Rick Wagner

Storytown bassist Rick Wagner was raised in a small town in the coal mining region of northeast Pennsylvania. He started playing bass professionally at the age of 16, in “barns, bars, and brothels”…

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Inaction

Leaders are supposed to lead, and sadly, these days, that too rarely translates into doing the right thing. When will they do it?

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Lassoing a Busker

When neither Adele nor an Adele personator show as the auction’s featured musical guest, Ted Lasso saves the day by having a busker fill in. The crowd is noticeably skeptical of the guy, and then he kills it.

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Where's the Soul?

I’m never satisfied with my songs or arrangements. I wish my guitar playing was better, I wish the grooves were funkier, I wish the songs were catchier. My lyrics are overwritten — too wordy — they’ve always been especially hard for me. And I wish it were all just more soulful…

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North Toward Home

Everybody says “write what you know”, and sometime back in December or so I had the idea to write a song about where I come from. I’ve been in NYC for so long that I suspect my Mississippi roots are hard to detect. But …

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The 10,000 Hours in Hamburg Tour

You undoubtedly know about the many months that The Beatles spent performing live in Hamburg, Germany, honing their craft and becoming a great band – all before their ultimate commercial success in the UK, the USA, and the world. In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell famously encapsulated this key to success in the “10,000 hour rule”. Well, we get it, and we are DOWN with the plan. We know that Storytown is a darn good band, but we aspire to more – to true greatness. So, we are proud to announce our upcoming 10,000 Hours in Hamburg Tour!

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