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Quadriplegic Willamette Week Cartoonist Turns to Music

By AAN Staff
january 22, 2007  04:49 pm
Quadriplegic Willamette Week Cartoonist Turns to Music
John Callahan was scheduled to sing the blues this weekend in Salem, Ore., performing songs from his new album, "Purple Winos in the Rain." Non-ambulatory since he was paralyzed in a car accident at the age of 21, Callahan's lyrics are as dark as his cartoons -- suicide is mentioned in nearly every song, reports the Statesman Journal's Michelle Theriault -- but "there are slivers of a humor as bracing as his cartoon work throughout the album," says Theriault.
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