Mary Chapin Carpenter at Minnesota Zoo

From Houston, Texas

First Twin Cities show since since July 7, 2010

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Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958 in Princeton, New Jersey) is a highly successful country music singer-songwriter and guitarist. According to Songfacts, Carpenter had a fairly privileged upper middle class upbringing. Her father was at least partly responsible for her embarking on a musical career. The song "House of Cards" was inspired by the divorce of her parents when she was sixteen. Read more about Mary Chapin Carpenter on Last.fm.

From United States

First Twin Cities show since since April 30, 2011 • First Minnesota Zoo show • Eighth Twin Cities show on MN Live's calendar since March 12, 2005

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Catherine Tift Merritt (born January 8, 1975, in Houston, Texas, but moved to Raleigh, North Carolina soon after) is a critically acclaimed American singer-songwriter, musician. She is currently based in New York. Merritt's father taught her guitar chords and Percy Sledge songs. She began her professional career in 1998 with her band The Carbines playing small clubs. In her early twenties, though Tift had gigged by herself, she decided she was not very good at music and better suited for writing short stories. Read more about Tift Merritt on Last.fm.

Added to bill on Jun 21