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Snockgrass

Snockgrass is a 1980 folk album by Michael Hurley. The album was released by Rounder Records, with a reissue in 1997. The album places emphasis on Hurley's vocals. There is traditional folk influenced by freakbeat, blues and jazz. Lyrics on the tracks tend to be serious, satirical, and humorous. Hurley sometimes shift tones in the middle of a song, creating humor out of a serious situation or vice versa. Hurley was backed by a band that he dubbed the Sensitivos. He played mandolin on "Goin' to Florida".

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Snockgrass is a 1980 folk album by Michael Hurley. The album was released by Rounder Records, with a reissue in 1997. The album places emphasis on Hurley's vocals. There is traditional folk influenced by freakbeat, blues and jazz. Lyrics on the tracks tend to be serious, satirical, and humorous. Hurley sometimes shift tones in the middle of a song, creating humor out of a serious situation or vice versa. Hurley was backed by a band that he dubbed the Sensitivos. He played mandolin on "Goin' to Florida".

Key claims

  1. release date: 1997 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "1997". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320216899

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