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Secret History of Chicago Music: Shel Silversteinnew

Everybody knows Shel Silverstein as a cartoonist and author. But how many remember him as a musician? Born Sheldon Alan Silverstein in Chicago in 1930, as a young man he hawked hot dogs at both Chicago ballparks and began his music career with the 1959 album Hairy Jazz.
Chicago Reader  |  Plastic Crimewave  |  02-08-2010  |  Book News
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