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SCOTT FAGAN

South Atlantic Blues (reissue, 1968)

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TALES of contenders who never fulfilled their early promise are plentiful in the music game, but Scott Fagan’s comes with intriguing details – including having sired Stephin Merritt – and an idiosyncratic soundtrack. Raised in the US Virgin Islands, he moved disappeared, leaving only a trace.

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