985. Other members of the band included the versatile singer Mark Lanegan and the Conner brothers. Pickerel left the group in 1992 and was replaced by Barrett Martin.
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Nora O'Connor is an American musician. She sings and plays guitar with numerous bands and individuals from the U.S. and Canada, her primary involvements being Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire and the Blacks.
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Pine Valley Cosmonauts are a musical ensemble from Chicago, Illinois.

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The group was initiated by Jon Langford (also of the Waco Brothers and The Mekons) as a covers group, with a constantly shifting repertory and cast of backing members.
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Split Lip Rayfield is a vocal and (acoustic) instrumental group from Wichita, Kansas. Though they are sometimes classified as a bluegrass or alt-country band, their music draws on a wide array of influences.
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The Waco Brothers are an alternative country band in Chicago, Illinois, formed by Jon Langford of the Mekons. The group grew out of Langford's wish to play more country-influenced music as the Mekons concentrated more on a punk sound.
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Wee Hairy Beasties are a children's music group comprised of Jon Langford, Sally Timms, Kelly Hogan, and Devil in a Woodpile.

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  • Animal Crackers (Bloodshot Records, 2006)

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