Lambchop is an American alt-country band from Nashville, Tennessee, the capital of
country music. Originally called Posterchild, the band (which formed in 1986) cannot easily be classified into a genre and certainly not into that of traditional country music. The
collective around frontman
Kurt Wagner has a fluid membership, at times including as many 18 musicians, and is frequently associated with
alternative country. Lambchop’s music combines wryly ironic lyrics that are complex in form and content with harmonious tunes and soulful background vocals. It is indebted to folk and cou…
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