And that was it. Dunlop went to work at Buffalo steel mills and in the city's rail yards, and he nearly ended his life in a bed. Until freelance photographer Brendan Bannon met him at the nursing home inadvertantly. A connection grew and Mr. Bannon wound up producing Dunlop's his first album.
What you learn from Dunlop's music is that the heart need not show up dressed in tails. Sometimes you can deliver your soul in an unpolished way and still achieve the same results.
JazzWax tracks: You'll find Boyd Lee Dunlop's Lake
This story appears courtesy of JazzWax by Marc Myers.
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