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[AMERICANA] Rod Picott is the son of a welder from rural New England and spent years in the construction business before deciding to pursue his music full-time. He drove the merch truck for Alison Krauss and Union Station during their late 1990s peak and earned a following with occasional opening slots for AKUS, with whom he also shared a management company.  He’s self-released over a half dozen collections of his own songs since and a duo disc with former romantic partner Amanda Shires, earning a solid reputation as an Americana underdog. His latest, 2015’s Fortune, was recorded quickly: he cut six songs during his first day in the studio and finished the entire album within a week and a half. As someone that has most often used his songwriting to tell other people’s stories, Fortune finds him turning the pen on himself with a raw mix of ugly realities and wry, self-deprecating humor—a compelling mix that makes it his strongest set to date. Picott ended 2015, a year of heavy touring, by posting a note to his website that’s punctuated with the telling statement, “All I’ve learned in this world is this: Driving around playing songs for a living beats the shit out of hanging drywall. Don’t even argue with me about it.” Thursday, October 20 at Sportsmen’s Tavern. Willie Schoellkopf opens.