Strong Songs now has a Patreon! Learn more about how you can support the show here: https://patreon.com/strongsongs.

Kirk gets his Patreon pitch out of the way up front, then lists five albums that have shaped him as a musician over the years, talking a little bit about why each one is great. There could've been like a hundred different albums on this episode, but hey, let's start with five.

Those albums are:

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Frank Zappa, The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life, 1991

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The Cardigans, First Band on the Moon, 1996

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Stan Getz, Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio, 1958

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Spacehog, The Chinese Album, 1998

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Maria Schneider, Allégresse, 2000

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